I certainly hope I have this post in the correct forum.



About 2 years ago I decided to try something which turned out not what I thought it would be like. I installed a copy of Ubuntu checked it out and un-installed it. Now when I go to reboot t computer I have 2 choices. 1-Start Windows or 2-Ubuntu. Windows is always highlighted and if I walk away while the computer boots up it's all good and Windows starts.

Question I have is...is there any way to remove that #2 LINE that says Ubunthu short of doing a re-install of Windows or am I stuck with it being there? There should not be any Ubuntu files on the computer near as I can tell and I actually never clicked on it to see if anything happens. However, I have 2 early teen grand kids that like to goof off on this computer. I don't have a model number, but it is an ASUS 1000MHz Pentium III. The board is ASUSTeK Computer Inc. CUSL2-C. BIOS is ASUS CUSL2-C ACPI BIOS Revision 1007 05/09/2001.

What can I do here?

Thanks At this point I think running FDISK on the Master Boot Record will screw up your current Windows install.
What version of Windows are you running now?
Whenever I switched from Linux to Windows I always made sure to run FDISK /MBR on the computer before running any new windows installs. That always took care of getting rid of the previous Linux boot options.I agree. Currently I have XP Home SP3 loaded, but I have been thinking about doing a fresh reinstall. There aren't any issues with the computer and when I loaded XP some time ago I was a little inexperienced and have way too much junk that needs to come off anyway. My 12 year old GRANDSON doesn't want to hose up the MAIN household computer so I want to setup this old ASUS for him to check out his gaming STUFF. A couple of question before we finish here though...

1) What is FDISK/MBR? Is that anything like doing FDISK, creating partition and formating prior to doing a fresh install?

2) Would you recommend updating the BIOS? I really don't believe it has ever been done or even needed. How would I be able to tell? I have never done that sort of thing before, so 'I AM' a little apprehensivetrying it.

Thanks much for helping.1) Yes, it is an option when running FDISK from a boot disk.
2) I wouldn't bother.Thanks for the tip. You have been very helpful.Run XP, then go into the boot.ini file and remove the line with Ubuntu in it. save the file. job done.Quote from: THESHADOW on May 15, 2012, 02:55:36 PM

Run XP, then go into the boot.ini file and remove the line with Ubuntu in it. save the file. job done.