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I have installed Ubuntu using Wubi.
It works fine, but for some reason I see 2 entries of Ubuntu (which run the exact same OS) on the boot-up of the computer.
it seems that on Windows 8, I need to use a tool called "bcdedit" (using admin permissions), so I tried in the console to type
bcdedit
and this is what I got about the duplicate entries:
Real-mode Boot Sector
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identifier {9dd88019-846f-11e1-afba-9ec96921aa26}
device partition=D:
path \ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr
description Ubuntu
Real-mode Boot Sector
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identifier {e0f9b8e5-bfba-11e1-a157-1c6f6525fc11}
device partition=D:
path \ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr
description Ubuntu
makes sense, so I decided to delete the second one, using:
bcdedit /deletevalue {e0f9b8e5-bfba-11e1-a157-1c6f6525fc11}
but it didn't work. it showed:
The element data type specified is not recognized, or does not apply to the
specified entry.
Run "bcdedit /?" for command line assistance.
Element not found.
what have I done wrong? I remember that in the past this was much easier, as I could simply edit the boot.ini file. What can I do to fix it?
Try: bcdedit /delete {e0f9b8e5-bfba-11e1-a157-1c6f6525fc11} – stderr – 2013-05-07T19:15:03.213
it worked. such a quick answer. why did you put it as a comment? and what does deletevalue do anyway? – android developer – 2013-05-07T19:18:57.127