Switch back from Mint to Windows?
i recently installed mint 17.1, i dislike it as i was a windows user :/ could someone help me get back to windows please. i did not dual boot, ive tried deleteing partitions but failed. pure newbie here no experience with linux. im not really stupid though, but if someone could do a step by step instruction it would help massively. THANK YOU !!!
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Go to the website of the manufacturer of your laptop and loof for what you need. You may well need a USB stick or a CDROM but the website ought to help you.
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ive tried changing the bios to boot from the dvd drive because i have a windows 8.1 instal disk but it just boots straight to mint. my manufacture is toshiba i do not understand what you me by go to them ?
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Go to the web site and search.
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i did this but no results
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From your Mint system, run these commands:
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# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1 |
reece@reece-SATELLITE-C50-A-1DV ~ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1
dd: failed to open /dev/sda: Permission denied reece@reece-SATELLITE-C50-A-1DV ~ $ terminal sb enabled and lb/csm disabled. still nothing :( its a lvm mint17.1 |
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someone trust worthy with the knowladge to achieve this ? ill give remote access to my system
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reece@reece-SATELLITE-C50-A-1DV ~ $ fdisk
Usage: fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s) fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks Options: -b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096) -c[=<mode>] compatible mode: 'dos' or 'nondos' (default) -h print this help text -u[=<unit>] display units: 'cylinders' or 'sectors' (default) -v print program version -C <number> specify the number of cylinders -H <number> specify the number of heads -S <number> specify the number of sectors per track reece@reece-SATELLITE-C50-A-1DV ~ $ then what ? |
You're trying to execute 'dd' as a regular user, but 'dd' can only run as a root user, either by issuing "su -" or "sudo dd .......".
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[sudo] password for reece: Usage: fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s) fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks Options: -b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096) -c[=<mode>] compatible mode: 'dos' or 'nondos' (default) -h print this help text -u[=<unit>] display units: 'cylinders' or 'sectors' (default) -v print program version -C <number> specify the number of cylinders -H <number> specify the number of heads -S <number> specify the number of sectors per track same thing ? i give up i guess im stuck with linux -_- |
Are "Secure Boot" and "UEFI" enabled in your firmware (BIOS) settings?
If your disk has a GUID partition table then you will need to have UEFI mode & Secure Boot enabled; if it is an MBR-type disk then the `dd` command will wipe the bootloader. If your Mint system is booting in UEFI mode then you will need to delete the entry in your motherboard's NVRAM using the `efibootmgr` command I gave (prefix it with `sudo`). |
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