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Thread: How do I go back to windows?

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    How do I go back to windows?

    i have ubuntu, no dual-boot. how do i go back to windows? just pop in the windows cd and boot from there?

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    Re: How do I go back to windows?

    How do you want Windows to work? Do you want it to work side-by-side with Ubuntu or just Windows alone?

    If you want to have Windows only, just "pop" the CD and it proceed with the installation. It will remove all the data on the partition (still depends on the choice you make).

    But if you want to have them both, follow the instructions here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
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    Re: How do I go back to windows?

    i just want to have windows only.
    i put in the cd but it doesn't boot. grub loaded instead. it's already set to boot from a cd.

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    Re: How do I go back to windows?

    do you want to save any data or files?
    if so burn them to a CD/DVDs first

    so you want to go back to Windows - right
    will here goes

    first wipe the hard drive
    second use fdisk to set the drive up from floppy or CD
    third boot to the Windows CD and install it

    after you installed Windows and set it up
    install anti-virus program, cleaners for adware, spyware and all that good old stuff and clean it at less once a month or more


    hope to have you back in the Linux world some day

    good luck and have fun learning

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    Re: How do I go back to windows?

    I believe Windows installation CDs are bootable. If your BIOS is set to boot first on CD then there's no problem wiping the whole drive off. The Windows CD will format it before it installs the OS.
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    Re: How do I go back to windows?

    If you really want to do it, boot to the ubuntu live CD, open System-> Administration-> Gparted and delete all the partitions on your hard disk. Now use the windows install disk or recovery disk, whichever you have, and install windows again.

    Your problem is that when ubuntu is installed to the whole disk, there is no space or partition to install to, windows not being able to see the linux filesystems. Delete them and you should be OK,

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    Re: How do I go back to windows?

    When you use gParted to wipe the hard drive, be sure to reformat the drive to NTFS, otherwise the Windows install disk will not recognize the drive.
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    Re: How do I go back to windows?

    Please, Please You have 7 posts in the last 24 hours asking basically the same question and everyone is trying to help but you are getting different answers in every thread as the questions are not quite the same.
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    Re: How do I go back to windows?

    Quote Originally Posted by oldfred View Post
    Please, Please You have 7 posts in the last 24 hours asking basically the same question and everyone is trying to help but you are getting different answers in every thread as the questions are not quite the same.
    sorry, guys. i was freaking out because of the grub rescue screen, didn't know what i was doing. i eventually went back on ubuntu because none of my windows cds work. oh well, guess i'd have to deal with ubuntu. =x

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