Ubuntu :: Remove It And Replacing With Windows Xp On Its Netbook (No CD Drive)?
Aug 22, 2010
Ok, i want to remove ubuntu and replace it with windows
I have the iso of windows xp on my desktop and on a usb
I want to install windows xp in anyway.
I cannot use any windows computers to do it, 2 of the computers have ubuntu, and 1 has windows, and the windows one I cannot use because its password protected due to my parents and their fear of me crashing their computer (Lol)
I want to install windows completely on my hard drive and get rid of ubuntu
Reasons to get rid of:
1. Annoying on my netbook
2. Cant do my video editing with it (the way Iwant to do it)
3. Wine doesnt work with anything i wanna install
4. Too hard to use
5. Made netbook slower
All i want is good old xp
(used to have windows 7, accidentally wiped it with ubuntu, and now i want to install windows xp on Samsung N150 Netbok)
I dont have a CD Drive or access to windows computers
All i have is a 4GB USB
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This is what is displayed when I start Gparted /home/ubuntu/Desktop/Screenshot--dev-sda - GParted.png [IMG]file:///tmp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG][IMG]file:///tmp/moz-screenshot-1.png[/IMG]
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Code:
Using /dev/sda
Information: The operating system thinks the geometry on /dev/sda is
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(parted) print
[Code]....
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Fsck -l showed the following output both before and after I put the drive in the volume group. code...
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