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Ok, i want to remove ubuntu and replace it with windows I have the iso of windows xp on my desktop and on a usb I want to install windows ...
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    Exclamation Removing Ubuntu and Replacing it with Windows xp on ubuntu netbook (No CD drive)

    Ok, i want to remove ubuntu and replace it with windows
    I have the iso of windows xp on my desktop and on a usb
    I want to install windows xp in anyway.

    I cannot use any windows computers to do it, 2 of the computers have ubuntu, and 1 has windows, and the windows one I cannot use because its password protected due to my parents and their fear of me crashing their computer (Lol)

    I want to install windows completely on my hard drive and get rid of ubuntu
    Reasons to get rid of:
    1. Annoying on my netbook
    2. Cant do my video editing with it (the way Iwant to do it)
    3. Wine doesnt work with anything i wanna install
    4. Too hard to use
    5. Made netbook slower

    All i want is good old xp
    (used to have windows 7, accidentally wiped it with ubuntu, and now i want to install windows xp on Samsung N150 Netbok)

    I dont have a CD Drive or access to windows computers
    All i have is a 4GB USB
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    the iso of windows xp
    on my desktop and on a usb
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    if Unetbootin won't work for you.

    And Ubuntus pendrive installer won't work for you.

    (Windows can be more difficult than Linux )

    Then

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    Depending upon the netbook, XP may or may not work. Drivers may be a major PITA for the hardware. Personally, I think that if you took the time to learn the tools available for Linux, such as audio and video editors, transcoding tools, etc. you would soon wonder why you wanted to cripple your netbook with XP. I do a lot of video processing on my Linux systems and the only thing I need native Windows for is my Fidelity stock/options trading software, so I run that in a virtual machine. Any Windows-based video tools I need (my TMPGEnc DVD Author package primarily) runs well with Wine. I also run the Sparx Enterprise Architect UML software design and modeling tool, Adobe Framemaker, Photoshop, and a few other useful tools for my work in Wine. Just my experience, and opinions. I would NEVER revert to Windows - I don't get BSOD crashes, viruses, rootkits, trojans, and all the rest of that cruft any longer, so I don't waste my time of dealing with that. The only time I need to reboot the system is if I install and activate a new kernel, so I have to reinstall my nVidia video driver. That's about once every 3 months or so on my workstation.
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    I tried Unetbootin, but i cant figure out what format i need to do it in

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    I tried the virtual xp with virtual box, i used it for a few days, then it crashed.
    And my wine doesnt work at all

    everytime is try, I get this "This is not marked as a windows executable..."

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