Hey guys,
A while ago I partitioned Windows 7 to have Ubuntu.
Well I no longer needed it, so I got rid of the partition.
Yet when ever I boot up my computer, it always first asks if I want to run Windows 7 or Ubuntu.
Why is this? I removed the partition. I even just checked it literally before posting this and nothing in my partition disk management is there Ubuntu.
It's probably still in the bootlist. Check in msconfig and remove the ubuntu one.
[IMG]http://puu.sh/4ChDs.png[/IMG]
Strange, I'm not seeing anything of it. It just says Windows7 still.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/HnguLaY.png[/IMG]
The reason you're still getting this is because the GRUB bootloader is still there. I personally don't know how to remove it but you can always do some google-fu and see what you can find. Good luck!
When you install Linux, you generally have 3 or 4 partitions (depending on the distro):
/boot
swap
/
Or
/boot
swap
/
/home
The boot loader is stored in /boot obviously, so even if you remove the other partitions, the boot loader will still exist. The problem is though that you can't remove the /boot partition and expect everything to magically switch back to Windows. You're going to have to use a partition editor to set the Windows partition to be the primary boot partition and then delete /boot once you verify that Grub is no longer loading.
If you just delete /boot, you'll probably end up with a non-working system.
GRUB is still in the MBR (Master Boot Record) and possibly another partition, you should check for any more partitions with the EXT filesystem.
After that you will need to repair Windows 8 with an installation disc to get the Windows bootloader again.
If you delete the /boot partition you could use windows startup repair to fix the MBR.
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