Have installed Q4OS. now I want to get rid of Vista. How?

abhilashbabu · 2017-05-19 19:01

Hi, I had an old laptop at home and it was on Windows Vista. I opened it after so long and nothing was working and it was super slow.
After a bit of research I read about Q4OS and installed it and it is now running like magic. Can someone now help me uninstall Windows Vista? (I don't have a CD).

AB

system5 · 2017-05-19 20:39

I am not sure why you did not reformat your whole disk before installing Q4OS but the following link may be of assistance:

https://sourceforge.net/p/os-uninstaller/wiki/Home/

system5 · 2017-05-19 22:03

Just remembered that OS Uninstaller may not work in Q4OS, in which case you could look at installing GParted via The Software Centre and removing the Windows partition(s) - these should be identified as ntfs file systems.

crosscourt · 2017-05-19 22:10

That would be the easiest way system5 assuming hes not going to bite the bullet and reformat the whole drive and start fresh with Q4OS.

system5 · 2017-05-19 22:24

Agreed crosscourt - if I had decided to go all in with Q4OS and delete Vista, my personal preference would be to reformat the whole disk prior to installation.

Last edited by system5 (2017-05-19 22:26)

Dai_trying · 2017-05-19 22:26

You can either

(1) re-install like crosscourt said (my first choice)
or
(2) using gparted you can remove (or just reformat) the windows partition(s) like system5 said

both are easy to do and the main difference between the two methods are:

1. You will have complete installation on one partition and all space immediately available to the system
2. You will have a spare partition you could use to either store data or even try another installation (maybe scorpion to see if it will be ok) for testing stuff.

crosscourt · 2017-05-19 22:27

Same here, depending on the size of the drive. I hate wasting space on drives, unless its a very large capacity drive and he can afford to remove the partitions with Vista.

crosscourt · 2017-05-19 22:44

Dai beat me to it, but I was replying to system 5.

system5 · 2017-05-19 22:53

A third option would be to remove the Vista partition(s) and extend the Q4OS partition to ensure that the free space is not wasted.

crosscourt · 2017-05-19 22:57

If hes got a large drive it would be a good option to extend the Q4OS partition.

system5 · 2017-05-19 23:01

....... and do away with the need to reinstall Q4OS!

crosscourt · 2017-05-19 23:04

Yes, he wouldnt have to reinstall Q4OS but he needs to be attentive or a mistake could cause him to have to reinstall.

system5 · 2017-05-19 23:12

Agreed although that would just bring him back to our first preference which is to reformat the whole disk and start afresh - sorted!

crosscourt · 2017-05-19 23:16

Lets see how he does.

abhilashbabu · 2017-05-20 04:34

Ok, I should have elaborated a bit more:

1 - I am not a techie. I have never done anything like this before. I wanted to use an old laptop, lying idle, was on vista and pretty pretty slow. When I researched on the internet, I came across an article that recommended Q4OS. I found the instructiosn on Q4 website on how to create a Bootable USB and install Q4OS. I followed all the instructions by the book and managed to do it well. I used G Partition as well at some point, I remember.

2 - So I am trying to follow what System 5 suggested, which is to use GParted from the software centre and remove the windows partition. Right now, it sounds a bit like Greek to me, but I will do it. One advantage I have is that the old laptop does not have any important files I need to worry about. So its a perfect place for me to experiment I guess.

Thank you brothers and sisters for helping a non-techie do all this!

abhilashbabu · 2017-05-20 04:54

Guess what? I did it with GParted! Thanks a lot for helping.

crosscourt · 2017-05-20 04:58

Nice work, and GParted is pretty easy to use overall even for less experienced users.

Enjoy your Q4OS install!

abhilashbabu · 2017-05-21 06:53

I seem to have gotten into some trouble and maybe it is connected. So, while using Gparted to uninstall windows, I had selected the pale green folders and deleted them. Later on I divided the unallocated spaces and gave them labels of "Work", "Backup", "Personal" and then hit apply. I just noticed today that When I go to My Computer > Storage Media > I am unable to access any of these drives. It just says access denied and could not write to " /media/compname/personal.tes.part. " I can also see a folder with a lock in all these called "Lost+Found"

When I go back to Gparted and check these drives, here is what I see http://imgh.us/snapshot1_5.png
Have I messed it up?

Dai_trying · 2017-05-21 08:32

No you have not messed it up, it can be easily put right.
First mount your partitions, you can do this in konqueror Go -> Storage Media then right click the partitions and select Mount from the dialog box for both Work and Backup.
Next open a terminal (Konsole) and navigate to your media folder

cd /media/reena

now if you type

ls -l

it will list the mount points (folders) and tell you the owner and group like this example

dai@scorpionmain:/media/dai$ ls -l
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 30 dai dai 4096 Apr 27 15:25 Storage
drwxr-xr-x  3 dai dai 4096 Apr  2 14:55 VMTest

You will notice your folders are probably owned by "root", to change this type the following in the terminal

sudo chown -R reena:reena *

This will give your user ownership of all files and folders contained in the mountpoints, so now if you type

ls -l

again it should show your user as owner and group.
Now go back to konqueror and refresh the display (F5) and you will now have full access.
Any problems please post back

abhilashbabu · 2017-05-23 08:13

It worked!!! Thank you Dai_trying

Dai_trying · 2017-05-23 13:13

You are most welcome

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Have installed Q4OS. now I want to get rid of Vista. How?

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