Ubuntu :: Uninstall To Install Windows ?
Jun 22, 2011
I installed Linux since I really enjoy the OS, alot more fun than Windows, but the problem is that I cant play any game when I'm bored. So I'm going to install Windows and then install Linux alongside again,
But to do that I need to uninstall Ubuntu, so my question is, how do I do that? I tried to just boot from the Windows CD, but after a while it says that it cant proceed caused by an error that says that my CD/DVD-Rom or my USB is failing or that is isin't connected, cant really remember. But my DVD-rom works perfectly when not running the Windows-CD.
Is this problem caused by that my HDD got EXT4 instead of NTFS?
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May 19, 2011
I use to have windows and opensuse 11.4 with dual booting with no issues at all I have installed ubuntu and now I want to get rid of it, but the boot and grub are from the ubutnu Is there any way to do a clean uninstall and do not loose the dual boot I had before?
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Oct 17, 2010
It seems like all I can find as far as tutorials are for dual booting... I simply want to delete my ubuntu operating system and replace it with Windows 7. There is no data that I need to save, I just need to delete it.
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Jul 1, 2011
I've been using Ubuntu for atleast 8 months now but today I bought a new laptop and I followed a thread that said to install gpartition and delete all the partitions that said "FAT32" and "nfts" or something but all but one had those and it was called "unallocated" with no memory. It was easier on 10.10 because it asked if I wanted to fully erase Windows. How do I do this safely and JUST KEEP UBUNTU 11.04 on my laptop?
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Feb 11, 2010
Uninstalled Wubi version of Ubuntu 9.04 and at start up the boot still comes up with Ubuntu and Windows for 20 seconds then starts in Windows. How do I get it back to just booting Windows as before?
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May 3, 2010
when i was downloading for more than 5 hrs. of ubuntu netbook direct in my dell inspiron 1525 ...after installing ubuntu in my laptop dell 1525..when i uninstall it..the message appeared like this
ubuntu uninstaller
error exucting command >>command=c:windowsystem32cedit.exe/delete {8dc828b3-0aa7-11df-b760-001d09417130}/f
>>retval=1
>>stderr=an error occured while attempting to delete the specific entry.
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Mar 31, 2011
I admit it, Ubuntu is a good system, but I only installed it onto a Windows 98 because I wanted it to connect with a newer computer. It didn't work, and now I have to stand by so I can select my version. How can I remove Ubuntu now?
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Feb 8, 2010
I'm afraid that if I delete the partition Ubuntu is on it'll mess up GRUB and I won't be able to boot into Windows. here's the link to what my partitions currently look like: [URL}...
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Jun 10, 2010
I have my system set up to dual boot Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and Windows XP Pro, using GRUB 2 (1.97~beta4) as the boot loader. I want to remove Ubuntu and GRUB 2 from the system and install Windows 7 in a dual boot environment with Windows XP. My concern is to be sure that in the process of removing Ubuntu I do not make my system unbootable by removing or otherwise screwing up GRUB without replacing it with the Windows boot loader.
I read a suggestion saying that the most straightforward way to do what I want is to simply install Windows 7 and, during the install process, select my current Ubuntu ext3 partition as the Windows 7 system partition. The suggestion said the Windows 7 install process would overwrite the MBR with the Windows boot loader, effectively uninstalling GRUB 2. The Windows boot loader will find the existing XP installation and give me a choice between Windows 7 and XP at boot time. Does that scenario sound right? Would it work the way I have described it? (I know I would no longer have Ubuntu. That is OK; I intend to reinstall it later.)
For what it is worth, here is my current partition layout:
/dev/hda - 320 GiB internal hard drive
/dev/hda1 - 37.26 GiB ntfs boot (Windows XP)
/dev/hda2 - 18.63 GiB ext3 (Ubuntu 9.10 /root)
/dev/hda3 - 1.69 GiB linux-swap
/dev/hda4 - 240.51 GiB extended
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Apr 15, 2011
I have a computer which I upgraded to Windows 7. But when I upgraded it, I forgot about the Ubuntu Install Inside Windows partition I had, and when my disc was formatted, it deleted Ubuntu but not the partition. The partition isn't recognized by Windows AT ALL, but when I start it up the boot menu still gives me an option to boot into Ubuntu.
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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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Aug 31, 2009
I am a new user, i managed to install CentOS in our school VM, after installing i realized that i didnt install development packages, since there was that check box which i forgot to check... now i want to uninstall then install again and make sure i install the packages i left out.. could someone please tell me the procedure or simply a command to run uninstall. Remember CentOS is in VM so i can't simply format the hardrive
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Jun 2, 2011
Recently I installed Ubuntu parallel to windows, since I still have some projects to finish using windows software. While exploring the world of Ubuntu I came across Kubuntu, which looked very nice. Now I made the mistake to download the installation disk and install Kubuntu parallel to Ubuntu and Windows. I played around with Kubuntu for a while, it looks really nice but I decided to stick to Ubuntu. So now I would like to remove Kubuntu, but I don't know how. The same goes for Windows, as soon as I have finished my projects with windows software. I would like to remove it as well, so that finally my computer runs only on Ubuntu.
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Jun 11, 2011
I've destroyed my desktop.
I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 and I would much like to uninstall (including any config files) and reinstall the windows manager.
Is there a set of commands I can run to achieve this?
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Sep 13, 2010
I have windows 7 home premium currently installed and I have just recently installed Linux Mint and it has replaced my MBR with GRUB. Is there any way I can restore the normal Windows 7 Boot Loader and have the secondary option to boot my Linux Mint?
