How to uninstall windows 7 from Lubuntu?

[DrArroganto]

Hello, I have started to use Lubuntu for a few days and I was wondering how could I uninstall Windows 7. I have this as dual boot now and I don't want to use Windows 7 anymore..
How could I do this as simply as possible, because I am not too experienced on Linux. Thanks.

[yancek]

Windows 7 is an operating system not a program/applications you can uninstall. If you have windows 7 on a separate partition or partitions, you can format the partitions from Lubuntu and create new partitions for data you can access in Lubuntu.

Do you have windows 7 on its own partition or in a virtual machine? More details on exactly what your setup is and what your intentions are.

[DrArroganto]

Windows 7 is an operating system not a program/applications you can uninstall. If you have windows 7 on a separate partition or partitions, you can format the partitions from Lubuntu and create new partitions for data you can access in Lubuntu.

Do you have windows 7 on its own partition or in a virtual machine? More details on exactly what your setup is and what your intentions are.

I think my english wasn't clear enough of something.. But I just want to remove Windows 7. (I obviously know that W7 is an OS....) Also I said that I had it as dual boot which means that I have more than 1 OS on my laptop...
So any idea how to remove it from my laptop?

[oz]

So any idea how to remove it from my laptop?

Hello and welcome!

If it were me... I'd do a fresh install and let the Linux installer overwrite the Windows partition(s).

Otherwise, you can use any partition tool (I like Parted Magic) to remove the Windows partition(s), then you'll need to edit your fstab and bootloader files to update them according to your final partition layout. If you are not sure what you are doing, the fresh install would very likely be the easiest and fastest approach.

Either way, be sure to backup anything important to you just in case anything should go wrong.

[DrArroganto]

Hello and welcome!

If it were me... I'd do a fresh install and let the Linux installer overwrite the Windows partition(s).

Otherwise, you can use any partition tool (I like Parted Magic) to remove the Windows partition(s), then you'll need to edit your fstab and bootloader files to update them according to your final partition layout. If you are not sure what you are doing, the fresh install would very likely be the easiest and fastest approach.

Either way, be sure to backup anything important to you just in case anything should go wrong.

I don't need anything from windows, but lubuntu has some stuff that was hard to find so I'd rather not do a fresh install.. Thanks

[yancek]

don't need anything from windows, but lubuntu has some stuff that was hard to find so I'd rather not do a fresh install.

Then just format the windows partition(s) with a Linux filesystem. If you run: sudo fdisk -l(lower case Letter L in the command) and post that partition information, someone can give you more specific instructions.

[DrArroganto]

Then just format the windows partition(s) with a Linux filesystem. If you run: sudo fdisk -l(lower case Letter L in the command) and post that partition information, someone can give you more specific instructions.

Here:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x80d2f3ee

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 18283 146849792 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 18283 19458 9439232 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 8005 MB, 8005787648 bytes
247 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1021 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15314 * 512 = 7840768 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x20ac7dda

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 ? 210559 238826 216435558+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(187, 180, 14) logical=(210558, 221, 10)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(784, 0, 13) logical=(238825, 64, 22)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2 ? 213663 341223 976730017 16 Hidden FAT16
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(906, 235, 61) logical=(213662, 17, 20)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(262, 116, 59) logical=(341222, 117, 13)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb3 ? 1 1 0 6f Unknown
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(370, 101, 50) logical=(0, 0, 1)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(10, 114, 13) logical=(800994292, 156, 16)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb4 3279 63637 462167897 0 Empty
Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(3278, 20, 45)
Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(63636, 236, 34)
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order

[yancek]

In your first post, you indicate that you have a dual-boot system with windows 7 and Lubuntu.
The partition information in your last post indicates you have a 160GB hard drive with two partitions, both of which are windows partitions. You have no Linux partitions on your hard drive.
The output also shows an 8GB flash drive which doesn't have any Linux.
Did you do a wubi install of Lubuntu on your main hard drive? If so, you will need to save whatever you want from Lubuntu and reinstall on an actual partition.

[DrArroganto]

It was Wubi, I'll reinstall it :/ Lol

[linuxwin2]

To delete partition you can also use Gparted (GUI)
gparted live CD.
gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php