HELP WINDOWS XP

[Leonard Smith]

On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 11:56 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Rashkae wrote:
> > Ed Greshko wrote:
> >> Leonard Smith wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 22:41 -0400, Jake wrote:
> >>>> Ok, I've been through this so many times, "you have to press ESC", "Is
> >>>> there", well no, its not, can anyone just PLEASE tell me how to
> >>>> UNINSTALL Ubuntu, so I can get on Windows XP and re-install Ubuntu to
> >>>> dual boot, Please do not tell me that I don't have to uninstall,
> >>>> because the fact of the matter is, I really need do, so Please help
> >>>> me.. 
> >>>>
> >>>> Help Greatly Appreciated, Jake
> >>>>
> >>> I'm assuming Ubuntu is booting fine. If so, you will need to do some
> >>> checking in order to verify that you still have WinXP on your system.
> >>>
> >>> 1. Go ahead and post your menu.lst file. You may have a line commented
> >>> out that is preventing the Windows XP option from showing.
> >>>
> >>> 2. Open a terminal and type 'fdisk -l'. Copy the output and post it.
> >>> This will list your existing partition information. You can also use
> >>> 'gparted' to view it in a gui, but it may not be installed on your
> >>> system. (to install type 'sudo apt-get install gparted' in a terminal).
> >> I don't get it....
> >>
> > Your right, you don't get it.
> 
> And, frankly, you've no idea what a rhetorical statement or question is...
> 
> > There is no magic "Undo the Operating System Installation" Button that
> > will magically return his pc to how it was.
> > 
> > someone already suggested rm -rf, which would do exactly what the OP
> > asked, and would leave the OP with a computer that won't boot at all.
> > Not exactly helpful now is it?
> > 
> > If the problem is you can't boot into an OS, 'uninstalling' the OS that
> > is currently working isn't very wise.
> 
> For some people it is the fastest way to get things running again.  Some 
> people will spend hours and hours trying to fix the mess they made because 
> they didn't know what they were doing.  And even if they basically fix 
> it...it still isn't quite right and they end up with a crippled system and 
> try to limp along complaining about it.
> 
> So, the simple answer is *start over*.
> 
> > And as for Installing XP, how?  If the computer is a name brand, he
> > won't even have an XP install CD, just a recovery CD, which will wipe
> > out any data.  Again, probably not terribly helpful.
> 
> You mean you don't do backups?
> 

WOW! Forgive me for offering a bit of help as one who has been there
done that. It just seemed like the guy was trying to get a handle on
what was going on and didn't quite get the whole idea of wiping out an
OS by installing a new one or he wouldn't be trying to 'uninstall'
Ubuntu.