[ITgirl45]

Okay, I don't know if I am in the right place, but I sure hope that someone can help me.

I currently have Windows Vista and Ubuntu on my laptop. I don't like Ubuntu anymore and I am trying to put Fedora on my laptop instead. Only, I don't have enough space, the installer says. I currently have 109.33GB for my C: drive, 5.05GB for my recovery and I have 5 more partitions ranging from 2.33GB to 24.64GB.

If I delete one of those partitions, will it just add on to the other ones?

And, if someone can answer this,will Fedora overwrite Uburntu?

Thanks!
ITgirl45

[1002richards]

Hi,
Do you want this in the linux forum instead perhaps? Just a thought as it's two linux flavors you're trying to sort out.

Richard

[ITgirl45]

I didn't really know where to put so I pust it in Vista because my main question is about the partitions. But if you feel it should be n the Linux one, that's fine with me

[TerryNet]

Fedora will overwrite Ubuntu if and only if you install it to the partition now containing Ubuntu.

When you "delete" a partition you create free, or unpartitioned, space. To use it you then need to increase the size of an adjoining partition.

Use the partition manager on your Fedora CD, or get a free standing one such as GParted, and do whatever you need to do to create a partition large enough for Fedora.

You don't want to mess with the Recovery partition at all. Don't want to mess with the Vista partition unless you need to shrink (dangerous) it to create enough space.

What are those extra 5 partitions? One is the Ubuntu installation that you no longer need (or will use for Fedora). One is probably linux swap. What are the other 3?

[saikee]

Funny enough Ubuntu Live CD is always shipped with gparted which can always be downloaded inside Ubuntu via the Package Manager.

Therefore the quick answer is to fire up the Partition Editor inside Ubuntu to resize the hard disk.

[ITgirl45]

Ok, sorry for taking so long in replying, but I've been away.

First, I downloaded Ubuntu off of their site and therefore do not have a CD for it. Second, the partitions I currently have, one is for Recovery, one is for OS, and three say Primary Partition and nothing else, and then 2 say Unallocated. I cannot do anything with the Unallocated ones and with the other 3, all I can do is delete them. No where does it say Ubuntu or what partition it is on.

I think I really need some help.

I'm attaching a zip file with a screen shot of what my partitions look like. Hopefully someone can make some sense of this

[TerryNet]

For future info--it's easier on you and especially on us if you save your screenshot as a .jpg file and attach that here instead of zipping it.

If you did not burn the .iso to CD how did you install Ubuntu? Using Wubi? Or is there another way, which installs Ubuntu from hard drive to a separate partition?

I understand that you can do some stuff with Windows' Disk Management, but since Windows doesn't understand ext2, ext3, linux swap, or any other format other than NTFS and FAT and FAT32 (maybe I missed one) I wouldn't even try.

Use a real partition editor as we discussed above. It will not give drive letters (C, D, ...) to the partitions as Windows does, but it will show the partitions in the same order. You can start by firing up the GParted in Ubuntu. Since you will be booting from hard drive instead of Live CD your actions will be restricted, but you can see how it looks.