How can I ge rid of Linux mint.

[jim.mar]

PATIO:   Well I do'ed it.  Thought that I had all bases covered BUT I forgot to back up my pictures.  Lost em all, hundreds of them.  Oh well, my bad, guess I'll just  have to live with it.  Anyway, thank you so much for all your patience and help.  The machine is running like new and I still have all my music and personal data.     You guys are great, keep up the good works.  JIM

[patio]

Good News indeed !

Now you need to get on a regular backup regimen and we can advise on that as well...all HDD's fail...all PC's do as well...one component or another at least...

Sorry about the Pic's but glad to hear you're back up and running...

[jim.mar]

PATIO:   Well I guess I yelled victory too soon.  The  machine only boots if I leave the "Windows 7" installation  DVD in the reader and leave the DVD/CD reader selected as #1 on the boot list.   What could I have done wrong?

I also tried "Recuva" to try and get some pictures back but to no avail.

Also, yes,  I would appreciate any advice that you can give on a Backup regimen.