Dual boot w/Win7...Help removing Xubuntu to install Linux Lite 2.0

[modeltweaker]

My laptop is dual boot with Win7 and Xubuntu. I would like to remove Xubuntu and install LL2. Not sure what to do. I don't want to mess up the Win7 system as my daughter needs Office and Photoshop for school.

When I installed Xubuntu I had 30gb free in Win7. I told the Xubuntu installer to use 12gb. When it finished Win7 had 8gb free and it used 22gb. Win7 is now a pain with very little free space. So...Could I allocate less space for Linux Lite and grow the Win7 partition a little? Is there a way to uninstall Xubuntu? What happens to the boot loader in all these changes?

My drive layout is below. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

sda1    ntfs          47.2    win7    Boot
sda3    extended  22.2
sda7    ext4          11.0    Xubuntu
sda5    ext4          9.2      Xubuntu
sda6    linux-swap2.0
sda2    fat32        5.0      IBM diagnostic

[sonic]

First off all, watch this video Linux Lite 2.0 Install and overview | Simple, fast, free [HD] and read this section (Something Else NOTE: FOR ADVANCED USERS ONLY) from the Installation Guide.

Basically you have to delete the partition that contains Xubuntu and start from there to manage the other partitions. I hope I helped because I'm not an expert at this.

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Regardless of what you plan to do to your current setup, BACK IT UP FIRST, then go check out one of gold_finger's excellent tutorials.

I use Redo Backup on LiveCD/USB to do this. There are other fine ones out there, but Redo backs up the ENTIRE drive structure, compresses it, and is easy to use...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob