I (stupidly) installed Linux Mint 13 Maya from a disc containing several Linux Distros (from a magazine). I tried Mint, liked it and when asked if I wished to install it on my hard drive I did. I did not create a partition for it (I just have Drive C and a 'new volume' Drive E which I partitioned myself before for extra space but not intended for Mint exclusively). I have no idea which drive it is on.
The 'Grub' menu comes up on startup and goes to Mint automatically and I have to scroll down to boot Windows. Mint has become very unstable and cannot perform updates properly and I just want it gone.
I do not have a Windows Installation CD/DVD as the laptop was given to me and I am no longer in contact with that person. I do not want to erase/format either of my drives as I will lose everything and I don't want to do that.
I don't know how to find which drive Mint is on. Would putting in the original disc which had Mint (amongst other distros on) give me an option to remove Mint?
Would I have to go into Mint OS on my Laptop and try to uninstall it from there?
Any advice, suggestions, solutions, help will be much appreciated. Caroline.