Windows XP and Linux Lubuntu
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Hello,
Let me explain, I installed Lu bun tu on my old PC with Windows XP Professional, but I want to uninstall it because it doesn't really suit my PC.
I should specify that yes, Windows is still on the only disk, I'm sure because I installed Linux alongside Windows, and in disk management, you can clearly see that Windows is still there.
Can you help me uninstall Linux so that only Windows boots normally and Linux no longer appears and is completely removed? I don't know how to do that because right now, when I start my PC, there is no grub appearing (it doesn't prompt me to choose whether to boot Windows or Linux, the PC automatically boots into Lu bun tu).
Thank you in advance for your reply, feel free to be detailed because I sometimes have trouble understanding.
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You ask how to install both in dual boot, now you come to tell us that you don't like Lubuntu (nor XP since you don't seem able to install a working browser on it as mentioned), you mix everything up about grub (it's the dual boot menu that doesn't appear, not grub without which Lubuntu wouldn't start)...
You ask at length how to implement this dual boot without continuing, why would we answer here to something else that will surely also change your mind without us knowing why in a few hours?
Regarding being precise, you should start by being clear about what you really want and continue from where you started:
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-38144440-probleme-dual-boot-lubuntus-et-windows-xp-professionnel#dernier
But there’s no need to get upset, I tried your solution but actually I can't have Windows XP + Lubuntu, the PC is so underpowered that no Linux works, the HDD is too old, and for GRUB I don’t know, on the internet it's written that GRUB is used to launch the operating system but anyway, I’m sure I really want to uninstall Linux to be able to put back the Windows XP Professional that is still on the hard drive.
Sorry for the inconvenience but can you really help me please?
Uninstalling Ubuntu when XP won't boot and therefore can't be used is not simple.
From Windows, you need to go through the recovery console of the CD if you have it to repair the MBR, and from Linux, remove grub using specific software.
Then, from XP, which should now boot, delete the Linux partition using the disk management tool.
https://lehollandaisvolant.net/linux/vir/
Unless the machine is to be thrown away, and it is also for XP, there is no reason not to find a Linux distribution that works on it as long as you choose one that is sufficiently light and old; Puppy is an example.
Hello,
The problem will affect more than one person by the end of 2025.
First, if you want to install Linux, avoid dual booting (Windows and Linux), it complicates things, and choose Ubuntu or Mint, which are easy to install.
To recover Windows XP in this case, you need to have the installation disk or find one, insert it, and then restart the PC by tapping a key that varies depending on the brand, F2 for example. Normally… Windows will prompt for installation after booting from the disk, at some point it will ask if you want to keep another distribution (Lubuntu), you will need to choose to REMOVE EVERYTHING, and reinstall only Windows XP. It is possible to check afterwards if all the disk space is usable.
Hello,
What is the connection between XP and 2025 and the installation of a version of Ubuntu on an archaic machine that won't like it?
Installing a version of Windows, whatever it may be, will allow formatting the disk on the fly, thus deleting everything on it including Linux, but it never asks if we want to delete a dual boot system, Lubuntu or otherwise.
Duplicate continue here https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-38146879-remettre-windows-apres-installation-lubuntu#dernier
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