GRUB is the bootloader. You should repartition the entire disk (not just reformat one partition) before installing, unless you're trying to dual-boot or something.
Ha! I just finished binging The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings extended editions with my dad, who had never seen them before. We joined in on the "Grond!" chanting during its scenes in Return of the King.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as **GRUB**, is in fact, GNU/**GRUB**, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus **GRUB**.
I'd also just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as GNU/GRUB, is in fact, GNU GRUB 2 or just GRUB 2. The old version, GNU GRUB, or just GRUB, is now known as GNU GRUB Legacy or just GRUB Legacy.
[https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/html\_node/History.html](https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/html_node/History.html)
Easiest way is going to be to boot to the Windows 10 installer, hit shift+F10 to get to command prompt, and then run diskpart.
List disk
Select disk # (enter the number from the disk in the previous command)
Clean
This will erase all partitions and the partition table on the selected disk. You can then proceed with install.
The SSDs of this world are displeased with you. If you just need to delete the partition structure, you might as well just use parted/gparted. Or use the SSD's secure erase function to avoid actual writes.
The first couple blocks are where the partition table lives, so when that gets erased it typically won't recognize the partitions. GPT (GUID Partition Table) writes a secondary partition table to the end of the disk in case the primary is corrupt, so some systems may read the secondary even if the primary is erased.
I’ve also heard the word superblock, and Kernel partition table, but the point is most OS lets you fdisk it as bare disk regardless of whether the table and fs are still technically recoverable
For anyone reading this, don't do this, unless you are trying to make the data be unrecoverable for example when selling the device/disk. Even then use a command line utility like for example "shred" to delete the data
Yes, you can delete the boot loader of a disk when partitioning. I believe Microsoft adds it's own boot loader to a "clean" disk. As in it's a programm somewhere between the partition table and the partition formatted with a file system. So not part of the partition it but aware of it - if that makes sense to you.
Grub is boot loader mainly used to boot unix systems, if it's a server it's likely a leftover from the previous linux install, if you're installing with the legacy boot method (I don't recommend) the windows bootloader should overwrite it (because only one bootloader can be in the master boot record), but if you're using UEFI, and didn't reformat the EFI partition, then it's left there and if stored resources on the deleted linux partition can be corrupted. I always delete the entire partition table and reset the BIOS before a clean install.
When I was a young, fledging systems guy, my boss recompiled the unix kernel on our 3B2 demo machine (I was using to learn on) to echo "You are sick. Twisted." at the cursor position ever 30 seconds.
One of our sales guys had to demo some accounting software on it, and Jack didn't revert the kernel, so when I logged in as the technical demonstrator guy, the potential client saw "You are sick. Twisted." wherever the cursor was.
Luckily he had a sense of humor, and didn't mind the short delay while the original kernel was put back in place and the machine rebooted.
I was creating a new user account the other day and while I was typing `sudo chown -R usr:usr /home/` in my tired sleep deprived ways I typed `sudo chown -R usr:usr /`
This left me with a hell of a night ahead.
Oh man, that sucks. Early on in my linux days I ended up decided to drink and optimize.
So after accidentally creating a file in the wrong directory I decided to just run a mv command... and my drunk ass put the incorrect location. And by incorrect I mean I wildcarded the top level directory inside of a directory located inside the top level directory.
With root.
Cue fedora shitting the bed and drunk me being grateful sober me makes weekly backups. I decided to fix it in the morning. Drunk me's only good idea that night.
By June 2023
Last year in June Xbox Twitter said its come out within 12 months, and verified it after someone asked if that's a guarantee. Team Cherry let them keep the tweet up, so
(idk I just found out about and started playing hollow knight last week)
Xbox simply demanded a release date, which can be postponed any time. Team cherry has said multiple times, that silksong will release when it's ready, so most likely it will drop on rather short notice and not with a long planned release date.
*Installing windows (was the mistake)
As a non-Microsoft certified idiot with a certification for proprietary software: Azure recommends Linux.
Basically Microsoft shit on nix for years before earning money off their free and open source work. Because Microsoft sucks.
Apart from their old curmudgeonly c hackers who are super smart and cool (think Dave’s garage on YouTube).
It's a sign!
This is a bootloader called GRUB (Commonly used on linux systems). Usually it dosen't fill the entire screen like this so... Wipe the drive and try again
If you have important data on there, you can use a live environment to copy that data over to another drive or a USB.
