I installed Linux from the installation disk - I want to be able to switch back to Windows. How is this done?

1.
Two solutions:
-you can access to your Windows partition from Ubuntu. It should appear in "Places", maybe with a weird name, but it should be there
-if you installed it side by side with Windows, you should have a boot menu where you can choose between Windows & Ubuntu

2. You probably need a driver for your wireless card. If you plug your ethernet cable and check for hardware drivers in System>Administration, does it find anything ?
If it does not, could you open a terminal and type "lspci" and copy paste the ouput here please ? This way we can know the brand & model of your card and help you.

3. To install Flash, you should follow the instruction in Firefox. I think Firefox is displaying a message to install Flash. If it does not, open the Software Center, and look for Flash, it should be in there.

The generally rule here is to made a single question into a single thread
Please split aggregate questions here into simple one

Thank you for your reply. I could not find anything on Ubundu's menu to access
Windows. However, I was able to access my computer hardware using F2 and F12.
F12 gave me three choices. I tried booting from each one but all of them boots
up Ubundu. I would interpret that as the whole Windows, program and files have
been overridden by Ubuntu. That spells disaster for me. But that is what I get
for monkeying with something I do not fully understand.

I will try to install Windows once more so I have the option of going back and
forth.

I found the step by step procedure to install the Flash Driver. I will try that
sometime in the next few days. Will let you know.

for the Internet, I will foll;ow your suggestion too. Will let you know.

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From: François Tissandier <email address hidden>
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Sent: Mon, October 18, 2010 1:18:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Question #130087]: I installed Linux from the installation disk -
I want to be able to switch back to Windows. How is this done?

Your question #130087 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/130087

    Status: Open => Answered

François Tissandier proposed the following answer:
1.
Two solutions:
-you can access to your Windows partition from Ubuntu. It should appear in
"Places", maybe with a weird name, but it should be there
-if you installed it side by side with Windows, you should have a boot menu
where you can choose between Windows & Ubuntu

2. You probably need a driver for your wireless card. If you plug your ethernet
cable and check for hardware drivers in System>Administration, does it find
anything ?
If it does not, could you open a terminal and type "lspci" and copy paste the
ouput here please ? This way we can know the brand & model of your card and help
you.

3. To install Flash, you should follow the instruction in Firefox. I
think Firefox is displaying a message to install Flash. If it does not,
open the Software Center, and look for Flash, it should be in there.

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switching back to windoze depends on whether you overwrote it or not.

press CTL+ALT+T and another screen will open up. in that screen, type

sudo fdisk -l

that's a lowercase L

enter your password when it asks for it

paste the output here and we can see if windoze had been erased or not.

Mr. Marcus Aurelius

thank you for your reply, following your suggestion for the sudo command, I am
pasting the output

Usage:
 fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
 fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s)
 fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks

Options:
 -b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096)
 -c switch off DOS-compatible mode
 -h print help
 -u <size> give sizes in sectors instead of cylinders
 -v print version
 -C <number> specify the number of cylinders
 -H <number> specify the number of heads
 -S <number> specify the number of sectors per track

ben@ben-Aspire-5532:~$

This is greek to me. What does this mean?

 Benito San Pedro

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From: marcus aurelius <email address hidden>
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Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 1:43:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Question #130087]: I installed Linux from the installation disk -
I want to be able to switch back to Windows. How is this done?

Your question #130087 on grub in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+question/130087

    Status: Open => Answered

marcus aurelius proposed the following answer:
switching back to windoze depends on whether you overwrote it or not.

press CTL+ALT+T and another screen will open up. in that screen, type

sudo fdisk -l

that's a lowercase L

enter your password when it asks for it

paste the output here and we can see if windoze had been erased or not.

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Make sure you type the complete command:

sudo fdisk -l

(including the minus and L letter)

Sorry I had to go out of town. Ok. I did it again. Typed sudo fdisk -l. Here's the output

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0002c8af

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 18663 149903360 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 18663 19458 6384641 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 18663 19458 6384640 82 Linux swap / Solaris

What does this mean? Please explain. Thanks, Ben

The windows partition is gone, so you must reinstall Windows but i suggest you to install it into Virtualbox inside Ubuntu

I guess, that answers the question. My windows files are gone. This step confirms my worst fear but I just have to learn from this mistake. This ends my query 1.

For my question 2 - I was able to download Adobe Flash player. It did not work initially but when I transferred it from "downloads" to "desktop", the program worked. So This question is solved.

For my question # 3, I will install the appropriate driver and expect to be able to go WiFi. This should also end my query 3.

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