Ubuntu Installation :: Uninstalling 10.10 From Vista?
Nov 14, 2010How do I uninstall Ubuntu 10.10 directly from Vista?
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Ubuntu Installation :: Uninstalling 9.10 From Within Windows Vista?
May 8, 2010I recently installed Ubuntu 9.10 within Windows Vista to try it out I have since tried to uninstall it but the uninstall fails with a message saying it is unable to find the file it is attempting to delete - sysout=. The process has produced a fairly large text log of the procedure and the error but none of it means anything to me.
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Jun 5, 2010I'm currently running Ubuntu 9.04 and Windows Vista in a dual boot system. I would like to completely erase Windows without damaging Ubuntu. I rarely use Windows and would like to clear up hard drive space.
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Mar 18, 2011I 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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Apr 6, 2011I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my PC running Vista Home Basic. I installed to run as a dual boot but now I can only boot into Ubuntu. I have tried to run the recovery disk for Vista and it errors out also..
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Nov 18, 2009i have recently started my masters degree program and i have to install fedora 11 for one of my courses. The problem is when i try to install fedora 11 on my laptop, it wipes out my windows vista installation. I want to keep vista. I have a sony vaio laptop model VGN-FW340D. 4GB RAM and 400 GB HD. i first shrink my hard drive to free up around 100 GB. Then i run fedora 11 DVD and let it make the partitions on my free space.. I have tried everything.. I chose use free space the first time, but i didnt work, it wiped out my vista, next time i chose custom layout and defined boot, root and swap partitions , but again it wiped out my vista.. I have read many guides to dual boot vista and fedora and have carried them out step by step, but nothing works.... Also i dont have vista installation DVD, i just have the recovery CDs, so everytime it wipes out my vista, i have to do system recovery, ive been trying for a week now, and its driving me crazy, i asked a friend of mine to help me out, he has dual boot system, and he tried it and it did the same thing, wiped out my vista... i just have one drive C: with two partitions, one small partitions which contains recovery files, and the rest of the partition has vista.......
View 7 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: 10.04 - Deleted 9.10 Instead Of Uninstalling?
May 2, 2010I recently installed 9.10, and when I was looking for information on it I realized that 10.04 had come out. I then went to delete 9.10, instead of uninstalling it. Now my computer thinks that 9.10 is still on it. Some details. I put 9.10 on it's own hard drive (if it makes a difference, it is an actual physical hard drive, not a partition). I was having trouble with my usb booting, so I used the install inside of Windows option.
I then proceeded to reformat that hard drive in preparation to install 10.04. I am guessing there are registry keys that need to get deleted, or something similar. I went to the add/remove programs in the control panel, but that didn't help. Also, when I turn my computer on, Ubuntu is still a dual boot option, it just doesn't do much. When I try to boot to Ubuntu it says something about sh-grub, or ch-grub.
Ubuntu Installation :: Uninstalling And Then Reinstalling Samba
Feb 18, 2011I'm having an issue with samba and trying to reinstall it. I uninstalled samba with this command
}sudo apt-get remove samba
or
sudo apt-get purge samba
After either one of these steps, i noticed that the /etc/samba/ directory still existed, which was odd since I thought i uinstalled samba. So, I proceeded to remove all of the fiels within the /etc/samba/ directory and removed the samba directory as well. After this, I tried to reinstall samba with this command:
sudo apt-get install samba
After this installation step, the /etc/samba directory does not exist and neither does the smb.conf file and other files within he /etc/samba directory exist after installation. When I type :
testparm -s
I get the following message:
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: rlimit_max (1024) below minimum Windows limit (16384)
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf":
No such file or directory
Error loading services.
I'm trying to get my samba up and running again.
Ubuntu Installation :: Can I Upgrade Current Version Of FF (3.5.7) To 3.6 Without Uninstalling It First
Jan 30, 2010Can I upgrade my current version of FF (3.5.7) to FF 3.6 without uninstalling it first?
