WHOA MAN! I can boot into Windows!!!! Thank you guys so much!

EDIT: Last thing. Does anyone know how to clean up the remaining Linux stuff and reclaim that drive space?

windows disk manager.
If the linux partitions aren't visible try refresh on tool bar.

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Glad to hear that you are able to boot in Windows!!!

Try using Partition Magic if Windows Manager is unable to identify/see Linux partitions.

And if you are planning to use the space that was assigned to Linux earlier make sure you use a little less. For example: if earlier there was a linux partition of 50 GB and after deletion you got it all back, then use 49.5 GB out of that for creating windows partitions just to be sure that you do not overwrite other partitions boundry.

I got everything squared away. Thank you, LinuxQuestions, so much. If it weren't for you guys, I would have just reformatted and lost everything. I hope this gets archived so that others can learn from my mistake.

Just one last question: has anyone ever heard of linux installations screwing up your computer's power scheme or something? Even though linux is gone, my laptop does not awake from sleep anymore and requires a hard-restart. Did Linux do this? It seemed to start right around when I installed it.

I just wanted to ask what was wrong with Linux? If it's becasue it's too different and you don't understand it and feel lost, then read some tutorials and learn the command line. Otherwise, you probably won't like Linux. Anyway, if you like, you can play around with it without risking anything using software like VirtualBox.

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Hello,

Well I have never seen such issues where the power options being messed up by Linux. Have a look at your laptop's power options under Control Panel. Also check if there are any missing drivers because that sometime causes this issue. Check the drivers under device manager.

I would also suggest you to have a look at BIOS settings just to confirm if everything there is normal especially ACPI options.

Even if your Windows disc has repaired the boot up, there can be a messed up file that is causing this. I would recommend to reinstall.

Go to safemode and go to administrator and check power management. If missing different things in safemode it'll ask where it's at point to cd.

I understand that I am in a community that embraces Linux (this is an awesome community, btw), but honestly, it just wasn't for me. I initially wanted to try it out because I was under the assumption that Linux was a lightweight OS alternative that I had tons of useful applications - which it does. However, I was not happy with the interface, the few incompatibility problems I ran into, and the ambiguity of the OS itself.

How do I view ACPI settings in BIOS? I don't see any real options for that. I'm going to try EDDY's suggestion in one moment.

It's not in acer bios I just checked. Atleast not Aspire 3620

You can choose a different desktop environment and the interface will be completely different.

I'm not forcing to try it, I'm just saying. If you don't want it, that's fine.

I prefer the GNOME over KDE, though. But still, I was just a little out of my comfort zone. How do I mark this as SOLVED like I see in the other threads?

Use the thread tools at the top of the thread.