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Grub rescue after deleting Kali Linux partition, tried bootrec diskpart and insmod normal not working

I seek help on my issue regarding removing Kali Linux from a dual boot with Windows 8.1.

These are the steps I followed to remove Kali Linux:

  1. Boot into Windows 8.1
  2. Delete the Kali Linux partition
  3. Extend the Windows 8.1 partition
  4. Reboot

After rebooting, grub rescue appeared.

I then booted my Windows 8.1 iso via USB (Using YUMI) and ran bootrec command. However for:

bootrec /fixmbr

  successful

and after reboot, grub rescue was still there.

bootrec /fixboot

  element not found 

bootrec /rebuildbcd

  element not found

Then I tried to go to Diskpart and tried to set the partition to Active, but the output states that the partition is currently ACTIVE.

I even tried to command in grub rescue

ls
(hd0) (hd0,msdos1) (hd0,msdos2) 
set boot=(hd0,msdos2)
set prefix=(hd0,msdos2)/grub/boot
isnmod normal

error: unknown filesystem

normal

Unknown command 'normal'

Now I can still access my Windows 8.1 after booting into Super Grub2 Disk and boot Windows 8.1, but how should I fix it or remove grub?