Windows 7: My Bios Boot Order Menu Has An Item Called "Ubuntu"

ExpDisease · 24 Nov 2011

Hi Guys,

I recently tried to install Linux Ubuntu but it didin't work well. So I deleted all the partitions and made a clean windows 7 install. Everything works just fine. Before the windows installation there was a weird bootloader starts at first. Here's the picture. After I installed windows I looked at my bios settings and in the boot menu I still had Ubuntu. I used recovery cd and did a console command which is "bootsect /nt60 all". But it is still there. How can I delete this without doing any formatting, reinstalling.

Corazon · 24 Nov 2011

Hello ExpDisease,

are you sure the screenshot is from your BIOS? It looks to me like a bootloader left over from Ubuntu that's running before Windows 7's own bootloader.

You might try the bootsect /nt60 all /mbr command (with the added /mbr option) to actually rewrite the MBR as well, but I'm not sure that'll really do the job.

Just to get a better picture of things, could you also take a snapshot of your (maximized) Disk Management window and post it here?

theog · 24 Nov 2011

Is there a option to delete the boot menu entry?
You may need to check your uEFI BIOS manual.

Sardonicus · 24 Nov 2011

Use EasyBCD, "Edit Boot Menu" to delete left over entries.
http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/
The free version download link is at the bottom of the page.

theog · 24 Nov 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Sardonicus

Use EasyBCD, "Edit Boot Menu" to delete left over entries.
Download EasyBCD 2.1.1 - NeoSmart Technologies
The free version download link is at the bottom of the page.

FAQ - EasyBCD - NeoSmart Technologies Wiki

Quote:

Does EasyBCD have EFI support?

No, not yet.

ExpDisease · 24 Nov 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Corazon

Hello ExpDisease,

are you sure the screenshot is from your BIOS? It looks to me like a bootloader left over from Ubuntu that's running before Windows 7's own bootloader.

You might try the bootsect /nt60 all /mbr command (with the added /mbr option) to actually rewrite the MBR as well, but I'm not sure that'll really do the job.

Just to get a better picture of things, could you also take a snapshot of your (maximized) Disk Management window and post it here?

Nope that's the bootloader but I don't think it's a ubuntu bootloader. The bios order menu is the same as that picture. It says shift + 1 to disable an item but it doesn't work. I can't resize the disk management window if I do only resizing trails are appearing. I don't have any other hdd so it doesn't matter anyway. I tried the bootsect command now but it didin't work. I think I should set computer to factory settings but I will lose everything. By the way easyBCD only sees windows 7..

flemur13013 · 24 Nov 2011

That doesn't look like the normal grub (or grub2) menu (the boot loader/menu installed with ubuntu). But I never heard of ubuntu changing the BIOS boot menu...

Can you reset your BIOS to defaults?

Edit: what do you see if you disconnect the hard drive and turn on the machine?

Corazon · 24 Nov 2011

I'm not surprised EasyBCD only sees Windows 7 - because I didn't think the Ubuntu boot menu was part of the boot entries stored in Windows 7's own boot manager.

Still not quite clear on whether this is a boot loader that runs after the BIOS completes startup but before Windows starts booting, or if you're really saying it's a BIOS-provided boot menu.

That would surprise me as much as flemur13013...

ExpDisease · 24 Nov 2011

I load my setup default for bios but it didin't change. This is so interesting. I installed linux distros couple of thousand times but never seen anything like this. Maybe samsung motherboard works like this

theog · 25 Nov 2011

Is there a option to move the boot menu entry Ubnuntu? If yes.
Try moving to entry No 4.
You may need to check your uEFI BIOS manual.

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