I recently installed KDE 4.1 and and I don't think I repartitioned the hard drives correctly. I wanted to be able to run both Kubuntu and Windows, unfortunately I think that when I installed the KDE that it wiped out the windows completely. I have been told that it is possible to recover the windows since it is reserved in part of the hard drive, but i wanted to know if there is a way to reinstall from there.

You are asking some really weird questions, I am afraid that if you are running Kubuntu I misjudjed it's user friendliness, please either read a couple of books or do describe not what you think happened, but what the situation was, and what exactly you did.

I am not a Kubuntu user, but I think its user friendliness in this case has nothing to do with it. The OP has presumably used the wrong partition to install Kubuntu to. An error that can happen with any distro.

Newbee: can you tell us something about the partitioning scheme of your machine? Maybe Windows is still there, but you just need to modify the boot loaded. Can you 'see' the windows partition when you logon?

In case you cannot, there can indeed be a partition with the Windows restore image. That would allow you to reinstall Windows, but you will of course have lost all your data if you wiped it out. The restore partition should also be visible from within Kubuntu, and you should have an entry for it in the boot menu.

EDIT
Just wished to mention, this really is a question you should ask over at the 'Buntu forums. It is not very much related to KDE...

Xinix

It isn't related to the KDE at all. And that is why I mentioned Kubuntu user friendliness, because if you can install and use it without basic knowledge what you are doing, that is indeed impressive.

I admit that there are three options possible:
1) No boot loader installed
2) Partition with windows overwritten
3) ???

The topic starter implied that the installation of KDE caused the problem, which is improbable, but i leave the third option just in case.

P.S. It user friendliness was meant mostly as a joke, refering to the knowledge level

Unfortunately, there is no windows log in through the boot menu. When I first installed Kubuntu, I thought that I would be able to use windows, and I was told that I could uninstall the Kubuntu and reinstall windows. I checked the partitions under the system information, but unfortunately I did not see anything that had to do with windows. By all means, I did not want to make myself out to be a Linux pro, and I realize the the K desktop environment is different from Kubuntu, but I figured maybe somebody in the forums would be able to help me with some questions and help me learn about Linux.

Apologies for any weird questions to sensitive individuals.