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I want to install Ubuntu 14.04 on my PC and remove Windows 8 without losing any previous partitions or data. I have booted my pendrive for installing Ubuntu 14.04 but I do not know how to install Ubuntu 14.04, remove Windows 8, and preserve all my data using the installer options.

TheSchwa
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Shuvo Karmakar
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This is how I will do it,

1.Make some free space/unallocated space ( about 50 GB ) by shrinking or deleting volume from current partitions ( using windows ).

2.boot ubuntu installation media.

3.now in the "installation type" select "something else".

4.add 3 partition -

i. select type > primary, allocate size > 20GB as ext3/4, mount point > /

ii. select type > logical, allocate size > 26GB as ext3/4, mount point > /home

iii. last of all 4GB as swap

That's all set for installation.

If you want to remove your windows partition just format/delete it after installing ubuntu ( after removing your needed files ).

NTFS file system can be mounted in linux using ntfs-3g & can be used natively.

Then run update-grub as root ( sudo update-grub ).

note: You can set your desired partition size according to your need or can expand it later.

partho222
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