I accidentally installed Kubuntu over windows

ntfd67 · 05-07-2009, 07:45 PM

I accidentally installed Kubuntu over windows. Now I need to Fdisk the hard drive so I can install Vista. Any help please.

linus72 · 05-07-2009, 07:46 PM

Do you have a Windows Recovery Disk or you just wanna install Vista?

Please give more info-

pljvaldez · 05-07-2009, 07:47 PM

if you're just going to reinstall over the top of Kubuntu, all you have to do is drop the Vista CD in and have it format the drive for you.

ntfd67 · 05-07-2009, 08:17 PM

Tried recovery cds and they don't work. Tech support says I need to Fdisk to get hard drive back to a windows format. But they won't help me with that because I need to do it thru Ubuntu.

ntfd67 · 05-07-2009, 08:18 PM

All I have is 1 system disk and 2 recovery disks.

pljvaldez · 05-07-2009, 08:19 PM

From the ubuntu live CD, you can use GParted to format the drive as NTFS.

ntfd67 · 05-07-2009, 08:21 PM

ok here is the short version. Had Vista 64bit. Tried to intall Kubuntu parallel with windows. I screwed up and installed over windows. Recovery disks do't work. Tech support says Linux partitioned the drive so windows can't read it and I need to Fdisk thru Kubuntu so that the hard drive will get back to a format that windows will read.

ntfd67 · 05-07-2009, 08:22 PM

Is the Gparted self explanatory. I'm Stupid.

knudfl · 05-08-2009, 10:47 AM

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Gparted is very easy to use.

Suggest : Use the 'Gparted' live cd.