Wiping out Vista

TentativeChaos · 04-07-2008, 06:15 PM

I have my hard drive partitioned between Vista and Ubuntu. I want to wipe out the Vista part of the partition so that I can install XP on it, but when I go into Partition Editor, it won't let me edit the partition because there is stuff on it that it can't read. I assume this is because it's stuff from the Vista OS. So I need to know how to get rid of Vista so that I can preform a clean install of XP in the piece of the partition that Vista was on. Thanks.

MS3FGX · 04-07-2008, 06:53 PM

Unless you are looking to resize the partition, all you need to do is boot to the XP install CD and format the partition Vista is on, then install.

TentativeChaos · 04-07-2008, 06:54 PM

I want to do a clean install, so don't I need to delete Vista first?

onebuck · 04-07-2008, 07:13 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by TentativeChaos

I want to do a clean install, so don't I need to delete Vista first?

You could always wipe the partition with 'dd'.

But as MS3FGX stated, just use the M$ XP install cd and you will be given a option to delete the partition. After that you can then format the partition with the filesystem you wish. Then continue the install to the same partition.