need help installing windows from ubuntu - Page 2

Oats&squats · 11-03-2009, 02:20 AM

well Thats what I plan on doing after I get my hard drive formatted to a windows state right now its in ext3

crazeeotter · 11-03-2009, 07:25 PM

If you have a PC installed with Windows 2000 and up, you can plug the drive in as a slave and boot into Windows. When you're there right click on the My Computer icon and click manage. Then go down to disk management and find your drive and format it to NTFS. Remember this will erase all data.

Oats&squats · 11-03-2009, 07:59 PM

Thanks I will try that.Can the master and slave cable hookup sata drives?

xavis75211 · 11-03-2009, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Oats&squats

Thanks I will try that.Can the master and slave cable hookup sata drives?

if the pc has sata ports then yes

Knightsofwar210 · 11-04-2009, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by crazeeotter

If you have a PC installed with Windows 2000 and up, you can plug the drive in as a slave and boot into Windows. When you're there right click on the My Computer icon and click manage. Then go down to disk management and find your drive and format it to NTFS. Remember this will erase all data.

There is a way through the cmd to format it without deleting everything but it takes a wicked long time.

Product F(RED) · 11-04-2009, 02:07 AM

Ok. If you want to get rid of Ubuntu, you have many options. You can pop in the Ubuntu Live CD and use G-Parted to delete partitions and reformat the drive, or you can use your Windows Installation disc to do the same. If you just want to fix the MBR (to get the original boot menu), pop in your Vista disc, go to Recovery Console, and type in fixmbr.

Optionally, you can also reinstall Windows through a repair install to maintain your programs, files, and settings.

Oats&squats · 11-04-2009, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Product F(RED)

Ok. If you want to get rid of Ubuntu, you have many options. You can pop in the Ubuntu Live CD and use G-Parted to delete partitions and reformat the drive, or you can use your Windows Installation disc to do the same. If you just want to fix the MBR (to get the original boot menu), pop in your Vista disc, go to Recovery Console, and type in fixmbr.

Optionally, you can also reinstall Windows through a repair install to maintain your programs, files, and settings.

Umm I just want to be able to get vista back my install cd wasn't able to format the drive thats currently in ext3 but I need to get it to fat32 I have had no luck with g-Parted.

Product F(RED) · 11-04-2009, 05:42 PM

you mean NTFS. Fat32 has a 4GB per file size limit. like said, use G-Parted on the Ubuntu live CD to format the drive.

Oats&squats · 11-04-2009, 06:17 PM

I have G-parted but its not formating the drive