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midnightleopard · 2010-02-04 17:57:36

on my old computer it was extremely slow because it wasn't meant to run vista. How do I erase windows vista off my old computer and load it up with ubuntu which is more simple to run on a computer?

BWOG · 2010-02-04 18:27:05

Ehhhh... I really don't know. Google will know.

illusionist · 2010-02-04 18:27:36

BWOG wrote:
Ehhhh... I really don't know. Google will know.

GOOGLE KNOWS ALL

tongue

BWOG · 2010-02-04 18:29:35

illusionist wrote:
BWOG wrote:
Ehhhh... I really don't know. Google will know.
GOOGLE KNOWS ALL

It does: http://www.vista4beginners.com/How-to-Uninstall-Windows-Vista

urhungry · 2010-02-04 19:15:16

you just download the ubuntu live cd, burn it to a disk, put it in the cd rom drive, and reboot the computer. thatll start the installation

gershmer · 2010-02-04 20:10:42

urhungry wrote:
you just download the ubuntu live cd, burn it to a disk, put it in the cd rom drive, and reboot the computer. thatll start the installation

Yeah. But guess what. That won't erase your Windows partition, won't make your new partition, and might cause errors overwriting the Windows partition which it will be forced to do.

urhungry · 2010-02-04 20:40:46

It won't? It worked fine for me. Also, back up your files first.

gershmer · 2010-02-04 20:46:28

urhungry wrote:
It won't? It worked fine for me. Also, back up your files first.

I said it might cause errors.

MIGHT.

And you shouldn't use a live cd, use the cd made for installing.

urhungry · 2010-02-04 22:01:29

same thing. the live cd is for installing.

filo5 · 2010-02-05 10:54:40

gershmer wrote:
urhungry wrote:
you just download the ubuntu live cd, burn it to a disk, put it in the cd rom drive, and reboot the computer. thatll start the installation
Yeah. But guess what. That won't erase your Windows partition, won't make your new partition, and might cause errors overwriting the Windows partition which it will be forced to do.

...if you don't format the partition properly.

gershmer · 2010-02-05 15:09:29

urhungry wrote:
same thing. the live cd is for installing.

Yeah. But the install CD is only for installing.

urhungry · 2010-02-05 18:40:34

no, i used a live cd for my computer. instead of partitioning, you choose to use the whole hard drive for it. its a listed option.

banana500 · 2010-02-05 18:59:45

Then don't use Vista. Everyone knows it is the worst OS ever created.

08jackt · 2010-02-06 08:59:37

banana500 wrote:
Then don't use Vista. Everyone knows it is the worst OS ever created.

yeah, i use Vista.

its horrible.

midnightleopard · 2010-02-06 10:55:29

I just burned ubuntu image to a disk and booted it on the computer. I can run it from a disk or install it, I have been running it from a disk because I need to erase vista before installing it comletely. I can't install it until vista is gone because I have one giga byte left and installing ubuntu will destroy it. I MUST DESTROY VISTA OFF THE COMPUTER FOR GOOD!!!

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