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    Jul 21, 2011, 06:19 AM
    I have two operating systems, ubuntu and windows xp. How do I get rid of windows xp?
    I recently installed ubuntu onto my computer, and I no longer need windows xp. Xp seems to be hogging the memory so I can't download much to ubuntu. Is it possible to completely remove windows xp from my computer and just have ubuntu, or does ubuntu run from xp, because I can delete ubuntu from Xp's control panel. I really don't care if I completely reformat my computer, just any way that's possible, I just want to have ubuntu as my only operating system. How can I make that happen? Thanks for your help.
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    Jul 21, 2011, 06:27 AM
    Best way forward would be to completely start from scratch, format your drive and install ubuntu on a clean machine.
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    Jul 21, 2011, 06:40 AM
    You could delete the XP partition then use Gparted to resize the partitions. Sometimes killing the Windows partition does a number on your bootloader (GRUB I think?) so have a another internet connected computer nearby to diagnose any issues with that.
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    Jul 21, 2011, 07:51 AM
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    Jul 21, 2011, 07:52 AM
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    Could you tell me how to do that?
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    Jul 21, 2011, 11:16 AM
    You'll need to delete the partitions that you don't need to get then to the Unallocated Space status, then you can use Gparted to resize your main partition into that space.
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