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Cant delete Windows boot partition using Gparted

Asked by Ernesto Balaji

How to delete windows boot partition using Gparted in Ubuntu 12.04. Currently the delete or format option for that specific boot volume is disabled

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you run:

gksudo gparted

Is it ok there?

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Ernesto Balaji (bala8vijay) said : 		#2

Sorry folks.. I later realized that I not only could not format the Windows Boot partition but all the other partitions in hard disk. Because they were all mounted. I unmounted them and formatted the partition. Thanks..

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Ernesto Balaji (bala8vijay) said : 		#3

Sorry folks.. I later realized that I not only could not format the Windows Boot partition but all the other partitions in hard disk. Because they were all mounted. I unmounted them and formatted the partition. Thanks..