miketino
September 19th, 2012, 04:20 PM
okay, so i installed ubuntu on a desktop using a bootable USB, using this tutorial: http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual+boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-harmony
so as the tutorial explains, i created a seperate partition on my hard drive, then created the usb boot drive, and installed it from that. this is where i think I started to go 'off-piste'. I selected the 'install next to' option to dual boot it with windows 7, and after it installed everything was fine, however it never asked me where i wanted to install it to, although im kind of sure its on the new partition, and when in ubuntu, the windows partition comes up at the side as a removable device i guess.
Ubuntu is running great, however, and this is my problem, when i boot the computer up, i dont get the bios screen that i am accustomed to with other dual boot OS's, instead it takes me straight into ubuntu, into the Ubuntu os screen where i can choose past versions of ubuntu etc, and it also has two windows 7 options, which when selected take me to the pc manufacturers windows 7 recovery suite.
I really need windows 7 alongside Ubuntu, so i would like to uninstall ubuntu and reinstall it when i know more what i am doing, and could have probably used Wubi.
so, how do i go about uninstalling?
any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks
also, its 64 bit in case that matters
so as the tutorial explains, i created a seperate partition on my hard drive, then created the usb boot drive, and installed it from that. this is where i think I started to go 'off-piste'. I selected the 'install next to' option to dual boot it with windows 7, and after it installed everything was fine, however it never asked me where i wanted to install it to, although im kind of sure its on the new partition, and when in ubuntu, the windows partition comes up at the side as a removable device i guess.
Ubuntu is running great, however, and this is my problem, when i boot the computer up, i dont get the bios screen that i am accustomed to with other dual boot OS's, instead it takes me straight into ubuntu, into the Ubuntu os screen where i can choose past versions of ubuntu etc, and it also has two windows 7 options, which when selected take me to the pc manufacturers windows 7 recovery suite.
I really need windows 7 alongside Ubuntu, so i would like to uninstall ubuntu and reinstall it when i know more what i am doing, and could have probably used Wubi.
so, how do i go about uninstalling?
any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks
also, its 64 bit in case that matters