Restore Win8.1

I have a Lenovo laptop and I wiped Windows and installed Lubuntu.After trying out Lubuntu I have decided that I want to go back to Windows.I turned my laptop off.pressed the small (one button restore button ) and when I restart I do get the option to do a factory reset, but when I select this option the PC just goes ahead and loads Lubuntu.
What could be the problem ?

PS If I have to format the c:drive then please tell me how to do this over Linux,thank you.
I look foreward to your replies.

im concerned, i dont believe that laptop came with 8.1, this is BASED on your system specs 2GB RAM sounds like an old XP comp

what is the model of the Lenovo

RolandJS said:

Did you accidentally wipe out the hidden Factory Restore partition? You will need to have some utility within Linux or usb-bootable that will return a partition breakout of your present HDD.

No.The recovery partition is still there.

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@ Torchwood: This laptop is a Lenovo G40,it coms with USB 3 so its not as old as Windows XP.

Hi Pussycat,

multiple solutions here


grub2 - How to remove "Ubuntu" from Boot Menu after deleting Ubuntu partition in Windows 10 (Dual Boot) - Ask Ubuntu

Hi Torchwood.grub is out as I dont want remove Ubuntu from the boot menu,I want to be able to boot into Windows.
As I said I use the one button reset option and I get the option to do a factory reset but when I select that option the laptop boots into Ubuntu.Its supposed to format the partition and then re-install Windows.

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I went to the "Ask Ubuntu" site that you mentioned above but as you can see from this clip this guy booted back into Windows and is trying to get rid of the Ubuntu entry on his boot menu.
"I have recently installed dual-boot with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. After messing around with Ubuntu, I decided it was time for a clean re-install.I booted back into Windows 10 and deleted the Ubuntu partition (two of them) and they were converted back to free space.
My problem is that I cant boot into Windows because the laptop will not do a factory reset.

Hi

I was somewhat confused about what u actually want to have available
i take it you still want BOTH
please download this tool, it will show you what you have available, and give you the BOOT options CURRENTLY available
EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies

hopefully you have Lubuntu,(8.1) and 8.1 recovery

@torchwood What I want to do is scrap Ubuntu alltogether and re-install Windows 8 from the factory reset.I tried Ubuntu but I find it too restrictive for games and also the syntax is difficult.I will try the Easy BCD and see if I can do a factory reset with it.

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@townsbg I do not have the product key as I suppose this is within the original Windows OS.Once I get Windows 8 up and running I will be sure to get the product key for future reference.I will also look into getting that bootable ISO you mention,again for future use.