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How can I be able to start Windows 7 from Ubuntu, and not from grub? [duplicate]

While I was in Windows 7, I once changed my System Settings to have Ubuntu starting automatically, and since then I don't know how to run Windows again (what a stupid thing I did). Since I can't run ...
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How do I uninstall Ubuntu from a dual-boot with Windows 8? [duplicate]

I'm definitely coming back to Ubuntu in the fall for one of my classes but for now I would like to uninstall it. The only problem is, I've heard that people who uninstall it improperly are unable to ...
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How to remove Ubuntu installed alongside another version of Ubuntu?

I successfully installed desktop 13.04 beside 12.04. Now that I have confirmed that 13.04 works and have retrieved old data files, how do I remove 12.04 to regain file space?
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How do I uninstall Ubuntu 12.10 (32-bit) and replace it with 12.10 (64-bit) without breaking my dual-boot with Windows 8?

I have a 64bit laptop running win 8 on my main partition and Ubuntu on another. My motherboard is UEFI if that makes a difference and here is my problem... The current Ubuntu install is 32-bit. Since ...
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How to remove Ubuntu 12.10 from dual boot with Win 7?

I have dual booted Ubuntu with Windows 7. I wanted to uninstall Ubuntu. So as per an answer for one of the related questions on this site I did the following: Deleted the Ubuntu Partition through ...
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How to replace Ubuntu 32-bit with 64-bit in dual boot?

I just got a new Lenovo Ideapad y580 running Windows 8. Today I took my first crack at dual booting Ubuntu on it. Since 32 bit is marked recommended, that is what I downloaded, but apparently it is ...
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Remove double ubuntu installation

A while ago I decided to install ubuntu on my computer, but as it turns out, that was a 32 bit version, and my system runs 64 bit. So I decided to install the correct version, but for some reason ...
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Deleted the Ubuntu file in Windows, but i am still prompted to choose between Ubuntu and Windows on boot

I installed Ubuntu using Wubi. I got version 12.10 32-bit. After all was done I noticed a file on my C: drive labeled Ubuntu so i figured when i wanted to uninstall this would be the file to delete. ...
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Installing Ubuntu so that it can be removed without trace [duplicate]

I would like install Ubuntu on a laptop in a way that if I was to remove it, there would be no trace that I had installed it. I would dual boot it with Windows 7. Please could someone provide details ...
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How do I remove Ubuntu dual-booted with Windows 7? [duplicate]

I want to uninstall Ubuntu 12.10. I installed Ubuntu (from a usb/cd) using the option "Install along with Windows 7". Windows 7 is installed as usual in C:\ and Ubuntu is installed in some other ...
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How do I uninstall Ubuntu 12.10? [duplicate]

I run Windows 7. Created a 90GB partition with 4GB swap memory to install Ubuntu 12.10 on. I've decided not to bother with Ubuntu, at least for now on this computer. Do I simply just delete the 2 ...
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How to remove Ubuntu partition and boot menu? [duplicate]

how do I completely remove the Ubuntu partition and the boot menu so I can just keep the Windows 7 partition and boot directly into it? I want to remove it all and so I can go and reside the partition ...
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Boot issues with Windows 8 after installing Ubuntu, how to fix from terminal? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I just put Ubuntu 12.10 on my brand new laptop, and my display driver did not work correctly. When I tried to fix the ...
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Installed Ubuntu on another drive, got rid of the drive, and dual boot screen is still coming up

EDIT: I am not asking how to uninstall Ubuntu. The drive it was installed on is now gone. I did not uninstall it before I pulled it out. On start up the dual boot screen is still showing up and asking ...
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Uninstalling dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Windows 7 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? How to uninstall Ubuntu from a dual boot system? I tried Ubuntu and decided Windows 7 was good enough for me.I tried to ...
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How to uninstall Ubuntu 12.04 LTS dual booting with Windows 7? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I set up a dual boot Windows and Ubuntu? How to uninstall Ubuntu from a dual boot system? I need to uninstall Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from my laptop. It's currently ...
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Uninstalling Ubuntu dual-boot bootrec issues

So on my laptop I am currently planning on uninstalling Ubuntu 12.04 so I can upgrade my Windows 7 partition to Windows 8, then install Ubuntu 12.10. My issue being that when I boot the Windows 7 ...
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How to completely remove Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from a windows 7 dualboot? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from a USB flash-drive, it was very fine. But now I'm missing my games that I had on ...
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How to remove ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I have installed ubuntu 12.04 along with windows vista.But now i want to remove ubuntu. there is no option to remove ubuntu ...
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Is it possible to revert from dualboot back to uniboot (Windows 7 Starter only)?

