SICK of Ubuntu, Want windows. Need Help!

[Yvelde]

I am not really sick of ubuntu, my problem is I need windows. I have an MSI U100 netbook that I installed Ubuntu on. From Win XP it was a sinch to put the install on a bootable thumb drive. The problem is I can't get windows on a bootable thumb drive from Ubuntu. It feels like I am on a one way street. (Going the wrong way.) I have the .iso intall file, how do I put it on a usb thumb drive so I can boot and install Windows?

[RichardLinx]

Is Windows even designed to be bootable from a USB? I don't know how to go about it, sorry. Out of curiosity, what specifically do you need Windows for?

I did a search and found this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=877688

Edit: The poll you added is unnecessary.

[Yvelde]

Maybe its because I don't know ubuntu enough but here are some of my issues.

- I have a low end Flap Panel display that doesn't support over 60hz refresh rate and everytime I use dosbos or emudos or even set my desktop rez too low my monitor pops up and says "not recommended settings" and shuts off after one minute.

- PPC Kitchen will not run.

If i voted on my own poll i would have to say i only use windows because of compatibily issues. I plan to go dual boot.

The problem is now I only have Ubuntu.

[Michaelsheldon]

i have only been using ubuntu for about 10 hours. Bought a new laptop yesterday and installed it straight away after a freind had been using it for about a year. Im already seeing the benifits! Im sick to death of the generic approach of microsoft and their attempts to rob the world blind with their crap software!!

[MelDJ]

why not use virtualbox to run windows?
and maybe this belongs in the cafe

[motsteve]

Oh please no! Not an OS war!

[RichardLinx]

I suggest you make a thread for your display issue while you try and figure out how to make a bootable Windows thumb drive. Windows XP was never designed to be booted off a USB so obviously it's not going to "just work" like Ubuntu seemed to. ("From Win XP it was a sinch to put the install on a bootable thumb drive")

You'll have to hope someone here knows how to do it and that they give you an answer or do some research your self. (Hint: Google)

Are you using Ubuntu desktop edition or the Netbook remix?
See here: http://www.canonical.com/projects/ubuntu/unr

Good luck with the XP USB problem.

[MelDJ]

Oh please no! Not an OS war!

yes, the flames might start to burn you soon

[Yvelde]

I'm sorry if this looks like an OS war. Please, it is not. I really like Ubuntu, Open office is the best. I even us it when I am using windows.

- RichardLinx- the link shows a tutorial using Windows to make a bootable usb drive. This is what I will more than likely end up doing. I will have to go find someone with a windows machine and borrow it. and the poll was just because I am a noob at the forum and it looked cool.

-Correction. i don't want to boot windows XP from a thumb drive. I want to install it to my computer from a thumb drive

[RichardLinx]

Oh please no! Not an OS war!

i have only been using ubuntu for about 10 hours. Bought a new laptop yesterday and installed it straight away after a freind had been using it for about a year. Im already seeing the benifits! Im sick to death of the generic approach of microsoft and their attempts to rob the world blind with their crap software!!

This is why you shouldn't have added the poll. It's slowly degenerating from an installation issue into a thread with what can only be described as Ubuntu fanboys talking about how great an OS they only have 10 hours of experience with.
Edit:

- RichardLinx- the like shows a tutorial using Windows to make a bootable usb drive. This is what I will more than likely end up doing. I will have to go find someone with a windows machine and borrow it.

That's probably the best way to go about it.