Uninstalling Vista

[pearldrumma444]

I need to uninstall Vista and then reinstall it. I have Ubuntu so I was going to use Gparted and either delete the partition or reformat it. My problem is that I don't know if I need to format it to a file system or if Vista will automatically the unused space NTFS. And if it doesn't autmatically make it NTFS do I need it to be, because it doesn't give me that option in Gparted, only some other options, the closest I could find was fat32.

So my big question is do I just delete the partition and install Vista on unused disk space or reformat to a certain file system.

[zombie278]

delete the partition and reformat the drive

[Gow616]

If the partition is on the one drive that you are going to reinstall Windows. Just pop in the disc and hit a key at the starting prompt when it says "Press key to boot from disc". Do a Fresh/Clean Install and you will have the option of formatting the harddrive and there is also an option to delete an existing partitions and reformat it into one partition again.

Since you are reinstalling anyways it is easier to wipe the slate clean.

If you are just trying to delete a partition without reinstalling Windows it becomes a little harder because of GRUB being in the MBR. You have to reinstall the MBR from the Windows disc and when you get back into Windows use a partition manager to delete the partition and re-add it to the Windows partition.