Removing ubuntu 10.04?

[Aidhan]

Well um yeah, I've got loads of windows software lying around and most of it won't work in wine so I've been trying to reinstall windows xp from a legal retail version cd but at bootup nothing comes up?

I'm really stuck at the moment :(

[Rubi1200]

Hi,
if you still have the CD you used to install Ubuntu, use it to boot the computer choosing to try not install.

Then, click on the link at the bottom of my post and follow the instructions there.

Post the results here to give us a better view of your current setup and so we can offer solutions.

[Aidhan]

Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #1 for /boot/grub.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 2,048 153,370,623 153,368,576 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 153,372,670 156,301,311 2,928,642 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 153,372,672 156,301,311 2,928,640 82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/ramzswap0 swap
/dev/sda1 1d593350-81b7-45b2-92d3-419e6fbf546f ext4
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 35b827ab-fd5d-4fa0-ba45-b6c6ebef33d7 swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)


=========================== sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
saved_entry=${chosen}
save_env saved_entry
fi
}

function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1d593350-81b7-45b2-92d3-419e6fbf546f
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1d593350-81b7-45b2-92d3-419e6fbf546f
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1d593350-81b7-45b2-92d3-419e6fbf546f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=1d593350-81b7-45b2-92d3-419e6fbf546f ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1d593350-81b7-45b2-92d3-419e6fbf546f
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=1d593350-81b7-45b2-92d3-419e6fbf546f ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1d593350-81b7-45b2-92d3-419e6fbf546f
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 1d593350-81b7-45b2-92d3-419e6fbf546f
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then
if keystatus; then
if keystatus --shift; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=0
fi
else
if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

=============================== sda1/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=1d593350-81b7-45b2-92d3-419e6fbf546f / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=35b827ab-fd5d-4fa0-ba45-b6c6ebef33d7 none swap sw 0 0

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


73.2GB: boot/grub/core.img
73.2GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
73.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
73.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
73.3GB: initrd.img
73.2GB: vmlinuz


That's what it comes up on the try ubuntu button.

[Rubi1200]

Your setup looks normal. Correct me if I am wrong, but what you want to do now is wipe the drive clean (removing Ubuntu completely) and then reinstall Windows; is that right?

If so, probably the best thing to do is boot the computer with the CD again (as before) and this time use GParted to delete and reformat your partitions. Don't forget to right-click on the swap partition and choose Swapoff before you start.

You can either delete the partitions and leave them unformatted or choose to partition them as NTFS.

In any event, it is probably a good idea to run the chkdsk utility from the Windows CD before going ahead with the installation.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

[Aidhan]

Just a small question, which partitions do I delete?
http://picskip.net/u/07082276.jpg

And when I right-click on linux swap it says Swapon instead of swapoff :(

[oldfred]

If you do not want Ubuntu on this drive you delete all of them. Normally a liveCD will use the swap so you have to do the swap off. You see a little key symbol showing it is in use and cannot be edited. Yours does not have that so you delete sda5, sda2, sda1 in that order and click on the checkmark to execute. You then can add the NTFS partition, but the windows installer should see unallocated space and install ok with or without the NTFS partition. The windows installer just will not see ext3 or other linux type partitions.

[lwalper]

When you say "nothing comes up", does that really mean that nothing happens when you try to boot from the XP disk? If truly nothing happens you may need to go into your BIOS config and set that to boot from CD as the first boot option. When you first power on try pressing F2 (or F12, or ESC, or DEL - depends on your BIOS) and check your boot sequence options. If you set it to boot from CD the first screen you'll likely see will be blank with a single line at the top that says something like "Press any key to boot from CD."

The XP installer will not recognize the ext3 partition and will likely choose to format the entire HD.

My problem is somewhat similar - but different. I can boot from the CD and all the installation files load into RAM (or wherever they go), but when it goes through the disk check prior to actually installing software I get some kind of error that actually shuts the computer down to "protect" it from damage. Using OEM drive utilities I have done full drive checks, formatted the MBR, formatted the entire drive, checked for bad sectors. Everything looks OK, but the XP installer still tells me it can't install. Ubuntu installed without a hitch. Hmmm??