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Feb 7, 2010Synaptic 0.62.5. When uninstalling libusb-0.1-4, it removes many other unassociated applications (like gnome-desktop, evolution, the kernel in the /boot directory... not nice. See below with a simulated apt-get remove libusb-0.1-4.
Linux hpmaindesktop 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 02:39:34 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
I guess I should have checked this before removing for real as it blew away my desktop, boot kernel, etc. Time now to re-install packages.
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Ubuntu Installation :: Uninstalling From External Hard Drive?
Jun 8, 2010I've been using Ubuntu for a few weeks now, and I like it a lot, but when I used the automatic partitioning tool on my portable hard drive (where I was installing it, it was my first time) I accidentally allotted half of the 640 GB to Ubuntu. Much more than it needs, it's unable to be accessed by Windows now. (I wanted around 40 GB for Ubuntu. Still more than it needs, but not too cluttered.)
However, I can't figure out how to erase the partition from the drive. I tried going in with the Windows Vista Drive Manager (or whatever it's called, the one that lets you manage partitions) and couldn't erase the partition. (I don't think I'd have any problems converting the partition back and combining the pieces again after doing so to work from scratch.) Does anybody have any idea how to do this so I can reinstall Ubuntu properly?
Oh, and GRUB is on the portable as well, so I won't have trouble with Windows booting up afterward, it's the main booter. (When the portable HD isn't plugged in, my laptop just boots Windows without asking about Ubuntu.)
Ubuntu Installation :: Uninstalling From My Dual Boot Desktop
Jan 28, 2011I got this laptop from a friend and im going to be using it to play around with ubuntu, so ive been trying to uninstall it from my desktop that is set to dual boot, every time i uninstall it, weither its installing windows over it or deleting the partition and repairing the windows boot files i continue to get an error on load up saying "error: no such partition." then the line under it shows "grub rescue>". its an acer aspire am5100-u5301a desktop.
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Mar 2, 2011I'm currently running Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition and Windows 7, and I'm looking to uninstall windows 7.
I have an HP Mini 210-1041NR and it's been running VERY slow so I'm hoping this will help because I haven't used Windows since I got Ubuntu.
Ubuntu Installation :: Uninstalling Screenless 9.04 For 11.04 Dual Boot?
May 10, 2011I have Ubuntu 9.04 currently installed on my HP computer. Now, per my comment and question, which was never answered... I cannot see the login screen, but see the bios and splash screens. I have tried various work arounds, to get the screen to come back, but seemed to fail with every command at the prompt. Main answer from the prompt... "Cannot open display."This is the same exact monitor that works in Windows XP, without fail.Now that I need Windows to deal with Video applications, Windows MUST stay on this PC... or I don't get paid. I use Ubuntu for audio and all other applications.
Here's the issue...I can see the screen with Ubuntu's 11.04 disk, testing the new version. I'm able to go into "monitors" and adjust the resolution to fit the screen. This same thing cannot be done in 9.04.I'm trying to replace 9.04 with 11.04. However, the dual boot install wants to install it next to 9.04... and not over it. I also need to keep Windows.Now how do I accomplish keeping Windows XP and overwriting Ubuntu 9.04? I am confused by the partitions, and when I only Keep that Green "(NTFS)" part, or simply take one partition away, "there is no set root" comes up.I cannot install Windows after Ubuntu, because the Computer Manufacturer (HP...aka trash PC company) will not let me keep any other operating systems on it, and will use the whole drive.
Installation :: Uninstalling A Dual Boot ?
Sep 18, 2010I am currently dual booting Jolicloud and Ubunut netbook remix, and I decided I like Ubuntu better. I'd like to remove Jolicloud from my system.
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Mar 12, 2009I was encountering a problem with tcsh/csh on FC 10 and decided to uninstall SELinux coreutils through the package manager. The process took quite long and when it was about to finish the screen started blinking and the keyboard was not responding. I rebooted but couldn't restart, the process stucks when the progress bar becomes white! I later tried the live CD and found out that coreutils have been removed too, so I installed them but nothing changed.
