Love Ubuntu but it's way over my head to use. Can't reinstall Windows 7 as the MS os disk informs me that I do not have NTFS. I truly have read many answers on Ubuntu help but again, way over my head. Would someone be able to give me the easiest way to accomplish this task of getting Win 7 back? I previously had Windows and used Ubuntu as a boot selection on start-up and that was a better way for me to attempt to learn Ubuntu. I'd like to go back to that. TMI perhaps but I'm a pretty old guy with almost no understanding of computers and definitely can't afford a trip to a computer store. Any help and your patience would be very much appreciated, thanks.
I have absolutely no experience with Linux, and I desperately need to get my computer back up and running again with Windows.  How do I remove Ubuntu and reinstall Windows?    Editor's note: many of the answers are about removing Ubuntu from dual-boot but keeping Windows (which is a bit complicated), while other answers are about removing Ubuntu from single-boot (which is easy: basically just format the disk while installing Windows). The question as written is ambiguous between dual-boot or single-boot.
A term for words that change pronunciation with part of speech I'm talking about words like:   construct: CON-struct(n.), cun-STRUCT(v.) present: PRE-sent(n.), pre-SENT(v.) record: RE-cord(n.), ri-CORD(v.)   They are pronounced differently based on whether they are a noun or a verb.  Here are the terms I DON'T think would apply:   Homograph: same spelling, different meanings: for example, bark (the sound of a dog) and bark (the skin of a tree). Homophone: same pronunciation, different meaning: for example, to and two Homonym: same pronunciation and spelling, different meanings: for example: bank (river bank or savings bank) Heteronym: same spelling,  different pronunciations and meanings: for example bow (the front of a ship) and bow (a ranged weapon)   Bow is particularly interesting. It is a heteronym based on the two nouns I described. But in the sense of the body movement, the noun and the verb are pronounced alike (rhyming with wow), thus, not belonging to the category I've explained.  In fact none of the terms explained  satisfy my requirement.  I'm looking for the term for words that have same (or related at best, NOT different) meanings, same spelling and different pronunciation.  Specifically, different pronunciation depending on the part of speech. As against the words which have the same pronunciation in different parts of speech like bill, turn, case (or bigger ones like manoeuvre)  TL;DR:  Fill in the blank:     The noun and verb forms of construct are pronounced differently   because the word construct is a _____   or      The noun and verb forms of construct are pronounced differently   because they are _____s. Why is the set of commutators not a subgroup? Why is the sum of the digits in a multiple of 9 also a multiple of 9? The sum of the digits in $9 k$ (where $k$ is an integer) is a multiple of $9$: for example   $$9\cdot 1=9$$ $$9\cdot 7=63 \qquad  \text{and } 6+3=9\cdot 1$$ $$9\cdot 11=99 \qquad \text{and }  9+9=9\cdot 2$$  But why? In Ubuntu 18.04.1, I would like to use my left Super-key only to simply open the Show Applications menu (aka Dash) like a left click on the dock-icon (with the 9 dots) does and preferably close it again without showing me any open programs.   I can open it with Super + A and even close it again with Super R, but Super L appears to do nothing at all.   In Xfce, something similar was possible by adding a custom keyboard shortcut for Super L and setting the command to xfce4-popup-whiskermenu, which would open and close a menu with favourite applications. Unfortunately, I don't know the command that opens and closes the Show Applications menu.   Is there any way to add such a shortcut in the new Gnome Shell? What does recursive cosine sequence converge to? I have a sequence defined as follow:  $a_0 = 1, a_n=\cos\left(a_{n-1}\right)$.  I want to count $\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty} a_n$ - it definitely does have limit by looking at the graph, the first few numbers of the limit are 0.7390851, but I have no idea, if that number is related to some other real number ($\pi$ or something like that).  The sequence is from , but they don't provide actual result for their own sequence. Why does the following behave unexpectedly in Python?  &gt;&gt;&gt; a = 256 &gt;&gt;&gt; b = 256 &gt;&gt;&gt; a is b True           # This is an expected result &gt;&gt;&gt; a = 257 &gt;&gt;&gt; b = 257 &gt;&gt;&gt; a is b False          # What happened here? Why is this False? &gt;&gt;&gt; 257 is 257 True           # Yet the literal numbers compare properly   I am using Python 2.5.2. Trying some different versions of Python, it appears that Python 2.3.3 shows the above behaviour between 99 and 100.  Based on the above, I can hypothesize that Python is internally implemented such that "small" integers are stored in a different way than larger integers and the is operator can tell the difference. Why the leaky abstraction? What is a better way of comparing two arbitrary objects to see whether they are the same when I don't know in advance whether they are numbers or not? Limit of $x\left(\left(1 + \frac{1}{x}\right)^x - e\right)$ when $x\to\infty$ I am stuck on how to calculate the following limit: $$\lim_{x\to\infty}x\left(\left(1 + \frac{1}{x}\right)^x - e\right).$$  Definitely, it has to be through l'Hôpital's rule. We know that $\lim_{x\to\infty} (1+(1/x))^x = e$. So, I wrote the above expression as $$\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{\left(1 + \frac{1}{x}\right)^x - e}{1/x}.$$Both numerator and denominator tend to zero as x tends to infinity. I applied l'Hôpital's rule twice, but I got the limit equal to infinity which is clearly wrong. In the book, it says that the limit should be $-e/2$.  Any help please? Also, in case someone managed to solve it, please tell me which numerator and denominator did you apply your l'Hôpital's rule to in both cases? Thanks a lot  Also, guys can you tell me how to write equations in this forum? Thanks. Is there a RSS to the 'Stack Exchange Inbox'? How about to Activity? Just wondering if I'm missing something here. Also, I couldn't find any previous question related to this. The temperature of an electron Does an electron have a temperature, if so, what is it?  Imagine an electron (Ke = 1 eV) in a tube at room temperature (300 K)    what is its temperature?   Imagine now same electron in space (3 K) with same Ke, is it any different from the other?  