Uninstalling Ubuntu

[Alexander Duncan]

With great difficulty I finally found what appears to be more or less 
official instructions on uninstalling the Ubuntu OS on 
www.users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p18.htm (why is this information not 
posted on the official Ubuntu web site)? However, I do not understand 
the reference to "choose the installation that you need to access from 
the Recovery Console" on page 2 of the instruction on the Recovery 
Console. Can anyone explain what is meant when referring to the 
"installation" - apparently a valid installation number is required 
according to the Recovery Console prompt, I don't know what this is - 
and also, what are the criteria of "need to access"? Does one "need to 
access" XP or Ubuntu itself (I assume that the OS is what is being 
referred to). Alternatively, can anyone provide clear and explicit 
instructions on how to remove Ubuntu from one's system and recombine its 
partition with the primary partition on a Windows XP system?

I really think Ubuntu needs to pay as much attention to uninstalling 
Ubuntu easily and cleanly as to installing it.

Thank you.

P.S. Please cc. sethian at sympatico.ca as I am receiving a daily digest 
only and would like to obtain this information asap. I have been trying 
to get answers to these questions for over a week. Ubuntu does not 
appear to have a direct telephone number or email address for technical 
support.