Troy Norvell asks:
I want to change my operating system from Ubuntu Linux to Windows 7, but it says my partitions are not in the right format. How do I format them to NTFS in Ubuntu?
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Tagged: format hard drive, install operating system, linux tips, ntfs, ubuntu, windows 7
System: ubuntu
Tagged: format hard drive, install operating system, linux tips, ntfs, ubuntu, windows 7
12 Answers -
Drew Butler
October 14, 2012Use Gparted, here is a guide I found o Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jT8n9PKiFE
It explains everything including the process of getting the program.
(fyi. the guy curses a.few times. if you don’t care for that just choose another tutorial video from the related videos section on the right).
Adrian Rea
October 14, 2012It also depends if you want to keep the files from your UBUNTU and whether you want to dual boot. GParted is best if you want to keep your Ubuntu but otherwise Win7 installation should be able to format the whole drive,
Imesh Chandrasiri
October 15, 2012download the ultimate boot disc ( just google it ) and boot from it. go to disc tools and any formatting tool. format the disc to desired format and install windows… pretty easy!
Zhong Jiang
October 16, 2012use the live CD to access into Gparted configuration tool.
Rajaa Chowdhury
October 16, 2012Use GParted in Ubuntu Linux
Andrew Hutson
October 17, 2012Download a free bootable partition editor such as GParted (google it). Burn that to a disc and then boot from it. That should solve your problem.
Jonas Nordgren
October 17, 2012what i did was deleted the partition using gparted instead of Re-formatting it, the installer formatted it with no problems at all.
Efi Dreyshner
October 26, 2012The best thing to do is to download GParted Live CD, and just do what you want…
Be careful – I have seen a few user that have been messing around with GRUB and NTDLR, and couldn’t boot to linux
Lisa Santika Onggrid
October 28, 2012GParted is all you need, if you still want your data intact. Otherwise, tell Win7 to wipe out the entire drive.
ali salah
October 28, 2012GParted partion editor is the best partion editor for linux .
note that you’ll need to unmount the desired partions before you format them .
Ramon Fletcher
November 2, 2012Boot from the ubuntu live cd and use gparted to delete the partitions. Gparted can also create a ntfs partition or just let the windows boot disk do this
Abba Jee
November 22, 2012i guess you need to check it
http://askubuntu.com/questions/177803/can-i-format-my-windows-7-ntfs-partition-and-use-it-in-ubuntu-even-if-it-appears