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[wizardfromoz]

Where the insertion point is (hollow rectangle) try typing

+100G

If it does not allow that, insert a space and try again.

Then press enter

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

Is this right?

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

I'm not sure I'm doing this right...

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

Where the insertion point is (hollow rectangle) try typing

?? Thought you said I"m smart!

You don't think I know that by now???

 

[wizardfromoz]

No, my bad I am too rusty with this, regrets.

q

to quit.

I'll have to think about it more, and research.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

Nothing different

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

No, my bad I am too rusty with this, regrets.

q

to quit.

I'll have to think about it more, and research.

From the dummy,

Perhaps you meant "exit"?

 

[wizardfromoz]

Try

Ctrl-c

 

[wizardfromoz]

Got it.

After

+100G

It should have just been "enters" until it threw up

Command ? for help

and that's where you type

w

and press enter

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

I don't remember what I did to get the "Help" menu. I saw the 'q', just like you said. It exited all of that.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

I'm looking an Ubuntu forum. Someone asked a question almost exactly like mine, reformatting the hard drive with GParted using live Ubunto. They are saying it can be done. I formatted a USB earlier today. There is nothing about Microsoft on that USB like there is on everything else

How do I erase/format a harddisk from a live CD?

 

[wizardfromoz]

Let's look at it fresh tomorrow.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

Let's look at it fresh tomorrow.

Okay!

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

I'm looking at a few things. I might leave some observations for you. Just look at them tomorrow if I do

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

I forgot that I can't see the hard disk drive in GParted.

But I can see it in "Disks", where it can format the drive.

My brain is tired. Any more than that would be jumbled recall. I would confuse myself. I think I'll go to sleep now.

 

[Condobloke]

But I can see it in "Disks", where it can format the drive.

Format it from there.

 

[Condobloke]

Disks full name is : gnome-disk-utility

Very reliable.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

Disks full name is : gnome-disk-utility

Very reliable.

-disk-utility ?

 

[Condobloke]

click on the gear icon. If the disc is mounted....unmount it by clicking the square just to the left of the gear


format should be

 

[Condobloke]

If there is more than one partition, you can click on Resize......and expand the size of the biggest partition to the complete size of the whole drive. That will effectively make just one big partition.....which you can then format to ext4