Prankster leaves me computerless, help please.

An older version of Ubuntu (10.10) was installed on my computer by someone apparently wanting to be funny, and it has turned into a complete nightmare for me. I have no interest, no wants, or desires to use Ubuntu, I am completely content with Windows 7. It was bad enough I lost a lot of my data and pictures, and work documents. But now I can't even reinstall windows to be able to get back to work. Here's what I know for sure.

1.) My Windows 7 Disc Works, have tried it in 3 other machines with no problem.
2.) My dvd drive is functioning, apparently it installed ubuntu, but just to be safe, I took it out and tried it in one other computer, and no problems.
3.) I changed my boot order to make the cd rom boot first.
4.) Ubuntu boots fine
5.) I put in the windows 7 disc and restart, and get no notification to press a key for setup or anything like that ever, it boots straight to ubuntu.
6.) I get no error messages.
7.) I use the manual f12 to select the cdrom drive, it hands in the post at cd/dvd....for a few seconds, then continues to boot to ubuntu.


I am in desperate need of this computer so any and all help would be appreciated..

Shaun

From what I got from him before I removed him from the house after he supposedly tried to fix it after 2 hours, there is no windows left, it was over written when ubuntu was installed.

I'll be able to do that from ubuntu without being able to boot to the windows 7 dvd yet?

Ok, so without being able to boot to the windows disc, is there anyway to remove grub, or clean the disc? Your right it is criminal, supposedly it was a misunderstanding. He thought it would only be temporary. I'm calling BS.

Was this factory preinstalled Win7 which might still have a bootable Recovery Partition on the HD? Try tapping the key given on first boot screen for Recovery, or post back the make/model.

Everything you need is here to Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 including how to rescue your data if it remains on the HD.

Set the DVD drive first to boot in BIOS setup, or trigger the DVD using the one-time BIOS Boot Menu key given on first screen.

gregrocker said:

Was this factory preinstalled Win7 which might still have a bootable Recovery Partition on the HD? Try tapping the key given on first boot screen for Recovery, or post back the make/model.

Everything you need is here to Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 including how to rescue your data if it remains on the HD.

Set the DVD drive first to boot in BIOS setup, or trigger the DVD using the one-time BIOS Boot Menu key given on first screen.

No this was a custom built computer. There is no factory preinstalled windows 7.

Try triggering the DVD drive using the one-time BIOS Boot menu key. What exactly happens?

If that fails download the latest official ISO and burn a new DVD using the tool in Steps 1 and 2 of reinstall tutorial.

This is an opportunity to get a perfect reinstall which you can then image and never have to reinstall again.