Deleted Linux Dual-Boot Partition

[Luke OLooney]

I was recently trying to clear up storage when I saw my Linux dual boot partition and said to myself, "The last time I went on Linux was three weeks ago and it was to see if I can install Spotify. I don't need this." So I went and deleted the partition.  The next time I booted up, I expected to have my PC just skip the grub, but instead, it went into a grub recovery screen. I tried changing the boot order to see if it was booting from a partition that didn't exist to change it, but it was booting from my SSD like it should be. Does anybody know the best way to get back to Windows in as little time as possible? Is there some sort of grub override? Thanks in advance!

 

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[Hellfireuzu]

Try simply exitting grub. Type "exit" in the command line. Also its quite possible that both win bootloader and grub will ve visible within your UEFI, si just switch their position.

[Luke OLooney]

11 hours ago, Hellfireuzu said:

Try simply exitting grub. Type "exit" in the command line. Also its quite possible that both win bootloader and grub will ve visible within your UEFI, si just switch their position.

I tried typing exit and quit, but it just said "command 'exit' not found" or "command 'quit' not found". I looked through all of the UEFI/BIOS settings and found nothing having to do with the bootloaders.

[Hellfireuzu]

21 minutes ago, Luke OLooney said:

I tried typing exit and quit, but it just said "command 'exit' not found" or "command 'quit' not found". I looked through all of the UEFI/BIOS settings and found nothing having to do with the bootloaders.

If you have additional computer on your hands I would follow https://askubuntu.com/questions/639325/deleted-ubuntu-partition-and-cant-access-windows-anymore and create windows "recovery" usb or plug in linux live and give GRUB instructions where to find windows bootloader. In any case you will probably need second computer to progress

[Luke OLooney]

1 hour ago, Hellfireuzu said:

If you have additional computer on your hands I would follow https://askubuntu.com/questions/639325/deleted-ubuntu-partition-and-cant-access-windows-anymore and create windows "recovery" usb or plug in linux live and give GRUB instructions where to find windows bootloader. In any case you will probably need second computer to progress

Thanks for all your help. What I ended up doing was formatting my SSD, reinstalling windows, and using a backup image to restore everything. Thank the computer overlords for daily backups!

[Fleetscut]

if you ever run into this again you can just use a winodws install disk to repair the bootloader. Or add windows as a start option into grub