Going from Ubuntu to Vista

[phantom3]

OP, I think you're a little confused about how to install. Once Ubuntu has booted, the vista install disk isn't going to do your job. The computer needs to boot to the vista disk, not to your hard drive. most computers will have a couple of ways of doing so. These options are accessible by pushing a button on boot (usually F2, F10, F12, or delete). When you see it say "Press any key to boot from CD/DVD" or something to that effect, do so. The disk will guide you from there.

[ddalziel]

LA

[Binksie]

Supa Beanie

Binksie

Retried.

It's still just going into the GRUB thing even after saying boot from disk several times.
sad

Shouldn't the setup for Vista pop up right after or do I log into my desktop before it shows the screen?

Vista installation should pop up while you're booting your computer with the disk in the drive. Have you tried going into it from your desktop? Does it even recognize that there is a disk in the drive from your desktop?

No it doesnt recognize the disk from my desktop. That's what I was saying in my first post. sad


@phantom3:
I'm not confused- I've tried those ways a million times and the one time it actually said to press any key, I did, and it just started making this weird beep beep beep beep until I turned it off after a good 5 minutes of it not doing anything at all.

[Binksie]

Ok, I found a place that shows how to dual boot with Ubuntu installed first.
That should allow me to get into the Vista disk and at least have it coupled with Ubuntu.

I also found another tutorial on how to rid yourself of the ubuntu partition with a dual boot.


Case closed.
thanks for the ideas, but, ultimately a fail. sad

[Tvangesti]

Sounds to me like your disk drive can't read DVDs.

You said it was able to, because you've used XP and Ubuntu, both XP and Ubuntu are on normal 702Mb CDs.

[The Last Rydian]

Christopher Columbine

Windows is a bulky piece of s**t which is incompatible with every single other OS because it isn't POSIX-compliant.

You're like a little kid jumping into a pool of sharks if you're going to come in here and start bashing things while tossing around big words in an attempt to intimidate people into not questioning your posts.

[spiritofelric]

Binksie

Ok I'm really sick of Ubuntu because of the commands and now, after recently buying Vista basic, my computer does not recognize the CD. How do I make it install?

Please and thank you.

Booting the disk is done through your bios boot order (before Ubuntu)

There should be a splash screen when you first start your computer and some text that says how to enter bios or change boot order. It's usually F10 or Del... just hold the key down and enter bios and look for boot order. You will need to select your CD/DVD as the first device and XP should boot regardless of Ubuntu being there.

[Yuki Goes Rawr]

@OP: windows after linux is a bit odd. If you still have your ubuntu install disk, boot from it. Use gparted to wipe the disk into free space, and then it will boot the vista disk.

also, UPDAET LIKE ALOT, KAY?

[PacJack360]

Yuki The Uke

@OP: windows after linux is a bit odd. If you still have your ubuntu install disk, boot from it. Use gparted to wipe the disk into free space, and then it will boot the vista disk.

also, UPDAET LIKE ALOT, KAY?

I take it that you didn't notice the necro-ing

[The20]

Supa Beanie

I'm horrible at explaining these things but I will do my best. (I'm not sure how it works in linux) but when you start your computer in windows you can press f2 to enter the bios setting at the start of the computer. You have to specify your CD-ROM as the primary boot device BEFORE C: or A:

After you've done that make sure you save your BIOS settings and restart your machine with the disk in the drive.

This has nothing to do with Windows. You may want to inform yourself what a BIOS is before making claims.
Also, the key to get into it varies. For most boards i've seen it's DEL. Usually the key is displayed on screen upon startup (For example "Press DEL to enter BIOS" ).

Edit: Also, "A:" is not a device, "A:" is a drive letter, used in Windows to mark a volume (there can be more than one volume on a physical device, though i only know about HDDs using that).
The BIOS only knows hardware devices, that is floppy disks, optical drives, HDDs, etc.
It calls the device that was specified as boot medium and this will then start the boot loader, if available. The boatloader then will start the OS.

Edit2: stupid parser making smiley's out of quotation mark + right parenthesis ...

Supa Beanie

When you go to enter the BIOS don't leave the disk in the drive, wait until you set it to boot from CD-ROM and then put your disk in the drive.

The BIOS doesn't care if there is a disk in the optical drive.

PacJack360

Yuki The Uke

@OP: windows after linux is a bit odd. If you still have your ubuntu install disk, boot from it. Use gparted to wipe the disk into free space, and then it will boot the vista disk.

also, UPDAET LIKE ALOT, KAY?

I take it that you didn't notice the necro-ing

This is a necro? ********...