Need help uninstalling linux and installing window xp

[fnota]

I have being having trouble uninstalling linux and installing window xp.

Firstly, my window xp recovery disk failed as it showed up a error( Error 10 operating system <cd rom>).
Secondly, i do not know how to format my harddisk on linux, as my window xp recovery disk is not working.

Information:
1)I only have 1 operating system on my computer now, that is linux xbuntu.
2)I am a linux noobie.
3) Computer brand: NEC
4)I tried deleting linux's partition using Gparted and end up nearly destroying my computer.

[dmk06]

I have being having trouble uninstalling linux and installing window xp.

Firstly, my window xp recovery disk failed as it showed up a error( Error 10 operating system <cd rom>).
Secondly, i do not know how to format my harddisk on linux, as my window xp recovery disk is not working.

Information:
1)I only have 1 operating system on my computer now, that is linux xbuntu.
2)I am a linux noobie.
3) Computer brand: NEC
4)I tried deleting linux's partition using Gparted and end up nearly destroying my computer.

If you want to delete the linux partition and install windows(using windows on the entire drive) you can just boot from your winxp cd and it will ask you how you want to partition/format the disk

How to Remove Linux and Install Windows XP
How to partition and format a hard disk by using Windows XP Setup program

If you want to use the entire disk, delete the existing partitions, format, and install on that partition.

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Later if you want to try Linux you might want to try it with in a VM with Virtualbox/VMware
VirtualBox
VMware Player 3.0
-or-
Wubi.exe will let you install/uninstall Linux just like a regular windows program and you can dual-boot with Windows and Linux like that.
Wubi - Ubuntu Installer for Windows

[Irithori]

hi,

Some questions:
- Is your windows xp cd booting at all?
- Is that CD able to do a full install? Some recovery CDs cant.
- Is the linux still booting?
- Do you have any important data on linux?

[fnota]

Yes my window xp cd is able to boot. But as it is a recovery disk it only have 2 option. The first option is to recover window xp(which means reformat the harddisk and install window xp which is full version).
The second option is to exit the setup.
So basically, when i select the first option, and when i was about to start reformating, the error message mentioned on the firts post came out.
And yes my linux is able to boot if not then i wouldn't be posting here =p and there are no important data on linux currently. All my important data are already back up on my ext harddrive .

[oz]

Hello and welcome!

Occasionally, some computers have problems reinstalling Windows from the installation disk when GRUB remains on the MBR. If you remove GRUB, your installation might work properly. If you want to try it, you can remove GRUB by booting a liveCD such as the Parted Magic live disk and then going to a terminal and issuing the following command:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=446 count=1

That command clears the MBR only, and you should receive a short message about records in and records out, then you can reboot with your Windows recovery disk and see if the installation will continue.

Note that once GRUB is gone your computer won't boot again, so you'll only be able to boot with the liveCD for getting access to the web again, unless you reinstall GRUB, or some other bootloader.