I have ubuntu 11.10, but i want to remove it, format my hard drive and install windows xp, but when i try doing this from the windows installer it says that the hard drive can't be formated so i would like to do it from the ubuntu installer without installing it again. Please help me
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Ubuntu – How to remove Ubuntu, wipe hard drive and install Windows XP
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Best Answer
The easiest way to do this is to probably create a new partition table on the drive from the Ubuntu live CD/DVD or USB flash drive. This is lower-level than just removing all the partitions.
gparted
, then click on the GParted icon when it comes up.The GParted window will look something like this, though not exactly like it.