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Just rewriting this post so it's more clear.

I'm unable to get back to Windows after I burned Ubuntu to my USB Drive after using a program called "Rufus".

Now, when I attempt to boot Windows, even after I took out my USB Drive, it will still boot to Ubuntu.

I'm not sure about what to do to get back to Windows, and I'm worried because I had important photos and videos there as well.

When I attempt to get back to it, it says "No partitions detected", so this may be the problem.

EDIT #2 : The problem may be that I didn't select the "Try Ubuntu without installing" option, but rather the second one (I forget the name...).

user838756
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  • please describe what you have done and what you do when you try to start Win – cmak.fr Jun 08 '18 at 15:48
  • Also, I stupidly never remembered to make a backup of said photos/videos, which is even more worrying. I seriously don't want this to screw over my computer... – user838756 Jun 08 '18 at 15:50
  • @cmak.fr I thought it would only save to my USB drive. But now, when I boot, it goes to Ubuntu. Also, I used "rufus" to save Ubuntu to my USB drive and installed it. That's pretty much it. – user838756 Jun 08 '18 at 15:50
  • It looks like you installed Ubuntu not to a USB drive but to your HDD and wiped your Windows installation. – Pilot6 Jun 08 '18 at 16:05
  • @Pilot6 Shoot... What can I do to get it back, then? – user838756 Jun 08 '18 at 16:07

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Not sure what would actually happen if you did it, but maybe in rufus you installed onto the c drive. If this is the case it would start at the screnn asking if you want to install or try I think.

DAVID J BAMFORD
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  • OK, well, this is apparently what I did. Is there no way to get back to Windows after this? If so, would my files be alright? (Also, on Rufus, I clearly made it so it went onto my USB, which is 16GB in size.) – user838756 Jun 08 '18 at 16:10
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    Your files are not alright. Most of them can be recovered with no guarantee. – Pilot6 Jun 08 '18 at 16:15
  • Rufus developer here. Nope, as opposed to other applications Rufus will NEVER list the C: drive as a selectable target. There's a whole sway of code ensuring that you can not format an internal drive such as C: in Rufus. Most likely OP booted from the USB then selected the Install Ubuntu option, and used their Windows drive as the target then (which the Ubuntu installer will let you do). – Akeo Jun 08 '18 at 21:56