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    How Do I delete Ubuntu?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by blazeboy84, Dec 14, 2008.

  1. blazeboy84

    blazeboy84 Notebook Consultant

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    I recently installed and unisntalled Ubuntu 8.10 because of some driver issues. Basically, I uninstalled Ubuntu, deleted the folder. But still everytime I start my computer there is a option to ask me what OS to choose. How do I disable that? and Delete the Ubuntu Option from that list?
     
  2. duksandfish

    duksandfish Notebook Consultant

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    Folder?
    So you installed it through Wubi? Well, if you did, then you just have to uninstall through control panel and it deletes the folder for you.
    If you didn't, I don't really know what you mean but you can just edit the boot.ini file and remove the ubuntu entry.
















    Then try mandriva!
     
  3. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    If your using the windows bootloader, just log on and type in MSconfig and toggle the settings in the boot tab.

    If your using Vista, you might need to use EasyBCD to edit the boot.ini file.
     
  4. starling

    starling Notebook Consultant

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    You may have removed the partition that Ubuntu was on, but when you first installed it, you also changed the instructions on your hard drive which tell the computer what to boot into. Even if you delete the partition one of the operating systems is on, that does not restore how your hard drive originally booted. So, when booting, your computer still thinks it has a dual-boot setup. Now you need to restore the "MBR" back to boot automatically into Windows. There's no instant way to do that. You will probably need to download a program that can do this and burn the iso onto a CD so you can boot from the CD... and then you can run whatever program you have on there to restore the Windows MBR. I imagine there are several ways of doing that, but 2 that come to mind are "Super Grub", and "Boot it". It can also be done with some LiveCD linux distros. Do some googling about "MBR" and you should figure it out easily enough.
     
  5. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Just boot to the command line of the vista or xp disk and type "fix mbr" and hit enter. Reboot and enjoy grub being gone.