I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual-booted on my hard drive. My Ubuntu installation became kind of messed up and I don't know how to fix it. So it would just be easier for me to just do a fresh install of Ubuntu over the existing partition. Is there a way for me to do this without reformatting the whole drive and having to reinstall Windows?
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Sure. Just choose "something else" during installation for manual partitioning and reformat the partitions that Ubuntu is supposed to use. Obviously, all their data will be lost in the process, but no need to touch Windows partitions.
Relevant comment by TrailRider:
The answer is correct but may have be more complicated that needed. You should be able to boot from the cd/usb and after clicking the install button, the choices window should give you the option to "Erase Ubuntu and reinstall" . Selecting that would format the Ubuntu partition only and do a clean install of Ubuntu.
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