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all.  I've recently installed Linux Mint 14 Nadia but wanted to
keep the dual boot with XP whilst I tested it out. Now I am
happy with it I want to remove Windows XP from my system. I've
been googling how to do this but I can't find any sold (safe)
suggestions.  How might I go about this?   To really answer that
one, you should tell us which boot loader you are using. In your
setup two alternatives could be possible: grub or WinXP boot
loader.  Just let us know which one.  Easiest/Safest option:
Reinstall Linux on the entire system, overwriting WinXP
partitions. If you can fairly easily take a backup of all your
files (e.g., take a backup of /home folder) and put those files
on a separate partition (non-windows, non-linux) or on a
separate hard-drive (external HDD or pen-drive), then it is
probably easier to re-install Linux by re-partitioning in such a
way to eliminate all the Windows and current Linux related
partitions, and replace them with a fr