Remove Ubuntu on HD that is BSODing.

dakan

Hi Folks

This is a bit of a complex problem so I hope someone may be able to help. My Acer laptop has a problem with the motherboard. Turns out it is a common problem for that model Laptop. Any way I tried the HD in another Laptop and Windows 7 is getting the BSOD and rebooting. I was able to use parts from an external HD to connect the Laptop HD as a removable disk on another PC (WinXP) so I didn't lose any files.

The issue is that I have Ubuntu on this Laptop as a dual boot. I can't log into Windows because the HD keeps getting the BSOD and I can't log into Ubuntu because I forgot the password. I haven't logged into Ubuntu in years and it was only to test it out. So is there a way to remove Ubuntu from the HD when it is connected to a Win XP machine as a removable disk or can Ubuntu be removed from the GRUB boot menu?

The Laptop is still in warranty but I don't want to give them any excuses to not fix it and I'm pretty sure I had a file on the Ubuntu desktop for all my various accounts. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

gctest50

dakan wrote: »

........ and I can't log into Ubuntu because I forgot the password. ......

boot it (ubuntu) in single-user mode and you should be able to fix that up

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gctest50

here u go :

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword

FSL

With the drive in the other laptop try booting into safe mode. It's probably the wireless card which is causing the problem.

It's not uncommon when booting a drive from a laptop by one manufacturer in a different manufactures laptop. A missing driver causes a BSOD.

dakan

gctest50 wrote: »

boot it (ubuntu) in single-user mode and you/ should be able to fix that up

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Hi gctest50, can you explain that more? How do I boot in single user mode? It doesn't seem to be an option on the GRUB menu. Thanks.