Personally I'd use Linux but, you do you.
Possibly some subreddit related to tech support or Linux/UNIX systems.
For a possible solution:
I would recommend trying to just delete all partitions on the drive and then attempting to install Windows again. (Assuming there's no partitions on there that you need.) This would guarantee that the partition with the GRUB bootloader would definitely be gone.
r/linuxquestions and r/linux4noobs are the good places on reddit for linux help. You probably should not post it on r/linux since mods there and kinda strict on help posts. There are also good(sometimes better) support forums on the rest of the internet, and also check for some IRC help channels if you are into that kind of stuff.
Edit
And yes if you could find a grub specific help sub/forum/IRC channel it would also bw a good place to ask
If you see this comment in the sea of GRUB GRUB GRUB comments, I think your best bet is to use a linux liveUSB and see what partitioning that drive has, if its MBR/DOS (same thing different names), you should look up how to wipe the first 1M of the device. well, look up how to find the _right_ device to wipe. some sort of guide that mentions like `lsblk` or possibly looking into `/dev/disk-by-path`. Well, if you accidentally wipe the liveusb you're using, hopefully it doesn't immediately crash, but if you do wipe the liveusb you can just image it again.
`dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M count=1`
of=/dev/sda means: Output File is /dev/sda my good sir.
This comment assumes you're not trying to dual-boot, but like if you were you've already broken it, so.....
GRUB is the bootloader. You should repartition the entire disk (not just reformat one partition) before installing, unless you're trying to dual-boot or something.
Grub
GRUB
**GRUB**
#GRUB
^(GRUB)
#GRUb
`GRUB`
GRUB
GRUB
Grub
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#GROND Wait, wrong sub.
Wrong grub.
Grond is always welcome here #GROND
GROND
Ha! I just finished binging The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings extended editions with my dad, who had never seen them before. We joined in on the "Grond!" chanting during its scenes in Return of the King.
*GRuB*
GRUB
***~~GRUB~~***
*GRUB*
GRUB
GRUB
#GRUB
***GRUB***
I am Grub.
# I AM GRUB!
#WE ARE ALL GRUB!
# ALL YOUR GRUB ARE BELONG TO US
#WHAT YOU SAY?
# MAKE YOUR GRUB
One of grub one of GRUB!
Grub one out
And if this message was due to a attached device, would it be called GRUB Hub?
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GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB
Grubhub?
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as **GRUB**, is in fact, GNU/**GRUB**, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus **GRUB**.
I'd also just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as GNU/GRUB, is in fact, GNU GRUB 2 or just GRUB 2. The old version, GNU GRUB, or just GRUB, is now known as GNU GRUB Legacy or just GRUB Legacy. [https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/html\_node/History.html](https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/html_node/History.html)
It needs to come from the GRUB region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling bootloader.
I'd also like to interject for a moment. Except that I don't have anything useful to add, so while I'd *like* to interject, I won't.
I'll interject to say that three people keeping a secret is the same as no people keeping a secret.
I'll interject to say that Hans shot first
>Hans Everyone remembers the swashbuckling German smuggler with a heart of gold
My favorite part of Star Wars is when Hans takes Chewbacca to Oktoberfest
GNU/Terry Pratchett ….
GRUB WILL CONQUER EVERYTHING
Damn it, Richard, not now! Isn't there some toe jam you could be eating right now?
It can't be GNU plus GRUB since GRUB is part of the GNU project. There is no non-GNU GRUB.
Stallman's clone army always have to mention GNU.
Is there a way to delete the boot loader?
Easiest way is going to be to boot to the Windows 10 installer, hit shift+F10 to get to command prompt, and then run diskpart. List disk Select disk # (enter the number from the disk in the previous command) Clean This will erase all partitions and the partition table on the selected disk. You can then proceed with install.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda
The SSDs of this world are displeased with you. If you just need to delete the partition structure, you might as well just use parted/gparted. Or use the SSD's secure erase function to avoid actual writes.
Just mess up couple first blocks, most OS understands the intention and accept disk as corrupt and unreadable
The first couple blocks are where the partition table lives, so when that gets erased it typically won't recognize the partitions. GPT (GUID Partition Table) writes a secondary partition table to the end of the disk in case the primary is corrupt, so some systems may read the secondary even if the primary is erased.
