General :: Uninstall Ubuntu From A Dual-boot To Vista?
Jan 1, 2010
I want to uninstall ubuntu from a dual-boot to vista. I couldn't figure it and I also had to wipe my machine in general so I just reinstalled vista. But when I did that I assumed that ubuntu would get included in my "wiping". But of course...it's still there. Now that odd ubuntu uninstall option which was actually for some strange odd reason in the vista/control panel/uninstall options is no longer available. So how to uninstall ubuntu? Do I just delete i and insert the vista cd to recover the boot? Is that correct?
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May 2, 2010
I just successfully upgraded to 10.04 on my Ubuntu-Vista dual boot SONY VAIO. I do have a separate Ubuntu partition for /home. I have decided I want to abandon Vista entirely and do a fresh install of 10.04 so I will be able to use GRUB2. How do I proceed, short of totally wiping out the drive?
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Feb 23, 2010
how to uninstall linux on dual boot with win XP ??
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Mar 18, 2011
I have a single hard-drive on a spare computer and I decided to try out Ubuntu on recommendation from a friend. I really like it now but at first I just dual-booted it, and now I want Vista gone. I know it's unnecessary to have just one OS but my hard-drive isn't particularly big and I'd prefer to have Ubuntu by itself. Can anyone tell me how to eliminate vista and leave Ubuntu as my sole operating system (I've all my files from computer on another computer so I don't have to worry about losing anything).
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Jun 28, 2010
Recently, my Mint update informed me it had an upgraded kernel version of Mint 9 and asked did I want to upgrade. Me, not being an old hand at things Linux, upgraded. Instead of overwriting the older version, it put the upgraded version of Mint 9 BESIDE the older one. So now I have, actually, 4 versions of Mint 9 on my PC,(generic plus recovery mode for each) which is dual booted with Vista Home Premium.
I don't want this. I have had weird problems and hiccups since I upgraded. I want to get rid of the newer kernel version and use only the older one. How do I uninstall the upgraded version of Mint 9? I have tried to boot into the older version, but there is no desktop and I have to type on the boot screen and in the terminal. It wants commands I don't know how to give. How do I restore my older version of Mint 9?
I just want one version on my PC in the dual boot with Windows Vista. Can someone tell me how to accomplish this? If you give me terminal commands, please make sure they are copy and paste ready. lol.
If uninstalling involves deleting partitions and doing a manual partitioning and formatting, I'll need easy instructions for that also.
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Jan 29, 2011
How to uninstall ubuntu 10.10 from windows vista dual boot system?
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Jan 7, 2010
Im trying to setup a dual boot on my laptop. it had vista installed on it and am having some trouble getting slack ware installed. I have gparted live to partition my drive but am not sure if im using the program properly. I tried resizing my HD before and once I booted the slackware cd, it says i have no linux or linux swap partitions installed:S
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Feb 18, 2010
I think the title says it all really - I've installed Mint onto a Acer aspire 5315 laptop. Its a dual boot system using Vista Basic. Grub works perfectly and to be honest Mint is great. really enjoying playing and learning. My problem is that the laptop overheats when using Mint - the cpu fan doesn't cut in and the laptop shuts down to protect the system. According to a swift google this seems to occur with mint (possibly particularly with Acer's) and maybe with other distro's too. However I'd like to keep trying to see if i can find one that works.
So my rather obvious newbie question is can I just get another distro dvd and install this onto the partition containing mint thus deleting the previous install? If I did this would Grub show the new distro ok or would it keep searching for Mint. I have a back up so if all else fails I can reinstall everything but that will have to wait till I get home
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Apr 10, 2010
I want to set up grub for a dual boot system of xp and vista. The thing is that I have vista installed and would have to install it ance again after setting up XP in order to use the microsoft bootloader. And secondly I slowly want to get into linux...
