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Ok guys, I have a dual booting laptop that has both windows 7 on it and ubuntu 14.04.
I was messing around on ubuntu and did some stuff with the nvidia drivers that Im not quite sure how to fix.
I dont have any backups (lesson learned) and being that I havent had it very long dont have anything on there that is irreplaceable (a.k.a wiping it and then doing a clean install is perfectly fine with me).

So I was wondering how I would do a fresh install of ubuntu 14.04 without screwing up grub or my windows 7 partition.

All I want to do is wipe out the ubuntu side and re-install it back on there.
Do I just go through the same process as dual booting or is there something special I must do now that I have some different partitons (the ubuntu one and the swap space) before I can re-install it?

Im still pretty new at this stuff so as detailed as possible is appreciated,
Thanks for all your help! :)

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  • first boot the live ubuntu 14.04
  • then using gparted format the partation containing ubuntu
  • then install the ubuntu 14.04 using manual partitioning method.
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  • So basically I just format the partiton where ubuntu currently resides and then just install it like I did the first time? (for dual-boot I had to partition manually and all that jazz as well) – zyphon7 May 21 '14 at 17:08
  • yes its exactly like that,. you may use sudo update-grub when done – rajan May 21 '14 at 17:14
  • Do I format the swap partition as well, or does that matter? – zyphon7 May 21 '14 at 17:43
  • its up to you, you may format the swap and create later or leave as it is.. – rajan May 21 '14 at 17:53