deleting and os

[cj]

James Takac wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> Have a friend that I have finally got used to Ubuntu. He's sick and tired of 
> having to fix windows and this time it would need a complete reinstall to 
> fix. So what he wants is to get rid of windows entirely (sys is currently set 
> to dual boot) but I don't think a complete reinstall of Ubuntu is necessary 
> as he thinks it to be. Can I in effect just redo the current windows partion 
> and format it ext3 or so and just modify the entries in /boot/grub/menu.lst. 
> Or will I need the live cd to boot from and the re setup grub from there?
>
> James
>
>   
thats right, even though a compelte install is nice, you could do a 
minimal install and then take it from there.

anyways, if you want to repartition the easiest way, i recommend 
downloading gparted, then repartitioning the partition

to the techies: I know you can use fdisk, but im more experienced with 
gparted

--cj