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    SZ220 + Ubuntu Question

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Vertikai, May 9, 2008.

  1. Vertikai

    Vertikai Newbie

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    Hey everyone! I just had a short question about Ubuntu and my current Vaio. I have recently decided I wanted to remove Ubuntu and GRUB from my system but I am unsure which partitions are used for them in the disk manager and I don't want to accidentally wipe my recovery partition from the computer. Does anyone happen to know the average size of the recovery partition for my model of Vaio?

    Partition Info:
    1. Unamed partition (NTFS), Healthy EISA Configuration, 6GB
    2. Unamed partition, Healthy Unknown Partition, 14GB
    3. Unamed Partition, Healthy Unknown Partition, 675MB
    4. C: Partition (NTFS), Healthy EISA, 91GB (Obviously I don't want to delete this one!)
     
    Vertikai, May 9, 2008
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  2. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    I would run GParted to determine which partition is which...this might get better replies in the Linux section. :rolleyes:
     
    pixelot, May 9, 2008
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  3. sartre

    sartre Notebook Enthusiast

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    file -s /dev/sda?

    in the console as root to tell which partitions are which
     
    sartre, May 10, 2008
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  4. karimnacer

    karimnacer Notebook Consultant

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    Obviously the first one is NTFS --> the recovery one (and size confirms that)
    The two unknown ones are linux related, erase them...
    The fourth one is a ntfs one, probably the one you use to store your personal data...
     
    karimnacer, May 10, 2008
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