2 Windows boot loaders or maybe grubs?

[fallen1011]

when i put in the ubuntu cd, i press install and somehow i can see that i have 2 windows loaders, which has been causing problems considering your only supposed to have only 1, ive already been having problems with ubuntu install all week as is...but i see that this loader has been causing the problem, or at least one of them, saying "this system has multipule operating systems" how can i find and get rid of this extra loader, ive formated the drive at least 5 times and no luck, i checked disk managment and it doesnt show up, what else can i do here? how did i even end up with 2 windows boot loaders in the first place?


64 bit windows 7 ultimate, 600-1365q hp touchsmart 23' pc 8gb ram
i7 1.73ghz

[Quackers]

Welcome to UF :-)
It's likely that one of the Windows Loaders boots a recovery partition and the other boots your Windows installation.
Both partitions have a set of boot files, so grub picks them up as different OSes.

[fallen1011]

Welcome to UF :-)
It's likely that one of the Windows Loaders boots a recovery partition and the other boots your Windows installation.
Both partitions have a set of boot files, so grub picks them up as different OSes.

i got more info, when i went to install ubuntu, it shows this "select any account you want to import, and its the secound windows loader the sda2 thats no supposed to excist...how can i get rid of this sda 2 it never did this the actual first time i installed ubuntu but ive had problems and now this is like the 5th time...

[Quackers]

That's just for importing settings during installation. I wouldn't recommend importing any Windows settings ;)
Once installed see what grub shows. It is possible to delete the Windows Loader for the recovery partition but it is no small job.
I have left mine alone. I just remember not to boot that one :-)