So my Linux experience began a week ago. I thought that Ubuntu is a great project so switched to it instead of Windows  as I saw that just replacing it was easier and less tedious. So I made the backup image plus the Windows Recovery on a USB stick (I tested if it worked or not before installing Ubuntu and it worked) then I decided that it was time that I switch back to Windows. The USB stick is on the first slot of boot order in the BIOS but it still boots Ubuntu instead of the Windows recovery USB. So I tried to uninstall grub and now I'm stuck in grub rescue and the usb stick still doesn't boot even though it is supposed to boot first.
I installed Ubuntu (twice actually) onto the same drive. I wanted to 'try again' since one of them didn't install correctly and the other installed differently, but it worked.   I was getting frustrated with the GRUB menu because it was really sloppy (There were two Windows options - one with the Windows bootloader to go into Ubuntu, and two different versions of Ubuntu from the first install for some reason and memtest, etc.).  In my attempts at getting rid Ubuntu to do a fresh installation, I went ahead and deleted the partitions that weren't swap or main via Windows 7. As I said, I am a noob.  Now, even though I though I completely got rid of Ubuntu, including the GRUB menu, when I boot my PC I am brought directly to GRUB Rescue. And from what I've found from other forums, GRUB rescue isn't even completely functional for me (it doesn't recognize any commands that it should support besides ls. It also returns unknown filesystem for any partition I try to view or boot.)  Is there any way that I can boot straight into Windows? I fear I may have gone about deleting those partitions in the wrong way. If so, what are my options?
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