Thinkpad W510 advice

[bauerh]

On 11-01-25 09:21 AM, Matt Harrison wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:12 AM, 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.
>> Hans
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> The simplest thing to do would be, when installing 10.10, to tell the
> partitioner to use the entire disk. This will completely remove the
> Windows 7 partition and when GRUB installs it will rewrite the MBR and
> you will have no trace of Windows on the machine.
>
> The speedy reply from the members of this list has been highly appreciated.
A 'collective' THANKYOU'
  to all respondents.
Hans