Removing Vista?

[Mike Adolf]

Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Mike Adolf wrote:
>   
>> I have a dual boot, one drive, vista and Ubuntu 8.04.  I still have 
>> occasion to use Windows, but vista is so bad, I want to reinstall XP 
>> over it. Can this be done with out destroying my Ubuntu installation?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>     
> sure, you just need to install XP to the partition that currently houses 
> Vista. Should XP deny install, I would recomend to wipe the windows 
> partition before the XP install, either at one of the first XP install 
> screens or from Ubuntu. From Linux there are a multitude of options how 
> to do this. I use cfdisk or gparted, just to name a few.
>
> As Vista and XP do not have a common boot file, you will need to change 
> the current vista entry of grub to an XP compatible entry. Personally I 
> use RIP Linux and isomaster to extract sample grub entries for XP versus 
> Vista.
>
> Furthermore, the XP install will most likely erase your grub from the 
> mbr (assuming that it is installed there).
>
> So the very first thing to do is to save your mbr, so that you can 
> install it after XP has been installed.
>
> Should this short list not be clear, just ask.
>
> Kind regards
> Eberhard,
>
> who changed from XP to Vista, then back to XP, from there to Ubuntu and 
> I now arrived at using XP via virtualbox on Ubuntu.
>
>
>   
Thanks to all who replied. I'll give it a try!
Mike