Solved How to uninstall Windows XP from dual-boot with Windows 8?

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I have a dual-boot system with Windows 8 and Windows XP.
Now, I need to uninstall Windows XP so that I can install Ubuntu.

But the problem is the partition having XP is active and it is the system drive.
I think even the MDR is located in XP partition.

Here's a screenshot of my Disk Management window:

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Please help me to uninstall XP.
THANKS in advance
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Please backup any thing necessary so you can revert back if things go wrong,.
  1. If you don't have the Windows 8.1 Installation disk then you need to create a USB/CD Recovery disk:
    - From Control Panel ->Recovery and follow the steps.
  2. Win+R -> then type msconfig and delete the entry for Windows XP from the Menu and set Windows 8.1 as default.
  3. From Disk Management, delete the Windows XP partition.
  4. Set your BIOS to boot from USB/CD then Use the Windows 8.1 Installation or the Recovery disk to boot up your PC, If you boot from the installation disk, click on Repair my PC first else
    Trouble Shoot->Advanced Option->Startup repair->Windows 8.1
  5. This should create a new MBR in C partition and set it to active (Windows 8.1).
  6. Take out the USB/CD then reboot.


NOTE: For Windows 8, the options in step 4 is: Trouble Shoot->Advanced Option->Automatic Repair
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
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