A problem setting up Ubuntu - reply to Fred Roller

[valhalla2100 at comcast.net]

Hello Fred, 

I think that I created a new partition. I can do the "use the entire 
disk since I have no applications or files set up on the computer. 
Maybe some e/m in VISTA but I am willing to lose them. I am 
willing to have the computer a LINUX device with a sub Windows 
partition. 

I am going to have to download files that will be used on my 
main computer that has Windows apps. I will need to be able to 
download Windows files and it will be good to have an up to date 
virus protection (NOT Mcafee which did not protect me before) 
for Windows type files that I download. 

Thomas 


A friend told me that the reason I see only the first, older version, 
is because my boot up is done by the Windows boot manager. 

I need to figure out how to get rid of that. He suggest using 
GRUB (????). 

Thomas 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Roller" <froller at tnclimited.com> 
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:50:08 PM GMT +00:00 Monrovia 
Subject: Re: A problem setting up Ubuntu 

On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 10:21 +0000, valhalla2100 at comcast.net wrote: 
> Hello, 
> 
> I am having trouble re-installing Ubuntu. There is an installation 
> from over a year ago. I did not use it for a while and forgot the 
> password. 
> 
> Can someone give me information on how I can get rid of the old 
> copy of Ubuntu (and maybe all that I installed since then)? 
> 
> I see that there is a version 9.xx. Have not been able to read any 
> postings on it. Should I use that instead of version 8.10? It might 
> not matter since I don't see any advantages of using Vista instead 
> of XP. I just want to be able to use applications and access the 
> internet. 
> 
> Someone told me to do a new install. I have done this a few times 
> and after the intallation and restart I get only the original listed 
> on 
> the selection screen (and Windows Vista, which I am trying to get 
> away from using). 
> 
> I was sort of forced to make the switch because the Comcast 
> provided version of McAfee did not block a trojan, which hosed up 
> my other computer (learned several years ago to have a computer 
> specifically for internet access because of such problems). I am 
> sure that it was some trojan because two neighbors and a sales 
> person told me that their computers stopped working around two 
> weeks ago. 
> 
> Thanks in advance 
> 
> Thomas 
> 

It sounds like when you did a fresh install it simple used available 
space. Ubuntu is safe about not wiping existing sytems. During install 
the partition editor will ask if you want to use the available space. 
IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SAVE ANYTHING then change this to "Use entire 
disk". This should completely start you off from scratch. 

If you are looking for salvaging data and saving the system the follow 
Alexandra's post on recovering the password. Hope this helps, good 
luck. 

-- 
Fred R. 
www.fwrgallery.com 




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