uninstalling and reinstalling 13.04 to a different hard drive

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Published on 2013-07-03T05:04:46Z Indexed on 2013/07/03 5:18 UTC
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i recently downloaded and installed ubuntu 13.04, the problem is that i deleted windows operating system by mistake so now only have ubuntu to work off of, im trying to uninstall and reinstall ubuntu to a different hard drive as the one it is currently installed on doesnt have sufficient disk space, could someone instruct how to do this, explaining the partitioning part too as im new and dont fully understand it

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