ubuntu 10.10 uninstallation from vista dual boot system

prabhakar_sawant · 01-29-2011, 05:13 AM

How to uninstall ubuntu 10.10 from windows vista dual boot system?

Snark1994 · 01-29-2011, 11:04 AM

Well, you can do it manually (removing partitions + resizing Windows' one, then reinstalling Windows' MBR)...

...or you could use this guide which links you to a nice programme (BootIt) that does it for you, and explains how to use the programme to uninstall Ubuntu.

Hope this helps

tacticalbread · 01-29-2011, 11:15 AM

Did you install via Wubi, or you you boot from the CD and install that way?

stress_junkie · 01-29-2011, 11:15 AM

In addition to Snark1994's post you could boot a Windows installation disk, select the recovery console, and run fixmbr and/or fixboot. That will write the Windows boot code into the disk's MBR. This may or may not be available if you only have a factory restore CD from the computer's manufacturer. It is available on a generic Windows installation CD that you would purchase separately.

tacticalbread asks a good question that I hadn't considered. My instructions would not apply if you are running Linux as a Windows application via wubi or something similar.