I am on a netbook and got recommended to try Ubuntu. So i am going to run it with Windows 7 Starter still as my OS. But if I decide to go with Ubuntu as my main OS is there any way to go back to ...
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Installing multi-boot Linux system

I have a dual (XP/Linux) boot Compaq Presario S4500UK with a couple of spare partitions on the boot drive which I want to use for testing different Linux distros/configs before installing them on ...
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Uninstalling Ubuntu 12.04 after installing from CD [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a Win 7 system from a CD (NOT WUBI), so I now have a dual boot system. I want to remove ...
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If Ubuntu is installed along-side of Windows, can it be deleted later?

If Ubuntu is installed along-side of Windows, can it be uninstalled later?
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Installed Ubuntu with WUBI, how can I completely remove Windows Vista?

I just installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 yesterday, and I'm happy with how it's working. I think I installed it as a dual system though, because Ubuntu and Vista shows up when the system boots up. I ...
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how to uninstall ubuntu12.04 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? i have installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside windows7 home premium in my laptop. i don't find any options to remove ubuntu. ...
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How to safely remove Ubuntu 12.04 from a dual-boot installation with Windows XP? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I have an Acer Netbook with Windows XP on it. I had installed Ubuntu 12.04 (actually upgraded from 10.?? to 11.04 to 11.10 ...
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Removing Ubuntu & Windows does not boot

I'm really desperate. I installed 12.04 LTS alongside Windows 7. No Problems. Then Ubuntu did not boot. I repaired the Grub Loader, then both worked nice (though in the Grub Loader it showed two ...
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Dual-booting Ubuntu and Windows, how do I uninstall Ubuntu? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I am currently dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS on a 64-bit computer. However, I have decided that I ...
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How to remove Ubuntu from dual boot system with Windows 7?

I wish to remove Ubuntu and I'm not quite sure how. I know it has something to do with partitions. I have 3 partitions. 1. OS [683 GB] 2. Recovery [14 GB] 3. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (E:) I know it says ...
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How do I safely uninstall unused ubuntu installs

Im trying to clean up my drive as I've got some duplicates of 11.10 installed. My original install was messed up so I reinstalled (foolishly thinking it would just write over the original). I lived ...
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How to uninstall Ubuntu from a dual boot system? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I have dual boot laptop having two os windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04 i wants to remove ubuntu and merge space with windows. can ...
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I want to uninstall Ubuntu but I don't have Win 7 CD to fix MBR, work around?

I installed ubuntu 11.10 but it doesn't work properly, when I choose ubuntu after I turn my pc on it just shows me a purple screen and I can never enter ubuntu. I want to delete it and instead ...
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How to install EasyBCD?

I want to delete ubuntu 11.10 from dual boot system(windows 7 + ubuntu 11.10). I currently have ubuntu as main OS but I don't want to continue with it further.I don't have CD for win 7 so I am trying ...
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Removing Ubuntu from a dual-boot setup with Windows

I have installed Ubuntu as another OS on my laptop, and my default OS is Windows 7. I just want to know how to remove (or uninstall) Ubuntu without harming the other OS. PS: Ubuntu and Windows 7 are ...
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Unable to uninstall Ubuntu from “uninstall-wubi.exe”

I tried to uninstall ubuntu with easybcd and forgot to uninstall it from uninstall-wubi.exe. When I tried to unintsall it from that file, got an error: I have Windows 64bit installed as well and I ...
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Is it possible to completely and safely remove Ubuntu 11.10

I have got Windows XP and by dual-boot method installed Ubuntu 11.10. I do not want, to un install Ubuntu, but I'm interested. Is it possible to completely and safely un-install Ubuntu from ...
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How can I uninstall and reinstall ubuntu from a dual boot system?

I have attempted to remove Ubuntu from a dual boot system (Windows XP, SP3) by deleting partitions, using both the Ubuntu install CD and GParted. Neither worked for me; instead, all I did was manage ...
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How do I remove ubuntu from a windows 7 machine without the recovery disk?

I have a computer that originally came with windows 7. I recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 (natty) on it. Now, I want to remove it from the computer while keeping windows. Unfortunately, I don't have ...
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How to do the windows equivalent of “format C:”?

Bought a second hand laptop with no OS. Installed Ubuntu and have been running it now for about a year without any problems. Now need to use more windows applications (childrens educational ...
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How to remove a second Ubuntu install?

I installed Windows XP in dual-boot with Ubuntu to play Skyrim and that ended up breaking GRUB. After trying zillions of things to fix it (including using boot-repair), I installed Ubuntu in a new ...
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How to uninstall Ubuntu from inside itself

I want to upgrade to 32-bit 11.10 but I can't seem to get rid of Ubuntu 10.04. I have Windows 7 but no admin rights, so I can't remove it, and the admin won't do it because he doesn't know what he's ...
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How to remove a duplicate Ubuntu Installation without ruining OS boot menu

I have a dual boot setup: windows vista and ubuntu. But, I actually have a duplicate Ubuntu install that I setup a long time ago to get my bootmenu back... (my computer at one point could not find ...