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I bought a Fujitsu with pre-installed Windows 8. I wanted to dual boot Ubuntu as I had done on my previous Windows 7 laptop. I followed some guides and managed to install it, with the GRUB boot manager (using boot repair).

However I have decided to sell the laptop and needed to remove Ubuntu, I followed some guide which told me to delete the partition in Windows, then use the Recovery disk to restore the Windows boot manager. It didn't work. I am now left with a laptop I need to fix in 48 hours and no clue how to do it.

I tried re-installing Ubuntu but after restarting it still loads up grub recovery.

How do I restore the Windows boot manager? I have seen some guides but people say things like mount ESP - but don't explain how to do it - I don't have a clue how!

Aditya
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JimmyXavi
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I managed to solve it, I deleted the EFI partition and the C partition. Then created a 1gb partition for EFI and just installed windows from fresh! (Using the install option on Windows 8 Recovery)

JimmyXavi
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I ran into this exact problem. I looked around for a technical solution, but suprisingly, the built-in Windows 8 "Reset your PC" functionality did the trick.

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-restore-and-reset-windows-8-to-factory-settings/

I ran "Reset your PC", which replaced the Grub bootloader with the original. Created a new user account and used the Windows 8 built-in partition manager to remove the prior Ubuntu partition. Worked without a hitch.

Kevin Qi
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You can use the recovery option.

Turn on your laptop, and press F12 to get the Boot Menu. Highlight Recovery and Utility, then press Enter.

OR

Click the MyRecovery icon on your windows desktop.

Mitch
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