Need to clear external

[sungman]

Recently I accidentally installed Ubuntu on my WD 1 TB external and its taking up a good portion of the hard drive. I can't find a way to uninstall Ubuntu off the harddrive.

[Takeshi]

Delete the entire thing, move your files to somewhere else (that is if you have anything else on it) and re-format?

[newy]

Sorry for the question but why would someone install an OS (I hope that Ubuntu is an OS, I don't know Linux and its different versions) on an external HD?

Your question: Format?

[Lupin]

Sorry for the question but why would someone install an OS (I hope that Ubuntu is an OS, I don't know Linux and its different versions) on an external HD?

You don't need to repartition your drive or add another drive for linux.

Reformatting the drive will remove the files but not the bootloader

[Xyresic]

Recently I accidentally installed Ubuntu on my WD 1 TB external and its taking up a good portion of the hard drive. I can't find a way to uninstall Ubuntu off the harddrive.

If you don't really have files you need, I'd say wipe the disk and reformat.

If you do have your own files on the HD, I'd say delete the Ubuntu partitions. If you have Vista or 7 I'm pretty sure you can use Disk Management (run → diskmgmt.msc) to locate the Ubuntu paritions and delete them (Make sure to confirm that it's your Ubuntu partition! Restoring your data after you delete a partition nears the impossible). You can also try using terminal to delete the entire OS... I know there's a command somewhere that wipes the system files clean.

Reformatting the drive will remove the files but not the bootloader

That wouldn't be a problem unless he needs to install another OS on it, shouldn't it?

[Lupin]

That wouldn't be a problem unless he needs to install another OS on it, shouldn't it?

No, but it will be an annoyance if he has the BIOS boot on removable devices first. It will pop up everytime he boots. I'm assuming he's reformatting the drive using Windows utilities. If he does it on Linux then he can also fix that issue.

[sungman]

I've been trying to delete the linux partition with partition magic but it isnt' working, suggestions?

[sdedalus83]

I've been trying to delete the linux partition with partition magic but it isnt' working, suggestions?

Umm........ fdisk?

[Lupin]

I've been trying to delete the linux partition with partition magic but it isnt' working, suggestions?

I think you need to reboot for that to work.

[sungman]

NVM sorry, found out my problem, dumb problems  .

Rebooting did work.


Ubuntu is fun....when shit doesn't go wrong.

[Xyresic]

Ubuntu is fun....when shit doesn't go wrong.

QFT... lol

Especially the animations and customization.

[sungman]

Another issue with ubuntu

I saw there was a coreavc integration project going on, but its a bit behind. Is there an alternative to coreavc for Ubuntu or am I just better off using Windows for anime watching.

[bcr123]

Another issue with ubuntu

I saw there was a coreavc integration project going on, but its a bit behind. Is there an alternative to coreavc for Ubuntu or am I just better off using Windows for anime watching.

My experience is that you're better off with Windows at least for now. I tried all the tweaks to get performance on Ubuntu including the coreavc tweaks but just couldn't get the same performance I had on Windows from a simple install.

 It stands out for me because my laptop is marginal for 1080 content on Windows (occasional slowness but overall OK) but in Ubuntu it's hopeless.

[sapsa]

Another issue with ubuntu

I saw there was a coreavc integration project going on, but its a bit behind. Is there an alternative to coreavc for Ubuntu or am I just better off using Windows for anime watching.

tried mplayer?

[sungman]

I'm not sure what you mean...CoreAVC isn't a media player 

[kureshii]

Another issue with ubuntu

I saw there was a coreavc integration project going on, but its a bit behind. Is there an alternative to coreavc for Ubuntu or am I just better off using Windows for anime watching.

1) mplayer + vdpau
2) mplayer + ffmpeg-mt (if no vdpau-compatible hardware available)

[sapsa]

I'm not sure what you mean...CoreAVC isn't a media player  

Yes, but he got playing issues on linux, and from my experience there nothing needed to play anything on linux thanks to mplayer, so i was thinking he is using othere player than mplayer

MPlayer is powerfull so he can tweak it abit and try

edit: and from what i readed now coreavc aint native for linux, you need wine to install it, and it will be allways slower than native application/codec

[fohfoh]

I dunno. I never had huge issues with ubuntu cept for the times I would wipe shit out by accident and totally break the install. But seriously, if you take time to properly set up partitions, it's only 20 minutes for a full install + updating. (fucking hate when I have 1000+ things lined up for 2 hours though since the wifi driver isn't optimized until after the updates....)

Media on ubuntu, I've had almost no issues with it. Though I've never really tried 1080 content on linux. (I mean, 1080 fails on my laptop unless I have coreavc, which I rarely use except in the rare occasion anyways), so essentially, I would have to admit that CCCP and K-Lite "fail" too if I said media failed on linux.

* fohfoh is still waiting for an opportunity to redo my install (Mainly waiting on a cheap legit version of win 7 pro/ult and then I'll dual boot)

[sungman]

Update:
Now Grub won't let me run XP, what a mess I've gotten myself into...

[Lupin]

Update:
Now Grub won't let me run XP, what a mess I've gotten myself into...

I did warn you before.

Assuming GRUB is installed on the External, you can either
1. use fdisk (the linux one) to remove it from the drive
2. set your bios to boot from nonremovable devices first
3. disconnect the drive when booting