how to replace Ubuntu with Fedora

[seaguy]

Hi, everyone,
I want to replace the Ubuntu with Fedora in my laptop(model:hp EliteBook 8540W). After I opened the machine, the status is as follows:
Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-25-genric
Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-25-genric (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-24-genric
Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-24-genric (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-genric
Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-genric (recovery mode)
Memory test (memtest86+)
Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)
Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)

I have some questions about installation:
1) How to partition space for Fedora? (this space is 128GB occupied by Ubuntu currently
). Maybe I cannot use Gparted to partition. Will it influence windows system after
partition? (because the windows loader is on /dev/sda1)
2) Do I need replace Ubuntu's grub2 bootloader with installing Fedora's grub? How to do?
3) Can you introduce me all the steps in detailed before installation? Because I can not
find these steps in the Installation Guide.
Any help is much appreciated.

[glennzo]

You need not do anything except install Fedora to the partition that currently holds Ubuntu and make sure you choose to have the Fedora installer format that partition during the installation process. That will overwrite Ubuntu. Fedora will install it's own grub.

[trigpoint]

If you are planning to keep your home partition you will need to move some files around for some applications to work, ubuntu and fedora store evolution mailboxes in different paths for instance.