HELP WINDOWS XP

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 02:13 -0500, Chris wrote:
> 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.

  My response was not intended to prompt this bit of flame bait, people
ought to be free to use what ever OS they desire.

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

  Mayhap then this is an Ubuntu specific problem, I have 4 Linux
distro's on my system (including 8.04 LTS) and none of them has nuked
XP.

> 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.

  Your opinion is noted, BUT, I want to boot what I want to boot on a
system that I have custom built and configured, I call this, freedom.

> ... 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.

  I'm not going to argue with you, I'm merely stating my position, my
desires, and what I want to do, and I can do that because I have the
freedom to do so, YMMV.