Partition help

[andjustmaybe]

Ok, well let me start by saying this. Currently i have Ubuntu and windows 7 on my laptop duel booted. A couple of days ago i was trying to install a third os (another linux os) and i chose to use largest amount of continuous free space that i had made and it decided that my win 7 partition counted as free space. So i used my recov disks to reinstall win 7 and got it working and did some updates. Then i started my computer and it came up and said "Grub loading..." then shut down and restarted and kept doing this over and over again. What i want to do now is completely get rid of my windows and linux partitions. Currently i am booted into ubuntu from disc. I am just wondering 1) If there is any other way to either make grub work right or get rid of grub for now. and 2) what partitions should i delete? is grub on its own partition or part of the ubuntu partition?
I know this is a lot to comprehend but thanx for any help it is much appreciated!
Btw if it matters all my os's are 64-bit

[kansasnoob]

Well let's see what you really have. Please post the output of the Boot Info Script as described here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1291280

[Sef]

what version of ubuntu do you have?

How did you install it? clean or upgrade?

[andjustmaybe]

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #6 for /boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /boot/bcd

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4e074e07

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 2,048 24,578,047 24,576,000 27 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 24,578,048 24,782,847 204,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 24,788,295 625,137,344 600,349,050 7 HPFS/NTFS


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 DAA41C49A41C2B11 ntfs PQSERVICE
/dev/sda2 5AC8179EC8177789 ntfs SYSTEM RESERVED
/dev/sda3 0AABAB8C1734505D ntfs Gateway

============================ "mount | grep ^/ output: ===========================

Device Mount Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (rw)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (rw)



i have ubuntu version 9.10

[andjustmaybe]

I deleted the ubuntu partitions and reformated them. I had ubuntu 9.10. At this point my main concern is removing grub because it was not removed when i deleted my ubuntu partitions...

[raymondh]

At this point my main concern is removing grub because it was not removed when i deleted my ubuntu partitions...


GRUB is installed in the MBR of a HD. To return to original config using the win7 bootloader, you'll need to restore that.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

Raymond

[andjustmaybe]

Ok well that presents another problem in itself. I did not get an actual win 7 recov disk. I made recovery disks from the computer when i got it but these disks do not have the option to open command promt... Is there any way i can do the equivalent of thise from ubuntu? or anything else i can do?

[andjustmaybe]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I downloaded a disc that had the recovery tools on it and got everything working again.

[raymondh]

glad to hear. Happy ubuntu-ing.