[opensource] uninstall ubuntu

[YUNLONG ZHANG]

Thank you very much guys,

I still can not get through this for all this afternoon. No matter what I change in BIOS settings, It still turns out
Boot from CD:
Boot from CD:
Loading GRUB stage 1.5
Then go into ubuntu again.

Initianally it is a dual booting system (windows/ubuntu). I just want to fix some problems in WinXP. When I want to boot from CD, it automatically get into the menu which let me to choose OS. I have nothing to do. So I reinstalled Ubuntu and run over Window. So now Ubuntu is the only OS and it still have the same problem. 

Thank you very much for your suggestions!

Yunlong



----- Original Message -----
From: BRIAN SWANEY <swaney.29 at osu.edu>
Date: Sunday, January 28, 2007 5:26 pm
Subject: Re: [opensource] uninstall ubuntu

> Everyone seems to be telling you to go into BIOS. this will 
> generally work fine (sometimes the BIOS doesn't let you change the 
> boot order). Find there something about the boot order and put CD 
> first. If that doesn't work and/or you don't want to mess around 
> with your settings (I've seen a computer that did not give the 
> option to change the boot order in BIOS), another key will give 
> you a one-time boot menu. For me, BIOS is [F2] and the boot menu 
> is [F12]. It could be a number of things though, depending on your 
> machine. Try pressing every key that starts with "F," the [Tab] 
> key, and the [Esc] key. whichever of these ways you encounter, 
> you'll find your Windows disk booting. It should be self-
> explanitory from there. Just kill the Linux partition and install 
> the Windows CD into the free space (you can shrink it later by 
> booting from a live CD and running gparted).
> 
> If I were you, I'd consider taking advantage of the GRUB menu 
> (actually, I already do). Install Windows first, so it doesn't 
> have anything to run over, then install Linux and it will let you 
> shrink the partition and install it to a second one. The next time 
> you boot, you'll see a menu asking what operating system you want 
> to use.
> 
> Hope this helps...
> 
> -Brian Swaney
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steven James Samuel Stapleton <stapleton at mps.ohio-state.edu>
> Date: Sunday, January 28, 2007 4:10 pm
> Subject: Re: [opensource] uninstall ubuntu
> 
> > The problem isn't that Ubuntu is installed. The problem is that 
> > your hard 
> > drive appears before your CD ROM drive in your systems boot 
> opetions.> 
> > The best way to fix this is to look at the messages one bootup, 
> and 
> > find the 
> > "Press [some key] for boot menu". This is usually, but not 
> always 
> > [F8]. If 
> > you have a splacsh screen, you'll need to turn it of (usually 
> > [tab], but 
> > again, not always, the actual key should be listed somewhere on 
> the 
> > screen).
> > There's also editing your BIOS settings to fix this, but I 
> wouldn't 
> > advise 
> > that unless you *really* know what you are doing, because you 
> can 
> > make your 
> > computer unbootable otherwise.
> > 
> > -Jim Stapleton
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "YUNLONG ZHANG" <zhang.556 at osu.edu>
> > To: <opensource at cse.ohio-state.edu>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:47 PM
> > Subject: [opensource] uninstall ubuntu
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > For some reason I need to uninstall Ubuntu, Can you tell me 
> how 
> > to do it? 
> > > Whenever I inster the Windows boot CD, the linux always turns 
> > out. I don't 
> > > know how to do with it.
> > >
> > > Yunlong
> > >
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