Hello I installed Ubuntu 13.10 alongside Windows XP, Now that I never use Windows XP and I have almost no space for Ubuntu (I literally only have 136mb left) I would like to uninstall it from my NTFS and reallocate the remaining space on my NTFS drive to Ubuntu without damaging my Ubuntu installation.
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No, Ubuntu and windows are installed on the same drive, My NTFS drive – Michael Schroff Nov 04 '13 at 23:16
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Did you use Wubi to install Ubuntu? – troylatroy Nov 04 '13 at 23:47
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Drive is not equal to partition. I think the terminology may be causing some confusion. – crafter Nov 05 '13 at 05:03
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Ok I have deleted the windows partition but now I need help merging the unallocated space with my current installation and making ubuntu boot on startup. http://askubuntu.com/questions/372212/how-do-i-add-the-unallocated-space-to-my-ubuntu-installation-after-deleting-the – Michael Schroff Nov 06 '13 at 21:06
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First of all , your XP and Ubuntu are not on the same NTFS drive!!! They can't be! Ubuntu is using ext4.
An easy and secure way of doing this is :- Make sure all drives are unmounted(easiest by going in live ubuntu CD)
Then open up Gparted , locate your NTFS drive , delete it and create a new ext4 partition or merge it with your existing one.
If you can't use Gparted , then I recommend cfdisk its a terminal based utility with nice GUI like interface but very powerful.
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It may be correct that they are on the same drive, I think you meant partition. – crafter Nov 05 '13 at 04:59
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You are differentiating b/w drive and partition. And I'm differentiating b/w hard disk and internal drives. – Invoker Nov 05 '13 at 10:06
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