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i'm tring to install windows 10. I have ubuntu 18.04 single boot installed. When I try to load windows 10 from dvd im told that windows 10 already installed. But i do not have the opton to boot windows 10 from boot sequence. help.

Asked by Len Jarrett

I have Ubuntu 18.04 single boot installed. Previous OS was Windows 10. I understood that single boot meant that Windows 10 would be deleted from my laptop. However, i have decided to return to Windows 10 and have bought a windows 10 dvd. But when I try to install from disc i'm told that Windows 10 is still on my laptop but I do not have the option in boot sequence to load Windows - its nowhere to be seen. Help.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

I suggest that you execute a diagnose of your system with help of the bootinfo script
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Info
This should show the presence or absence of Windows on your hard disk.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#2

From another question that you created:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/YWR496Xjdm/

The only item related to Windows that I see in that output is the Master Boot Record
"=> Windows 7/8/2012 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda."

I do not think that this should prevent the Windows installer disk from starting.
How exactly do you try starting the Windows installer, and what happens when you do this?

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Len Jarrett (lenjazzy) said : 		#3

I did not make a recovery disk when I deleted windows I have bought a
windows 10 installation disk which doesn't work.

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> The only item related to Windows that I see in that output is the Master
> Boot Record
> "=> Windows 7/8/2012 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda."
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> I do not think that this should prevent the Windows installer disk from
> starting.
> How exactly do you try starting the Windows installer, and what happens
> when you do this?
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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

"…which doesn't work…"

Does not work in what sense?
What exactly happens if you try?
Can you boot from this disk?
What happens then?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#5

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