View 1 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Uninstalling Ubuntu From Windows Installer?
Sep 23, 2010I installed Ubuntu via the windows installer (side by side, not partitioned) the other day. I installed it 2 or 3 times, I forget why. So I ran Wubi.exe, it asked me if i wanted to uninstall it. I said yes so in a split second it apparently uninstalled it. My hard drive space remained the same so clearly nothing was done. Ubuntu cannot be found in my program and features control panel.
View 2 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Repairing Vista By Booting Vista From A USB Stick
Mar 22, 2011I am trying to boot up Vista Home Premium from USB since my internal (bootable) CD-RW drive has failed and I cannot boot up Vista from CD.
I have Ubuntu running in the Windows partition and all my windows files are in there so I don't want to do a full installation of Ubuntu (yet).
I formatted an 8GB USB stick into two partitions
I then copied over to /dev/sdb1 all files from a Vista CD using an external CD-RW drive (which is not recognised as bootable on USB port).
In my Dell BIOS settings I changed the boot sequence to be bootable from USB disk first.
then I tried to reboot Vista installation in the USB stick.
But I get this message ..."this is not a bootable disk .. insert a bootable floppy"
So I could not boot up the Vista installation files.
When the boot flag is "on" in a GParted created partition does this make the partition DOS bootable for Vista installation?
My question is - What utility in Ubuntu 10.10 can create a DOS bootable partition on a USB stick? It seems that the MBR might have been overwritten when I installed Grub 2.0.
I can Grub dual boot between Windows and Ubuntu but I can't get very far with Windows .. stalls in safe mode.
So a Vista repair is called for. I would prefer not to reinstall Vista afresh at this stage.
There is a thread here explaining how to repair Vista bootloader
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But it assumes that I am able to boot from CD-RW drive.
Ubuntu Installation :: Windows Vista - 9.10 Installation Error - Permission Denied?
Jan 4, 2010I'm trying to install Ubuntu 9.10 on my Windows Vista Home Premium machine. My specs far exceed the requirements to install, so I know there's no problem there.On installation I receive an error somewhat through that says something like:Quote:An error occured:Permission deniedFor more information, please see the log file:C:UsersUsernameAppDataLocalTempwubi-9.10ubuntu1-rev160.logSo.... I go to that file, and the last line in it is:Quote:OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'C:\ubuntu\install\ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso'I did run Wubi Installer as an Administrator, and unblocked it giving it full privileges.It's really annoying because my download speed is 80kb/s so it takes about 3 hours to download. During that 3 hours I can't use my internet so I have to wait, and wait, and wait, and then boom.error. And wubi can't pick up where it left off, you have to uninstall to reinstall, which sucks tremendously.
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Apr 30, 2010My Windows Vista installation won't start after upgrading from Karmic to Lucid. If I select it on GRUB2, it leaves a blinking cursor on screen. And I tried doing the whole test disk thing and the boot info script. This is what my Results.txt file says
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Ubuntu Installation :: Vista Boot Loader Missing After 10.10 Installation?
Nov 12, 2010I have just installed ubuntu with a USB key, I have Vista installed in drive C: and I created a partition (L: ) and installed Linux root (/ ) in that one.When there was the screen where I could choose the boot loader i left the default option instead of choosing Windows Vista Loaderand now I can't boot Vista anymore.
In grub i see a windows vista option, but that option brings me to a recovery partition and not to the real operative system. I know that vista is not broken because when I used wubi I was able to boot from the vista bootloader without any problems, but I never could boot vista from grub because it brought me to that recovery partition.I can access all my files on the disk from ubuntu, but I would like to be able to restore the vista boot loader and use again windows when I need it.Is there a way to restore vista's boot loader? I tried to do automatic startup repair from the vista recovery cd but it says that no problem could be found.
Ubuntu Installation :: Vista Not Booting After Maverick Installation?