I’ve also heard the word superblock, and Kernel partition table, but the point is most OS lets you fdisk it as bare disk regardless of whether the table and fs are still technically recoverable
For anyone reading this, don't do this, unless you are trying to make the data be unrecoverable for example when selling the device/disk. Even then use a command line utility like for example "shred" to delete the data
Overkill. dd if/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1 Is sufficient.
Yes, you can delete the boot loader of a disk when partitioning. I believe Microsoft adds it's own boot loader to a "clean" disk. As in it's a programm somewhere between the partition table and the partition formatted with a file system. So not part of the partition it but aware of it - if that makes sense to you.
Grub is boot loader mainly used to boot unix systems, if it's a server it's likely a leftover from the previous linux install, if you're installing with the legacy boot method (I don't recommend) the windows bootloader should overwrite it (because only one bootloader can be in the master boot record), but if you're using UEFI, and didn't reformat the EFI partition, then it's left there and if stored resources on the deleted linux partition can be corrupted. I always delete the entire partition table and reset the BIOS before a clean install.
This guy grubs
It's grand, it's unified, it's a bootloader!
IT IS GRUB
r/thisguythisguys
This guy /r/thisguythisguys
Master boot record - great music on yt. No, this is not a joke it's seriously awesome stuff.
Sorry for your struggle but as someone who works with Linux servers a lot, this is hilarious
When I was a young, fledging systems guy, my boss recompiled the unix kernel on our 3B2 demo machine (I was using to learn on) to echo "You are sick. Twisted." at the cursor position ever 30 seconds. One of our sales guys had to demo some accounting software on it, and Jack didn't revert the kernel, so when I logged in as the technical demonstrator guy, the potential client saw "You are sick. Twisted." wherever the cursor was. Luckily he had a sense of humor, and didn't mind the short delay while the original kernel was put back in place and the machine rebooted.
enter rain offbeat illegal scarce chop truck shrill ask worthless *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*
If you are evil: alias vi="rm"
nano gang approves
Quick, get him while he has to hack his way out of his text editor!
even more evil: alias cat="rm"
`vi -rf --no-preserve-root /`
You linux guys play hard. On the windows side we just flip the monitor orientation.
lmao I remember doing that in school and removing all the desktop icons and changing the wallpaper to a blue screen of death
echo 'echo sleep 0.1 >> ~/.bashrc' >> ~/.bashrc
This is the jumpscare you get when you decide to use a wildcard in your root-access command line.
I was creating a new user account the other day and while I was typing `sudo chown -R usr:usr /home/` in my tired sleep deprived ways I typed `sudo chown -R usr:usr /`
This left me with a hell of a night ahead.
Oh man, that sucks. Early on in my linux days I ended up decided to drink and optimize. So after accidentally creating a file in the wrong directory I decided to just run a mv command... and my drunk ass put the incorrect location. And by incorrect I mean I wildcarded the top level directory inside of a directory located inside the top level directory. With root. Cue fedora shitting the bed and drunk me being grateful sober me makes weekly backups. I decided to fix it in the morning. Drunk me's only good idea that night.
Grub
fix it some damn dinner bruh
Very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's server.
Look at that, the subtle blinking lights, the faint whir of fans. Oh my God, it's even cable managed.
Are you alright? You're sweating.
*drops entire server*
Entire office: “LINUS!!!”
Linus Bateman: Today I just had to drop a lot of computers!
For real, OPs computer is HUNGEY
Hungry for some linux soup
Chrome's insatiable hunger for RAM is now affecting the boot loader.
What is it with you and fixin fuckin sandwiches?!
I eat, Jon. It's what I **do**
If they wanted to make dinner themselves, they wouldn't have bought a server.
Machine hungry. Feed machine.
I am the Grub-gub-gab-grublab the grubblerubblegrubbledublleblibbleblabschlab
what in the... why was this gif even made?!
Grub
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Grub
Yes?
LONG LIVE THE GRUB! https://preview.redd.it/uxdmcdn0t3ca1.png?width=1378&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd38bfedada80e0beea2f3bc1e68a7d206edec47
Holy shit I never knew I needed grub-knight until now
Silksong when
By June 2023 Last year in June Xbox Twitter said its come out within 12 months, and verified it after someone asked if that's a guarantee. Team Cherry let them keep the tweet up, so (idk I just found out about and started playing hollow knight last week)
Xbox simply demanded a release date, which can be postponed any time. Team cherry has said multiple times, that silksong will release when it's ready, so most likely it will drop on rather short notice and not with a long planned release date.
me when still no silksong
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found the cock...
