The new wubi - uninstallation issues

[mattnexus]

I recently downloaded the ubuntu 12.04 live disc. Unlike previous versions with wubi, you could not install directly from windows but had to boot the live disc and then proceed as though doing a normal installation. However, I now wish to uninstall ubuntu but there is no folder C:\ubuntu, like in previous versions.

Does anyone know how to remove the new version of ubuntu? (Short of formatting the entire hard disk and restarting from scratch)

Thanks heaps

[wilee-nilee]

I recently downloaded the ubuntu 12.04 live disc. Unlike previous versions with wubi, you could not install directly from windows but had to boot the live disc and then proceed as though doing a normal installation. However, I now wish to uninstall ubuntu but there is no folder C:\ubuntu, like in previous versions.

Does anyone know how to remove the new version of ubuntu? (Short of formatting the entire hard disk and restarting from scratch)

Thanks heaps

Boot the Ubuntu or a live Ubuntu cd and run this command and post it.


sudo fdisk -l

[Mark Phelps]

A Wubi install MUST be done from inside Windows (hence the acronym Windows UBuntu Installer). Since you did it from outside, you likely have a standard install using its own partition.

The command that wilee-nilee mentioned will show the partitions on your drive and help us confirm that.

[mattnexus]

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000203804160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953523055 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcf9ecf9e

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 1820687868 910343903 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 1820688382 1953521663 66416641 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1820688384 1949329407 64320512 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 1949331456 1953521663 2095104 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Thanks, sorry for the late reply. Any help would be really appreciated!