Oct 16, 2010I updated from 10.04 to 10.10. Ubuntu works fine, but Vista does not boot anymore. If i select it from the GRUB menu the Pc just go silent and does nothing till I press Ctrl+Alt+Canc.
Here is my fdisk -l
Code:
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
code....
Ubuntu Installation :: Vista Doesn't Run The Iso ?
Feb 14, 2010I downloaded Ubuntu 9.10 and burned it to a cd, but I can't get it to run on my vista computer.
I originally tried it multiple times on a computer running xubuntu, but it wouldn't load from the disk. Not knowing much about linux in general I mostly chocked it up to being normal, so I decided to make sure by trying to run it on my windows pc only to find out it wouldn't run on that computer either. It just brings it up as a file folder, with the .iso file in it. I then re downloaded it to be sure that it wasn't just corrupted on download. Then I burned it to the disk again, and tried to run it, but it still didn't work. My computer is set to ask me what I want to do when any sort of data container is hooked into my computer, but it seems to override that and run it with a folder anyways. Does anyone know what the problem is, and how it can be remedied?
On a side note I used Roxio Creator DE, version 10, which came with my computer, to burn it to the disk. Is there, perhaps, a known issue with that?
Ubuntu Installation :: How Windows 7 Different From Vista
Mar 9, 2010I found this to be interesting reading for comparing Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP.
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Jul 14, 2010I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a Sony Vaio following the instructions that came on the cd (obtained from a Linux Magazine bought in the UK) under the misapprehension that i would get a dual boot, (because i specified retaining windows) but instead I got Ubuntu and a Windows recovery partition. I need to access windows for work related issues, so had to try to recover windows which appeared to go well until I tried to reboot when i got an error message, (to the effect Device not found, Grub not loaded, but since this was about 2.00am last night please excuse me for not writing it down). I then used my windows recovery discs, (prepared as soon as I got the Vaio for use in an emergency) but the Sony will not now reboot from the cd. Since by now I had neither windows nor Ubuntu, I then reinstalled Ubuntu (which will install from the cd, although my windows recovery disc will not). This had the effect of reinstating the windows recovery partition, so i went through the same merrygoround, using the windows recovery partition to "recover" windows, which would not boot because of a grub error; then tried to reinstall Ubuntu which now will not reinstall, but prompts me to manually partition the hard drive which is when i gave up and came to work instead! When I now try to boot with no Ubuntu cd in the drive i get a message reading along the lines "Grub recovery: error 22", which is the message i get whether there is nothing in the cd drive or the windows recovery disc in the cd drive.
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Sep 28, 2010I have a laptop that already duel boots to Vista and XP. Is it possible to add Ubuntu to a 10 GB unused space on the hard drive?
Some more details: It came with Vista on one partition and factory backup on another. I added a partition for XP and another one for general storage. Now I have shrunk the Vista volume to make the 10 GB blank space. Vista refuses to make a new partition out of that. Ubuntu installer can't seem to use that blank space either.
Ubuntu :: Need To Back Up Vista For Installation
Jan 15, 2011i need to backup my Vista Home Premium entirely, including the OS itself, just in case i screw my whole hard drive up during this process, and i need to reinstall vista and my data. I have a 1tb external Hard Drive with a ~700gb FAT32 empty partition on it (i can re-format this if necessary), I need to be able to backup my operating system entirely to this. Example of why i wish to back this up: Let's say im installing ubuntu, and i accidentally install it over my vista partition, now i have no vista in my machine whatsoever, i want to be able to use this backup i have created to reinstall vista onto the hard drive.
View 2 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Grub2 Can't See Vista Partition
Jan 2, 2010I have installed 9.10 to an existing Vista machine. Here is the fdisk
Code:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 9 72261 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 10 1315 10485760 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 1315 14031 102145543+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
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Ubuntu Installation :: Get A Dual Boot Set Up For Vista And 9.10?
Jan 13, 2010I'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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Ubuntu Installation :: Vista Dual Boot ?
Jan 26, 2010If 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?