HELP WINDOWS XP

[Mike McMullin]

On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 11:24 +0800, 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....
> 
> The guy asks a simple question..."How do I unscrew a light bulb and screw in 
> a new one?" and folks are giving out instructions to build a light bulb factory.
> 
> It is a simple question with a simple answer.  Not everything is rocket science.

  True, but note the really telling part of the original post "so I can
get on Windows XP and re-install Ubuntu to dual boot,"  IMO this post so
far, unless he's snarfed his XP install, is what he really wants to suss
out.