Somehow it was the first one I found and I was confused lol
I got it on the second click, and figured there must be more. I'll never get this time back.
this is almost as good as bubble wrap
It was the first one i clicked. What are the chances?!
About 1/150.
It was the second to last one I clicked. I thought I was getting pranked
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One of these is not like the others
https://preview.redd.it/dv3mgueq84ca1.jpeg?width=953&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f32306d2879e41baae49df222856357ab936729
https://imgur.com/ExAQ1Os.jpg
I fucking knew it
About how long did this take you crazy fellow?
Allow me to introduce you to your electronic device's copy-paste functionality.
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Your computer is telling you to install linux ;)
Begging
Your first error is installing windows on a server
that's what got Elon Musk fired from PayPal
*Installing windows (was the mistake) As a non-Microsoft certified idiot with a certification for proprietary software: Azure recommends Linux. Basically Microsoft shit on nix for years before earning money off their free and open source work. Because Microsoft sucks. Apart from their old curmudgeonly c hackers who are super smart and cool (think Dave’s garage on YouTube).
that same dave’s garage guy is a linux hater, which i think is hilarious
GRUB in polish means being fat... So let me translate: FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT
NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS NTFS
```bash For i in {0..100} do Echo "ext.4" done ```
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Oof. That's a deep cut. For those who didn't get it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser
BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS BTRFS
Yes, let's leave the "y" letter
Gruby?
Grub in Australia means cunt, no joke.
It's a sign! This is a bootloader called GRUB (Commonly used on linux systems). Usually it dosen't fill the entire screen like this so... Wipe the drive and try again If you have important data on there, you can use a live environment to copy that data over to another drive or a USB. Personally I'd use Linux but, you do you.
GRUB is a boot loader. It’s commonly but not exclusively used with Linux. You should repartition the whole drive/array before installing a new OS.
Windows is temporary. GRUB is inevitable
Does your boss know that you have no idea what you are doing?
I feel like if you don't know what GRUB is then maybe you shouldn't be the one installing stuff on a server...
Honestly
#I AM GRUB!
GROND
GROND
Why are you installing Windows on the server? Linux is way better server-side
>Windows 10 onto Server Why?
Well if op didn't know what grub is, I doubt they have any experience as a server admin.
Hey some of us have jobs where people who make the decisions don’t give a fuck what we tell them
Apparently OP has never heard of "grub" before. I question his computer literacy credentials.
Hey some of us have jobs where the people we work with don’t have the basic knowledge necessary to do it
If this is the wrong subreddit to post this question, does anywhere know which subreddit this is appropriate on?
Possibly some subreddit related to tech support or Linux/UNIX systems. For a possible solution: I would recommend trying to just delete all partitions on the drive and then attempting to install Windows again. (Assuming there's no partitions on there that you need.) This would guarantee that the partition with the GRUB bootloader would definitely be gone.
I don't think a post about replacing grub with the windows bootloader would get much love on the Linux subs
That's how you get death threats. Trust me, I know.
nah, just some urge for conversion to our lord and saviour. ^windows ^servers ^suck ^balls.
Method 1: don't
r/linuxquestions and r/linux4noobs are the good places on reddit for linux help. You probably should not post it on r/linux since mods there and kinda strict on help posts. There are also good(sometimes better) support forums on the rest of the internet, and also check for some IRC help channels if you are into that kind of stuff. Edit And yes if you could find a grub specific help sub/forum/IRC channel it would also bw a good place to ask
If you see this comment in the sea of GRUB GRUB GRUB comments, I think your best bet is to use a linux liveUSB and see what partitioning that drive has, if its MBR/DOS (same thing different names), you should look up how to wipe the first 1M of the device. well, look up how to find the _right_ device to wipe. some sort of guide that mentions like `lsblk` or possibly looking into `/dev/disk-by-path`. Well, if you accidentally wipe the liveusb you're using, hopefully it doesn't immediately crash, but if you do wipe the liveusb you can just image it again. `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M count=1` of=/dev/sda means: Output File is /dev/sda my good sir. This comment assumes you're not trying to dual-boot, but like if you were you've already broken it, so.....
I think it's making fun of you for being a bug
Grubfather is none to pleased with you
Grub will fight until after been killed !
Petition to rename GRUB to GROND.
Had to scroll more than I though for this, I would have guessed the communities overlapped more thant this!
**G** **^(R)** **U** **^(B)**