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PC won't boot anything but Ubuntu

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http://askubuntu.com – Well, I decided to give Ubuntu 12.10 a try but really isn't for me, mostly because I'm a gamer at heart and the game selection on Linux is very limited. :P I want to revert back to Windows 7 but I can't seem to be able to access the recovery partition on my Desktop. It's an Acer, so the Alt + F10 combo should trigger the recovery management during the boot, but for some reason it doesn't: the PC goes straight into Ubuntu. I've tried reinstalling Windows from a DVD but it looks like the computer is ignoring whatever boot command I give it. I changed the boot order inside the BIOS, I tried to (HowTos)

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Submitted by funckax on 12/25/2012

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I have a Windows 7 computer. This is what I did:

Using Windows Disk Management, shrunk the available hard drive producing a partition more than large enough for Ubuntu. Changed the boot order in BIOS to CD, USB, HDD. Inserted Ubunto 12.04 disk, launched Ubuntu. Chose "Install alongside windows 7". Successfully installed Ubuntu, restarted, and it goes straight to Ubuntu.

I have installed Ubuntu on C drive instead of windows 7 Starter that I had on my EEE PC. It runs quite slow so I want to go back to Windows 7, I also need to run some softwares which require windows.

In the boot, I got the 5 choices(4 for ubuntu, memory test and their recovery mode) and one the Windows Recovery Partition.

Hello, as a Christmas present for my mum I decided to give her my old laptop. Without thinking about having Grub and other Linux stuff on it I went into the Windows Recovery menu on my ACER ASPIRE ONE D150 NETBOOK WITH WINDOWS XP and allowed it to format my computer back to factory settings. It was not done from a disk, but by a partition as it doesn't have a CD drive.

I have installed ubuntu alongside windows 7 in a brand new computer and it worked fine for some days. Eventually, Windows showed some problems, but after a safety mode initialization it was working again. Then, Ubuntu cracked and I couldn't use it. After that, I have reinstalled Windows using the recovery CD and now I can't boot from the CD.

I have an Acer Aspire M3910 desktop with a Windows 7 install on it and its "died"....

No recovery disc made....it won't boot into Acer recovery mode (alt f10 brings up an error message)....trying to boot normally tells me bootmgr is missing....and it won't even allow me to install XP from a Dvd (boot attempts result in a head drive configuration issue error.

In short I just want to res

Hi there.

Before installing Ubuntu 11.10, I had 2 partitions in Windows, the second of which I split into 2, the second of which was used for the Ubuntu installation.

However once the Ubuntu installation completed, I could no longer boot into Windows 7, every time I chose the option, the computer would restart and bring me back to the Grub menu.

Hi,

I have a OEM Windows 8 Sony Vaio E-series. Tried dual booting Linux Secure Remix (Ubuntu 12.10) with EFI having followed the instructions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

Disabled Secure-boot.

No option in BIOS to disable fast-boot.

Ran Boot-Repair with recommended conditions and restarted.

Whenever I select Windows 7 under GRUB, it just hangs at a flashing underscore windows 7 is installed under my first primary partition, what should the GRUB section look like for it? I can't check what mine looked like because this happened:

[ubuntu] BIOS Bootloop (EFI) 35 weeks 5 days ago

When I bought my Acer Travelmate 5560-8225, it had windows 7 on it. I formatted the drive and installed Ubuntu 12.04. Just recently I needed a fresh copy of windows so I formatted the Hard Drive, rebooted, and got windows to start installing. Expanding windows files was stuck at 0% when I quit the installation. Now it tries to boot in the boot order but fails.