[PLUG] Resolved, sort of: Replacing Windows Vista with Ubuntu 14.04 -- stuck early in the install process

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 29 Feb 2016, Dick Steffens wrote:

> Thanks for the ideas. Maybe some day I'll need that drive and I'll dig
> around some more. I'll probably put it in another machine and repartition
> it there to get rid of Vista.

Dick,

   There are adapters that allow you to connect a naked hard drive to a USB
port on your running system. This will allow you to futz with the drive
without disturbing the existing system or requiring another chassis. It will
result is a ready-to-use spare drive.

Rich