This is how I tried it: I have four partitions on my HD and want to install the Bootloader on /dev/sda3. I started up the ubuntu live cd, mounted partition3, opened the console and tried this command line which I found in a tutorial
grub-install --root-directory=/media/hda3 --recheck /dev/hda However I get the following error message:
mkdir: cannot create directory '/media/hda3/boot': No such file or directory
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Oct 9, 2010
I had Windows Vista Business in my compaq presario CQ40-145 TU laptop, over which I installed Fedora 13, making the system dual boot. The Windows is set to be the default OS. Now I want to replace Vista with Windows 7 professional without affecting Fedora. As far as I understand, during boot up, the system enters Fedora's booting process and then gets redirected to Windows, and it is not directly windows even if the default OS is windows.
The reason behind not disturbing fedora is the updates, extra software and packages installed and the pain and time it took me to make my speakers, wlan and flash player work in it. I even don't remember the exact process of what I did. I don't have now so much time to search for it again. So I will take up only that way in which Fedora is not affected at all. And the second problem is my DVD drive is not working at all. So I'll like using USB stick for the same.
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Jun 30, 2010
I recently booted into linux from 9.10 and upgraded to 10.04. i was running a vista dual boot with 9.10 and everything worked fine. When linux asked where to install grub it said "if you dont know check all partitions "or something.so i did. i tried to boot back into windows and now it wont work, all i get is a blinking cursor.
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Jan 18, 2010
Have just installed 9.10, again, many failed attempts previously.Cannot get to boot up and show menu on dual boot with Vista initially,However when I delete the grubenv file the system boots ok and works fine.But does not show the grub menu to choose boot up choices.Got the information to delete the file on some posts elsewhere about booting problem, and tried a longshot and got into Ubuntu for the first time from trying to install now for 3 months!The problem is the file grubenv is created each time so on subsequent boot ups the sytem fails to boot again.The Grub version is 1.97 beta 4, most up to date for Karmic I think, I have seen a version 1.98 but dont think its for Karmic?
Is there a way to modify the grub.cfg file to stop this problem ( all posts say dont touch this file??Or install a script to delete the grubenv file on shutdown as a workaround for me, (I have no idea how to do this whatsoever, I'm not familiar with linux at all)I did read that this problem was fixed/patched in Grub version 2, but dosn't seem.so on my system afetr I updated it when I got into Ubuntu.I couldnt find the patch or fix, I got the information I am on about from this post:URL...It seems to say it was fixed or patched by Colin Watson reading through, but I don't really understand whats being said or how to get the patch on my system if indeed there is one?Sorry for being a bit thick about all this, its a bit beyond my brain now, hope somebody can help out as I have enjoyed my brief bit of fun in Ubuntu.
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May 7, 2010
I have just installed Ubuntu 10.4 x64 onto a machine with Vista Ultimate x64. When I boot the machine, the Windows option comes up in the GRUB menu. However, when I attempt to boot Windows, I receive the following error: No such device: de80ab9f80ab7d21. error: No such partition. Press any key to continue...
I looked around and found a similar issue at [URL] However, before trying to fix the issue by guesswork or via solutions that worked for a similar, though not necessarily identical problem. I've run the boot info script (see output below) mentioned several places on this site as a valuable input for boot problem tracking. how to get Windows to boot on my computer?
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Sep 25, 2010
I have recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a Compaq Presario V3000.
To prepare the install, I freed about 15 GB of space, booted from an USB. I chose "use largest continous free space" when it got to that point and then proceeded with the rest.
Now when I choose vista it will not load properly, here's what happens:
1.Windows says loading windows files.
2.After a while, I have to choose a language.
3.Windows looks for operating systems to repair.
If I choose not to, it will take me to a menu where I can choose to fix boot problems, command line, etc...
Linux is running very well, vista is the problem here, I have a recovery disk*, but I wanted to ask you guys if that is the correct move. I really need to keep windows to run some windows only apps.
*This disk was burnt on another computer, an HP from a friend who has the same vista edition. Will this work? This computer's burner is broken..
This is actually something for my gf, she has an account on my computer(only ubuntu on it) and uses it often (Mendley, Zotero, and sciency things in general). She loved it and asked me to install a dual boot with her win system. She use SPSS for whatever kind of statistical analysis it does and she likes ms office better then open office, and I would like to leave her with the choice....
