Windows is still on my netbook!

[dedanna1029]

I don't know if it's that I didn't choose for Mint to take over the bootloader without realizing it or what, but at the grub screen, I still have had a "Windows Loader on sha(something)" entry, so when booting just a few minutes ago, I clicked it up to see if it was something that didn't get erased from the screen during installation, or what.
Yeah, you guessed it. Windows tried to boot, then went into "repairing files", without letting me cancel it. At the end of it, it couldn't repair them because <the files weren't there that it needed?>. I did a ctrl+alt+delete and got to Linux Mint, but it's disconcerting to know that after the hassle I had of trying to get rid of it, and get Linux installed, it's still there.

How do I find out if it might have been that I didn't install the boot loader to the MBR, or something else? Even more importantly, when I find out what the issue is that still presents Windows, is there a way to get rid of it without having to reinstall again? There is also an entry for "Previous Linux Versions", from when I over-wrote Fedora 16 possibly?

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:) mount
/dev/sda6 on / type reiserfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/sda5 on /boot type reiserfs (rw,notail)
/dev/sda8 on /home type reiserfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/dedanna/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=dedanna)

grub.cfg (there is no menu.lst file):

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#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function recordfail {
  set recordfail=1
  if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}

function load_video {
  insmod vbe
  insmod vga
  insmod video_bochs
  insmod video_cirrus
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod reiserfs
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d8e73e70-cfb6-4833-8f1d-520e55d657e7
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod part_msdos
  insmod reiserfs
  set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b127d822-c988-46d8-b708-1cea0f9c04c2
  set locale_dir=($root)/grub/locale
  set lang=en_US
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
if background_color 0,0,0; then
  clear
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=white/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
if [ ${recordfail} != 1 ]; then
  if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; then
    if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; then
      if [ ${match} = 0 ]; then
        set linux_gfx_mode=keep
      else
        set linux_gfx_mode=text
      fi
    else
      set linux_gfx_mode=text
    fi
  else
    set linux_gfx_mode=keep
  fi
else
  set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
export linux_gfx_mode
if [ "$linux_gfx_mode" != "text" ]; then load_video; fi
menuentry 'Linux Mint 12 32-bit, 3.0.0-17-generic (/dev/sda5)' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
   recordfail
   set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode
   insmod gzio
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod reiserfs
   set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b127d822-c988-46d8-b708-1cea0f9c04c2
   linux   /vmlinuz-3.0.0-17-generic root=UUID=d8e73e70-cfb6-4833-8f1d-520e55d657e7 ro   quiet splash vt.handoff=7
   initrd   /initrd.img-3.0.0-17-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 12 32-bit, 3.0.0-17-generic (/dev/sda5) -- recovery mode' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
   recordfail
   insmod gzio
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod reiserfs
   set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b127d822-c988-46d8-b708-1cea0f9c04c2
   echo   'Loading Linux 3.0.0-17-generic ...'
   linux   /vmlinuz-3.0.0-17-generic root=UUID=d8e73e70-cfb6-4833-8f1d-520e55d657e7 ro recovery nomodeset
   echo   'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
   initrd   /initrd.img-3.0.0-17-generic
}
submenu "Previous Linux versions" {
menuentry 'Linux Mint 12 32-bit, 3.0.0-12-generic (/dev/sda5)' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
   recordfail
   set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode
   insmod gzio
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod reiserfs
   set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b127d822-c988-46d8-b708-1cea0f9c04c2
   linux   /vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=d8e73e70-cfb6-4833-8f1d-520e55d657e7 ro   quiet splash vt.handoff=7
   initrd   /initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 12 32-bit, 3.0.0-12-generic (/dev/sda5) -- recovery mode' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
   recordfail
   insmod gzio
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod reiserfs
   set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b127d822-c988-46d8-b708-1cea0f9c04c2
   echo   'Loading Linux 3.0.0-12-generic ...'
   linux   /vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=d8e73e70-cfb6-4833-8f1d-520e55d657e7 ro recovery nomodeset
   echo   'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
   initrd   /initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic
}
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod reiserfs
   set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b127d822-c988-46d8-b708-1cea0f9c04c2
   linux16   /memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod reiserfs
   set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b127d822-c988-46d8-b708-1cea0f9c04c2
   linux16   /memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" --class windows --class os {
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod ntfs
   set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 92365E38365E1E13
   chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Windows Recovery Environment (loader) (on /dev/sda3)" --class windows --class os {
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod ntfs
   set root='(hd0,msdos3)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 32AAAAA2AAAA61D9
   drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
   chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

If you need to see any other code or files to see what's wrong here, let me know. I'm not good with grub.

Thanks.

[viking60]

Hmm this is out of my range. I do not get the lack of menu.lst.
But you can take a (Mandriva) free live CD and fix the bootloader (it is a menu entry there). I have done it before - it works (maybe). I am sure our Guru can elaborate...
Have a look here - The Guru has spoken

[dedanna1029]

Yeah, just so most know, most debian distros don't use menu.lst - they use grub.cfg.

Oh boy. Yeah, I remembered that, but it's still not telling me how to find - and get rid of - whatever teeny partition windows is on, and if I can delete it, or extend /home to use it, or what?

[Joste]

It looks like you still have the restore partition, it will fail trying to read whatever filesystem you have mint on.

[dedanna1029]

Ah, OK, thank you.

I did opt to keep the restore partition - just couldn't tell that's what that was.

Thanks.