How to uninstall Ubuntu on dual-boot Windows using Windows only

I originally posted this on my personal blog in 2007 where it gets a steady 100-300 hits a day. So I’m reposting here, with a few updates. The technique here works for XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and should work to deinstall any non-Windows operating system in a dual-boot environment.

My dual boot Ubuntu [...]

Ubuntu desktop for $399 complete. Meerkat Net Top

Starting at $249, the sleek polished black System76 Meerkat features the Dual Core Intel Atom 330 CPU, up to 2 GB of memory, and up to 750 GB of storage. Perfect for Internet, email, music, Flash video and educational tools, the Meerkat performs extremely well despite its super low price tag.

A complete desktop [...]

Uninstall Ubuntu on dual boot XP using Windows only

Ubuntu is great, but my installation of it crashed and would no longer boot. After considerable research, I figured out how to uninstall it using Windows only.

It took just three minutes and worked flawlessly.

My tech blog has full details.

Willing to buy a high-end, free-software-only laptop?

Yes.

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu, wants to create laptops that are”designed specifically to be free-software friendly.” That means no proprietary anything, including the BIOS. Sounds like a most excellent idea. Check it out.

Dell releases Ubuntu PCs

Not only has Dell just just released a line of PCs running Ubuntu Linux, the prices are quite attractive. A laptop with Core 2 Duo and 1GB RAM is just $900, something which will put serious pricing pressure on vendors of Linux computers such as System76 and ShopRCubed.

Dell is pushing Ubuntu into the mainstream. [...]

Ubuntu help needed

I’ve been trying to config my dual-boot Ubuntu Feisty Fawn desktop to accept my wireless modem, with no luck.

Here’s the specs for the LinkSys Wireless-G

01:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)

I’ve tried what’s here and here, but no luck so far. Right now it’s running with [...]

He’s using Ubuntu at work, not Windows

Email from Daniel Rivera

I recently reformatted my work laptop which was running Windows. Now it runs Kubuntu Linux (Ubuntu with a KDE shell) 99.5% of the time. Whenever I have the need to definitely use Windows, I just run a remote desktop connection from Linux to a Windows server at work. Works like a [...]

Neat features of Ubuntu

Ubuntu is easier to use and more powerful than Windows – that’s my opinion after using it for a few days.

Just a few of the features – Ubuntu comes installed with GIMP (a powerful graphics program), OpenOffice (a replacement for Microsoft Office), an Instant Message platform that works with AOL, Yahoo, MSN, a CD [...]

Woot! I’ve installed Ubuntu

Couldn’t wait for the Ubuntu laptop to get here, so I installed Ubuntu to dual-boot with XP Home on a Pentium 3. (Yes, a P3, try THAT with Vista!)

After reading the helpful online forums and asking questions, I took the plunge. The install program resized C:, put Ubuntu in the new area. When it [...]

Posting from Ubuntu

This post was written and posted using the free Ubuntu CD . Boot off the CD, and you have a working version of Ubuntu with no installation needed. After a few hours playing with Ubuntu, I’m impressed. It’s highly configurable, fun, comes with lots of software. My Ubuntu laptop arrives in a week or so, [...]