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Dec 26, 2010
I deleted 2 ubuntu partitions using Vista's manager, and expanded the unallocated space in to the Vista partition. when I restarted a screen came up saying error: no such partition grub rescue> Is there any way I can fix this ( by deleting grub, or something...)
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Mar 7, 2010
How would I go about un-installing ubuntu under these circumstances?
-Dual-Booted
-wubi-uninstall.exe not working
-On same partition as windows and cant format
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Jun 5, 2010
Currently i am dual boot win7 and ubuntu, and the win7 is installed first in C drive, then ubuntu 10.04 is installed in D drive, my question is can i uninstall win7 and just keep the ubuntu on my machine?
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Jul 27, 2011
i installed windows 7 ultimate 64 bit alongside Ubuntu 11.04 on my Acer Aspire 5536 but now i want to get rid of Windows,i have got the dvd for Ubuntu and i can reinstall but is there an easier way please?
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Jan 26, 2010
For testing posposes I installed another mythbuntu (9.10) in dual boot next to my older (9.04) one.
I now want to uninstall it but ofcourse the grub is now loaded from there, so I can't just delete the partition.
How can I safely remove it and come back to my old grub?
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Feb 8, 2010
I am looking to do just as the title says. If I no longer want to keep ubuntu say a year from now. Will i be able to uninstall or possibly delete the partion with ubuntu on it without wiping out windows? I ask because I am not sure of how much space I would like to partition, this way I could always come back delete it and then reinstall it to the size I wish
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Mar 2, 2010
I have a Toshiba laptop. It has 2 Operating systems. (Windows XP and Windows 7). Now I'm planing to uninstall windows 7 and install ubuntu, (that means Windows xp and Ubuntu) - (dual boot). How can I do that?
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Nov 2, 2010
A friend's Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo laptop was running Vista [slowly] from a 120Gig HD set up with 'him' and 'her' user-id's. I got him to try loading Ubuntu 10.10 from a LiveCD but when taking the 'install' command there was no option to install alongside Vista. I saw in the forum that you should use a Vista utility [after a de-frag] to shrink the Vista partition. We did this and freed up 40+ Gig. During the next LIveCD load we opted to use 'advanced' for partitioning and made a 35 Gig [/ Ext 4] and a 5 Gig [Swap] before completing the installation without any errors. Ubuntu now loads from the 1st grub entry but the sis graphics card limits resolution to 800 x 600 [I'll look into this further later]. Enties 5 and 6 on grub are for Vista and Vista Recovery options. Entry 5 goes through a few screens but will not load properly and loops back on itself. Entry 6 loads Vista o.k. but at a point where only one of the two users ['his'] is visible but it does run o.k.
Question 1: Is there something I can do to get the 5th grub entry working properly so that Vista loads as normal and displays the two user-id icons ? Question 2: As there seems to be a lot of issues with Ubuntu on this particular laptop would you advise running another distro like Mandriva or Mint that I've read may handle the sis graphics better ? Question 3: If we did install one of the above distros over the Ubuntu image on the 35 Gig partition would that have a good chance of creating a grub where Vista and Mandriva [or Mint] ran happily together.
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Jan 13, 2010
I'm trying to get a dual boot set up for vista and 9.10
I already have 3 logical partitions
Code:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x48000000
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Jan 26, 2010
If I were to install windows vista shrink the partition to fit only the OS and dual boot Ubuntu over it would I be able to use windows programs on the Ubuntu install.
In a sense I am wondering if I can use Ubuntu as my primary OS and use my Windows Utilities through Ubuntu on the Ubuntu partition?
If not would it be possible to install them on the windows partition and launch them through Ubuntu?
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Jul 25, 2010
I'm using Lucid and trying to dual-boot into Vista.
All I see when I select Vista in the GRUB loader is in the .png image I have attached to this post.
Very confusing....I can get to Vista by inserting the install disk, but then it overwrites (I believe) the GRUB loader.
