Thinkpad W510 advice

[Colin Law]

On 25 January 2011 14:12, bauerh <bauerh at rogers.com> wrote:
> I am about to take possession of my new Thinkpad W510, which comes with
> Genuine Windows 7 Professional(32bit), Intel
> Core i7-720QM Processor(1.6 GHz, 6MB L3,1333MHz). I do NOT intend to use
> Windows but install ubuntu 10.10.
> As I am not sure about the correct procedure of removing win 7 from the
> installation without jeopardising a clean ubuntu installation, your expert,
> highly experienced guidance is sought and kindly requested.

I believe you should just be able to boot off the Ubuntu install CD
and tell it to use the entire disk when it asks where to install.
That will obliterate Windows.

Colin