What is the influence of external temperature on electrons?  Do those electrons have electric energy, or do we have such energy only when the electron hits something and discharges its Ke? "I feel bad for you" versus "I feel badly for you" I just added a PPA repository for the development version of the GIMP, but I get this error:  $ apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get upgrade ... The following packages have been kept back:   gimp gimp-data libgegl-0.0-0 libgimp2.0   Why and how can I solve it so that I can use the latest version instead of the one I have now? Feature Request: Could 7.5K users have the privilege of proposing synonyms without the 5 upvotes per tag requirement?  (in other words unrestricted synonym suggestion)  Background: I would like to be able to suggest tag synonym suggestions.  I do not however, have the required , but someday I will.  Yet many 2.5K users do not have the requisite 5 upvotes in each tag in order to propose synonyms.  I realize that this  for low-rep users.  But could it be made available to users with 7,500 rep?  At this level, they've clearly demonstrated an understanding of the Stack Exchange site.  Note: I'm not requesting the ability to create synonyms -- merely synonym suggestions.  I believe this privilege is currently only available to moderators? (and  )  Lastly, please note that  clearly demonstrates the breadth of simple synonym suggestions which could be made (almost every Stack Exchange site has some), but many haven't even been suggested yet. Lowering the throttling temperature in Windows 8 for a laptop What are these fuse-looking cartridge case components on small, battery operated RF tranceivers? I have recently opened up 3 dead, battery-operated RF transceivers lying around, both wearable and key-chains. I've noticed that all three had components that looked like fuses (cartridge case), soldered down, that are quite large compared to the size of the circuit. See the pictures below. I'm not posting full circuit pictures because I don't know if I should, I can update if they are necessary.  Device 1:    Device 2:    Device 3:    I can't see why such a device will require a fuse, and I couldn't find any other common components manufactured in cartridge cases, maybe I'm not using the correct name. I don't see them on any applications notes or reference designs for the ICs used either.  I've tried to figure out how they are connected to the circuit, I don't have schematics and PCBs are more than 2 layers so they may not be complete, but see the schematics I've figured below.  Device 1:    Device 2:    Device 3:    Also, when I do a continuity test between the terminals of the components with a multimeter, resistance starts in ~50 Ohms range and goes down to short as I keep the probes on its terminals so my best guess is something for ESD protection, maybe Varistors or Thermistors?   Does anyone know what these components are and why they are there? Is there a way to simulate multiple iphones using xcode/iphone sim? How does Ubuntu partition the disk when we choose "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" during installation? How will Ubuntu automatically allocate the disk partition sizes when we select Erase disk and install Ubuntu during installation?    Can the settings for automatic space allocation be changed? Why do electrons occupy the space around nuclei, and not collide with them? We all learn in grade school that electrons are negatively-charged particles that inhabit the space around the nucleus of an atom, that protons are positively-charged and are embedded within the nucleus along with neutrons, which have no charge. I have read a little about electron orbitals and some of the quantum mechanics behind why electrons only occupy certain energy levels. However...  How does the electromagnetic force work in maintaining the positions of the electrons? Since positive and negative charges attract each other, why is it that the electrons don't collide with the protons in the nucleus? Are there ever instances where electrons and protons do collide, and, if so, what occurs? I'm trying to install  on my Ubuntu box (11.04). The website has a Ubuntu .deb available for download (for 10.10 and 10.04 so I chose 10.10).   However,   sudo dpkg -i mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.34-1ubu1010-amd64.deb   yields:  (Reading database ... 194069 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mysql-workbench-gpl 5.2.34-1ubu1010 (using mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.34-1ubu1010-amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mysql-workbench-gpl ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mysql-workbench-gpl:  mysql-workbench-gpl depends on libctemplate0; however:   Package libctemplate0 is not installed.  mysql-workbench-gpl depends on libpython2.6 (&gt;= 2.6); however:   Package libpython2.6 is not installed.  mysql-workbench-gpl depends on libzip1 (&gt;= 0.8); however:   Package libzip1 is not installed.  mysql-workbench-gpl depends on python-paramiko; however:   Package python-paramiko is not installed.  mysql-workbench-gpl depends on python-pysqlite2; however:   Package python-pysqlite2 is not installed. dpkg: error processing mysql-workbench-gpl (--install):  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for python-support ... Errors were encountered while processing:  mysql-workbench-gpl   My question is, is there a way to tell dpkg to automatically fetch missing dependencies, or do I need to manually apt-get install missing packages like libctemplate0 and  libpython2.6?   (Or alternatively, is there some other way to get MySQL Workbench easily up &amp; running?) For US federal tax, whether a taxpayer is subject to AMT is determined by a complicated way in Instructions for Form 1040, Line 45, which involves an incomprehensible "worksheet to see if you should fill in form 6251".  By simplification and approximation, is there a rule of thumb for an estimate of a salary value of a taxpayer, so that a salary above the value might cause the taxpayer to pay AMT with a big possibility, and a salary below the value might not with a big possibility?  Why do the following two sources seem to differ greatly in estimates of the boundary salary value:    says that  the possible boundary salary value for a single taxpayer  to pay AMT is $53,900.  says that      Taxpayers with small incomes fall within the AMT exemption limits.   That leaves the upper middle class to face the tax, especially those   with incomes between $200,000 and $500,000    Thanks. Minion Pro, TL2016 and LuaLaTeX