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Jan 22, 2011
I have been able to uninstall Microsoft Bing search engine on a pc using Windows, but the method will not work on Ubuntu
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Jun 19, 2011
I cannot uninstall Firefox, nor can I uninstall Chromium; one always stays if the other is uninstalled. For example, if I remove Firefox, Chromium will appear in its place and vice versa. This has got to be one of the weirdest bugs I've ever seen on Ubuntu! So, how can I uninstall both web browsers?
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Jul 23, 2010
Ok, so I tried to run the .deb package to install the Facebook chat plugin for Pidgin, and something got all messed up with that, and now nothing will install or uninstall. Synaptics won't run, Update Manager tells me to try a termianl command that doesn't work, and the Software center doesn't work either. I've attached screenshots of the problems. I've tried to download and reinstall the .deb file, and it still doesn't work.
I wanted to upload one more picture, but it only allows five. The last picture was of the terminal window. Here's what it said.
"Sudo apt-get install f
reading package lists... done
building dependency tree
reading state information... done
E: The package pidgin-facebookchat needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it"
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Sep 3, 2010
Im new to ubuntu so i may not understand some answers so please bare with me. For a university thing i needed to run java so i installed sun java 6.0. I got an error half way though so i thought nothing of it and went off to do other things. Now when i try and install or uninstall anything i get this message
The package system is broken If you are using third party repositories then disable them, since they are a common source of problems. Now run the following command in a terminal: apt-get install -f
And the details read sun-java6-plugin.
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Oct 6, 2010
i always get an error when updating my pc when am installing a program or package, and when am uninstalling something.
I tried:
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade And this is what i get
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Mar 7, 2010
My problem started with DVDrip and I mad an apt-on-cd DVD and installed from there rather than download the packages for my twop systems running karmic. I don't know what has happened but now if I try to install/upgrade/remove anything i get the following.
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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libevent-execflow-perl: Depends: libanyevent-perl but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
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May 4, 2010
I cannot uninstall Wubi. I will attach the log file. Please let me know if you require me to add any additional information.
Other Notes:
Win7 64bit
Ubuntu/Wubi 9.10
Code:
The system cannot find the file specified.
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Dec 16, 2010
I was trying out things, many different scenarios, many uninstalls, and yestarday just ran janitor ? now I don't have panels, some buttons missing, but many are still here (but unistalled earlier). I would like to make a cleanup in applications/ the button graphics are "blanks" but their name is still there, and who know what else might be conflicting in the background. any useful commands for check-and-clean-and-or-restore?
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Apr 16, 2011
I have ubuntu 10.10 and i have an linux mint iso ready to put on my usb. i need help on getting the iso to work on the usb and then installing linux mint and delete ubuntu. I dont care if i delete everything as i have backed up stuff.
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Jul 22, 2011
I currently have Ubuntu running on my dads computer, but came to the conclusion, not to mention his complaining, that Ubuntu isn't for him. Instead, I read up on Kubuntu and thought it was perfect!
I already know that I can download Kubuntu through the Ubuntu software center, but I want to do a complete clean install with Kubuntu. So far, I have made a cd for Kubuntu, but can't get the cd to pick up when I boot my pc, so that I may install it.
How can I install Kubuntu for his computer and remove Ubuntu?
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Mar 4, 2010
I have a toshiba laptop which came with vista as default os..but 6 months back i started ecountering hell of problems that forced me 2 switch to ubuntu..though i liked it my dad cant run half of his business cd's...not even in vmware,wine...so now i need to help in getting windows xp installed..i have ubuntu live cd and the installation cd for xp..but i cant find the right technique..i read thru a few sites wer d wrote abut using gparted from the live cd n i tried it out but it was in vain..now i dont have any os on my harddrive..d message that i get when i insert the xp cd is that it cannot find any hard drives despite i having divided it into 4 parts: ntfs, fat32, unallocated.
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Jan 14, 2009
I want to uninstall Ubuntu and then install F10 but I cannot get any info on how to achieve the former.
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Mar 8, 2010
I recently installed Deluge 1.2.9 so that my brother might be able to use his Droid to control torrents remotely. Immediately thereafter, I began experiencing problems with installing and uninstalling any software I attempted to install or uninstall. The problem seems to be an inability to do something (not sure what) with my kernel. Here's the output from the last installation I attempted (Deluge 1.1.9 from Add/Remove Applications)
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InstallArchives() failed: Selecting previously deselected package libtorrent-rasterbar5.
(Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 5%
(Reading database ... 10%
(Reading database ... 15%
(Reading database ... 20%
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Aug 14, 2010
I installed ubuntu by using Wubi to try it out. When I restatered and booted up ubuntu it said claimed to be finishing up installations which was taking nearly 1.5 hours of getting nowhere before I got frustrated and shut it off. I wen't back on windows to see if a re installation would be better. But my computer didn't seem to agree on that and wouldn't uninstall it. So I manually deleted the files myself. Now when I start up my computer I still see the choice to boot up kubuntu but yet there is no kubuntu if I select it. Any ideas how to get rid of the selection and why wubi didn't work? Not even live CD's are working on my computer.
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Oct 29, 2010
ok so i have a clevo x8100 laptop with two 5780's in crossfire. Im not exactly sure where to check in linux but i remember im using the fglrx drivers...which from what i understand are the crappy "safe" drivers. I've downloaded the latest linux x64 drivers for the card...
do i need to uninstall the old drivers first before i attempt to install the new one? also, if i do need to uninstall the old one, do i need to disable all my compiz special effects too? I could just see that creating a problem. im afraid im ruining my ubuntu install now that i've got everything configured the way i want minus the video drivers.
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