<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Thank you guys very much for the help. Unfortuantly all though I am very good with computers I have never formated my HDD and I am not sure how to. I also do not know what a ext3 or 4 is. Sorry for being such a challenge. I once tried to load a Linux os onto my PS3 from a CD but I was unsucessful. So if anyone could point me to a full tutorial on how to format and start over with Ubuntu I would be most appreciative. --- On Fri, 10/2/09, Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570@sbcglobal..net> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> From: Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: Help with installation To: "not for general discussionsUbuntu user technical support" <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 6:49 PM <DIV class=plainMail> --- On Fri, 10/2/09, Michael White <<A href="http://us.mc1116.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=enlightenedshadow@yahoo..com" ymailto="mailto:enlightenedshadow@yahoo.com">enlightenedshadow@yahoo.com</A>> wrote: > From: Michael White <<A href="http://us.mc1116.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=enlightenedshadow@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:enlightenedshadow@yahoo.com">enlightenedshadow@yahoo.com</A>> > Subject: Re: Help with installation > To: "not for general discussionsUbuntu user technical support" <<A href="http://us.mc1116.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A>> > Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 1:35 PM > Thanks > for the reply, however I am not looking to back up anything. > I just want a clean wipe of everything that is on the HDD. I > can't afford another HDD right now so this one will have > to do. I want to fully erase everything that has to do with > Windows and all file data back to the original drive so that > I can then load Ubuntu on it. I don't care what gets > deleted (except whatever I need to allow me to start from > scratch). > Then your solution should simply be to format your HDD and install an ext3 or 4 file system then install ubuntu from a live or alt CD, I personally prefer the alt CD and do a fresh install on a clean partition. HTH. Leonard Chatagnier <A href="http://us.mc1116.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lenc5570@sbcglobal.net" ymailto="mailto:lenc5570@sbcglobal.net">lenc5570@sbcglobal.net</A> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <A href="http://us.mc1116.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <A href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target=_blank>https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</A> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>