Also:
Is there any way to reinstall GRUB from the Lucid installation disk without installing another Lucid OS??
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Oct 8, 2010
Before today, a 4GB RAM 64 bit laptop with single 320GB HDD, Vista x64 primary NTFS partition of 60GB for C Drive, then Ubuntu 9.10 64bit on primary ext3 partition of 25GB, no swap partition but swap file I added, then what was an extended NTFS partition that contained the Vista D drive with all my app data, documents and media on 4 or 5 logical partitions. I boot into GRUB and choose Vista or U9.10, U9.10 by default, and access the NTFS D:drive to share media, documents,config profiles for Firefox and ThunderBird, etc.
The Ubuntu install came from my first try at 8.04, and has been upgraded to 9.10, so it's okay but not great. For example, suspend and hibernate are screwed up because there's no swap partition, I believe, and I would like a more optimal fresh installation of U10.04 without again upgrading it over top of 9.10/9.04/8.10/8.04... Today, I repartitioned the D Drive Data extended and logical partitions into one smaller 100GB NTFS primary partition, so its Vista C Drive, U9.10, then D Drive and then unallocated space. I attach an image of GParted to show it. The partitions aren't optimal but it works for now.
Install U10.04 or U10.10 clean into a new partition on the unallocated space. I thought if I used an Extended partition
can only have one?) with Logical partitions for the OS, my personal data, a swap partition, etc. that I could get a fresh install of the new Ubuntu and still have a working dual boot until I was happy and then either do a tripleboot and keep Vista and the 2 linux, wipe out the U9.10 partition and merge it into the Vista D Drive for data and shared data with the remaining Ubuntu 10.x.
Q1 - Should I create a ext4 extended partition in unallocated space and set up logical partitions for /root, /home, /swap and any other recommended?
Q2- Will the U10.x installer do that for me?
Q3 - Can I keep my working GRUB 1.5 with working Vista and Ubuntu 9.10, just add in the new U10.10 install until I get it set up right, and then move the GRUB or whatever boot loader to the new U10.10 intall as default?
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Dec 7, 2010
I have an identical problem on two separate computers. The first is an acer aspire 5735z set up to dual-boot to either ubuntu 10.10 or windows vista. The second is an asus eee-pc 900hd set up to dual-boot to either ubuntu 10.10 or windows xp. This problem has consistently happened with both computers since original setup of dual-boot. Neither computer had this problem when windows was the only OS. This problem occurs at approximately 50% of boot attempts. Here's my description of the problem: when booting (turning on or restarting) the HDD and fan spin for a few seconds, the computer makes a 'click' noise, then the computer turns off. There is a blank screen the whole time. Once off, the computer will try again and again, in a loop, but never successfully boot.
My temporary solution: i unplug the ac, take out the battery and hold down the power button for one or two minutes. the computer will turn on and display my dual-boot menu. i've read about similar problems, and some were resolved by 'flashing the bios', which I gather is some sort of bios update. I've never done this before, but it sounds like something that could easily mess up my computers in a bad way.
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Feb 15, 2010
Here the other day, I decided to try out 10.04 Alpha. But after I had done it, I weren't able to boot Vista anymore. When I choose it in the grub boot loader, it changes to only showing the word "GRUB", and nothing more happens. As a desperate attempt to fix it, and because I weren't happy using the Alpha, I then decided to switch back to 9.10, but the problem with booting Vista persists.
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Mar 21, 2010
upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 beta today.Ubuntu boots but not Vista boot info script info for my system as follows...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 #7 for /boot/grub.
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
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May 2, 2010
I have upgraded to ubuntu 10.04 but now can't boot into win vista, ubuntu and vista are on grub but vista will not load, I have tried sudo upgrade-grub which seemed to work but had no effect on loading windows. I did think of using win dvd to fixmbr but only as last resort, I entered the commands suggested by nitstorm and got "command not found". Followed link to source forge.net and test disk, followed the instructions to install and run test disk which repaired the boot sector in the vista partition, I can now choose to boot into win or ubuntu.
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