I have my pc set up so it can boot to either windows xp or kubuntu linux, well the windows part screwed up so i'll have to install it again, but sinse i only have a 60gig HDD I decided to install XP to another spare 60gig HDD that i have, but now i need to find out how to remove windows from my current harddrive and resize my Linux partiton so it fills the whole drive. anyone know how i can do this?
2007-01-17 18:21:35 · 5 answers · asked by kenny l 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Go to your Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel. Find the application you want to remove and click on it to remove it.
2007-01-17 18:26:56 · answer #1 · answered by bakfanlin 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Download a windows 98 boot disk (you can get one from http://www.bootdisk.com) and put it onto a blank floppy. Then, with the floppy in, reboot your computer. After it finishes loading itself into your RAM it will say "A:>". Type in "fdisk" and choose option number 3 (delete a partition.) Then, choose option number 4 (delete a non-logical DOS partition.) Finally, select the windows partition (it's the one with NTFS formatting) and delete it. Now that the partition is gone, you'll need to re-size your kubuntu partition to fill the rest of your hard drive. I'm not exactly sure about how to go about this part, so you should read the following article: http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_resizing_ext3_partitions
Hope this helped =)
2007-01-18 02:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by .PANiC 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to have your Linux to cover all the space in one of your HDD, you have to resize its partition and at the same time deleting the other partitions available.
To do so, get a hold of a boot disk and use it to boot your PC. You'll then be directed to DOS mode wherein you should type FDISK. There you'll find options to make / delete partitions. I advise you to delete all then make a new one which covers all the space in your HDD. Make it as your primary partition.
After this, you have to format the partition. Then all you have to do is to re-install your Linux. Any changes made in your partition really requires formatting. So if you really want to take all the space in your HDD for your Linux, make sure you're willing to re-install LINUX and all other programs installed.
2007-01-18 03:02:54 · answer #3 · answered by dK 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I haven't fooled with Linux in a long time but I do remember a tool that allowed you re size partitions. I know you can find it at http://sourceforge.net but I don't remember the name. Sorry.
Edit* Sorry I forgot, As for removing Windows you can do that with a bootdisk or the XP CD it's self. You will need to delete the whole File System(Fat32 or NTFS). http://bootdisk.com
2007-01-18 02:27:22 · answer #4 · answered by jack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to delete it from your control panel and then add/remove. Make sure that is what you really want to do. !!
2007-01-18 02:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by having fun 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