HELP WINDOWS XP

[Karl Larsen]

Graham Watkins wrote:
> 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
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Get Windows Live and get whatever you need, wherever you are. Start 
>> here. 
>> <http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home_082008>
>>     
> Poor old Jake.  He asked a question - probably the wrong question, and 
> is now in the middle of a bar fight.
>
> This is the situation as I see it:
>
> If, a) Windows XP partitions cannot be viewed from Linux
>     b) Windows XP is not listed in grub
>     c)  sudo fdisk -l does not show sda as a FAT or NTFS partition
>
> then the Ubuntu installation has used the whole hard disk and Windows XP 
> has most likely been overwritten.  It is an ex-operating system, it has 
> ceased to be.
>
> Jake, I hope you backed up all your data before you started messing with 
> Ubuntu. The only way to "uninstall" Ubuntu is to use your favourite 
> partitioning program to repartition and reformat your hard disk and 
> re-install Windows XP if you still want it.  I don't do Windows any more 
> but I gather that with the recent versions and crappy re-install disks 
> provided by OEM vendors, this is no longer a piece of cake.  I wish you 
> luck, I think you are going to need it.
>
> I don't think Ubuntu should take the blame for this fiasco however.  You 
> need to do your homework before you embark on any sort of Linux 
> installation.  I'd advise spending more time with the live CD and 
> rtfming for a while before trying a hard disk install.  (Not that we had 
> live CDs when I started out.) Otherwise, buy a pre-installed box if you 
> can find one.
>
> Despite what has been said here, there is nothing wrong with dual 
> booting provided the installation is done properly , I did it for years 
> first with Windows/ Mandrake then Mandriva/ Windows /Ubuntu and finally 
> Ubuntu/Mandriva until I reached the point where I felt it was more 
> trouble than it was worth.
>
> I don't think there's much else to be said really.  I'm amazed that 
> people here have taken so many words over it.
>
>   
    I think Jake figured out how to get Windows working and we have 
heard the last from him. He was not ready for "open a terminal and type 
lspci". This blew his mind.

Karl


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