Getting rid of windoze

[kd0afk]

I am a new ubuntu linux user and I am installing ubuntu with wubi so I will still be able to use windows and try ubuntu out. I have played with linux some and if this goes well, I would like to completely wipe out Windoze and go linux all the way. Also, it will give me a chance to move photos, music etc from windows to linux so I won't lose them. How can I do what I want?

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

If it were me, I'd copy anything I want to save to another partition, or to a flash drive, or external drive, then install Ubuntu.

[kd0afk]

Well, wubi sets up a dual boot right? Does linux use anything of windows? Could I just start deleting non linux stuff when I want to switch?

[kd0afk]

One more thing, I downloaded ubuntu, upacked the iso file and started the install through wubi. It says it is downloading, does that mean that it is actually downloading ubuntu again or is it using the files that I unpacked?

[D-cat]

The ISO is different from wubi... The ISO is meant to be burned to a CD, then boot and install from that CD. Wubi (Windows UBuntu Installer) will download all components from online, so basically, yeah, you're re-downloading the whole thing.

Ubuntu will install on its own partition, and it will read the Windows drive as well, so you will not lose anything while you are dual booting. I agree with Ozar though that should you decide to dump Windows in its entirety, you should back everything up that means anything to you to an external device. That way, if something you thought you had moved to the Linux partition was actually still only on the Windows one, you will not have clobbered your only copy.

[jmadero]

I would dual boot, minimize the windows partition as much as possible. Then move everything over to the Ubuntu boot, then wipe windows after you are sure everything is moved over

[kd0afk]

I would dual boot, minimize the windows partition as much as possible. Then move everything over to the Ubuntu boot, then wipe windows after you are sure everything is moved over

Yes, that is the plan, but how do you wipe the windows partition?

[yancek]

You can wipe a partition using the 'dd' command. I would suggest you run the command 'sudo fdisk -l' to show your partition information (that's a Lower case Letter L in the command, not a number one) and post it here so someone can give you a specific command knowing which partition you want to delete.

[kd0afk]

You can wipe a partition using the 'dd' command. I would suggest you run the command 'sudo fdisk -l' to show your partition information (that's a Lower case Letter L in the command, not a number one) and post it here so someone can give you a specific command knowing which partition you want to delete.

Thanks.
Now I have a bigger problem. I started up my computer today and curiosity got the better of me so at the OS choice screen, I hit F8. Now, every time I choose umbutu I am taken to a screen that asks me what version I want to install and I can't get out of that screen and into umbutu. Can someone help on this?

[jmadero]

what version you want to install or what version you want to run? They are just different kernel versions, if you press enter on the newest one (the one on top)

as for wiping the partition, I'd suggest using gparted for a new user, it's an easy GUI, if you go to system -> admin -> partition editor you can format and resize a partition easily (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR DATA WHERE YOU WANT IT)