HELP WINDOWS XP

[Chris]

On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:41:58 -0400
Mike McMullin <mwmcmlln at mnsi.net> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 

People should not be dual booting to begin with. If you are going to
commit to ANY Unix, then do it. If you don't know if you want to run
any Unix - run a friggen Live CD for Christ sakes.

There has been far too much whining about how users can't boot or run
XP after an install to dual boot.

Additionally, with the low cost of PC's these day, and with the advent
of apps like VMWare and V-Box, there isn't a reason to dual boot.

To you that are raggin about not booting XP - STAY with XP.

... Don't bother to argue this point with me. It's my opinion. Yours
certainly does not matter to me nor will it convince me otherwise.

-- 
Best regards,

Chris

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