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I have installed fedora 13 in separate disk partition( Not inside window 7 )...so now i want to remove it and want to install ubuntu studio 10.04...
As I am new to this Linux Environment I need ur help to step forward
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Quick expert checklist to replace Fedora on its own disk with Ubuntu Studio while leaving Windows 7 alone.

Good to see got it working and thanks to for the pointer. For others reading later: Fedora 13 and Ubuntu Studio 10.04 are very old and no longer supported—prefer a currently supported Ubuntu-based release if you can. If you must install 10.04, follow the safety checklist below so the Windows 7 installation stays intact.

Before you begin: back up any important data from the Fedora disk. Create a Windows 7 System Repair disc or recovery USB so you can restore the Windows bootloader if necessary. In Windows, open Disk Management to identify which physical disk and partitions belong to Windows (NTFS) and which to Linux—note the disk numbers (Disk 0, Disk 1). Make a bootable Ubuntu Studio media and be prepared to boot the installer in the same firmware mode (BIOS/Legacy or UEFI) that Windows uses.

During install: choose the manual partitioner ("Something else"). Identify and remove only the Fedora partitions (ext formats, swap, or LVM volumes) and create the new Linux partitions you need (root /, /home if desired, swap). Do not touch NTFS partitions. For the bootloader target, if Linux is on a separate physical disk you can install GRUB to that disk (for example /dev/sdb) so the Windows disk MBR/EFI remains untouched; alternatively, installing GRUB to the primary disk MBR/EFI will usually detect and chainload Windows automatically. If Windows is UEFI-installed, make sure the installer uses the existing EFI System Partition.

After install: test booting both OSes. If Windows fails to boot, restore its bootloader from the Windows recovery environment and run:

bootrec /fixmbr
bootrec /fixboot
bootrec /rebuildbcd

If GRUB problems occur, the Ubuntu "Boot-Repair" tool from a live session is useful.

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Hello,

You should be able to install ubuntu over fedora. Insert the Ubuntu disk and delete the Fedora partitions then install Ubuntu how you installed Fedora. Ubuntu should rewrite the grub (boot selection screen) automatically.

Just in case anything goes wrong back up you data first. If you need help installing Ubuntu let us know.

- Let us know how it goes.

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Thanks..
hey champ you were right.....

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