At the suggestion of a friend I installed Linux Mint onto a older, spare laptop that had been running sluggishly. After several months of usage I've come to the conclusion that while it may be a smoother running operating system there are too many long familiar apps that I prefer using and which are not compatible. I've decided, therefore, to return this laptop to Windows.
But, how do I do that?
The machine is an Acer Aspire 7745
I've tried the standard Acer formula for restoring it (Alt + F10) but the machine just beeps until I release the keys and then boots into Linux.
I've tried loading a flash drive with Windows Media Creation Tool to install Windows 10 (and set the BIOS to boot from USB flash drive) but when I try to boot up the machine tells me to remove all media and press any key before it then boots, again, into Linux.
If I boot into Linux and go to Disks I see
Filesystem Partition 1 (Partition Type: W95 FAT32 (Bootable)) which I can "unmount," "delete," Format, Edit Partition, Edit Filesystem, Resize, Check, Repair, Edit Mount Options, Create Partition Image, Restore Partition Image, Benchmark Partition.
Extended Partition 2 (Partition type: Extended) which I can "delete," Edit, Resize, Create Partition Image, Restore Partition Image, Benchmark Partition
Filesystem Partition 5 (Partition Type: Linux) which offers the same options as Partition 1
Essentially, I want to completely remove Linux and restore Windows even if that means wiping the hard drive.
What are the possibilities?
But, how do I do that?
The machine is an Acer Aspire 7745
I've tried the standard Acer formula for restoring it (Alt + F10) but the machine just beeps until I release the keys and then boots into Linux.
I've tried loading a flash drive with Windows Media Creation Tool to install Windows 10 (and set the BIOS to boot from USB flash drive) but when I try to boot up the machine tells me to remove all media and press any key before it then boots, again, into Linux.
If I boot into Linux and go to Disks I see
Filesystem Partition 1 (Partition Type: W95 FAT32 (Bootable)) which I can "unmount," "delete," Format, Edit Partition, Edit Filesystem, Resize, Check, Repair, Edit Mount Options, Create Partition Image, Restore Partition Image, Benchmark Partition.
Extended Partition 2 (Partition type: Extended) which I can "delete," Edit, Resize, Create Partition Image, Restore Partition Image, Benchmark Partition
Filesystem Partition 5 (Partition Type: Linux) which offers the same options as Partition 1
Essentially, I want to completely remove Linux and restore Windows even if that means wiping the hard drive.
What are the possibilities?