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I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 8 on my system (dual boot), Everything was working fine until graphical interface of Ubuntu crashes after updating it to 14.04.2 (unity fails to start after booting). Now i want to reinstall Ubuntu but i am a little worry that it might clean my windows data. Is it possible to safely remove and reinstall Ubuntu without affecting Windows 8 files?

I will appreciate it if you explain what is the safest method.

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Nima Soltani
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  • I think this thread http://askubuntu.com/questions/206721/how-to-remove-ubuntu-without-affecting-windows can get you with some idea. – BDRSuite Apr 24 '15 at 17:38

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Actually, Yes. When installing, go into the advanced partition manager, selecting 'Something else' when installing. Advanced partiton Then, when choosing root partition,
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Make sure you choose the previous Ubuntu installation partition. partition
Select it as 'ext4 journaling file system'
Make sure your partition labeled windows is marked as 'not used'

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    It was a little different (esp. the last part of it, where you need to check Formatting the selected partition) I think the difference can be ascribed to different release distribution. Thanks a lot. – Nima Soltani May 05 '15 at 16:58