[Blackpool] [ubuntu-uk] Grub Problem (Les Pounder)

[Jon Chamberlain]

thanks Les, but I eventually got everything working :-)


   1. After the meeting where we discussed my little problem (two weeks
   ago), I went home and re-installed Ubuntu. That fixed Ubuntu and Grub but
   nixed Windows.
   2. Tried various Windows recovery things, such as bootrec /fixboot,
   bootsect /nt60 etc to no avail
   3. After last weeks meeting, I re-installed Windows, which of course
   sorted out Windows but removed Grub (again)
   4. At this point, I re-booted using a 10.10 live CD, and using the recipe
   I found on't intraweb, restored grub (and therefore Ubuntu) (recipe is here:

   http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-restore-grub-2-after-reinstalling-windows-xpvistawin7.
   BTW, this is the exact same receipe we used in the meeting to no effect. Go
   figure.
   5. This should have put everything back to operation, but Windows was
   still saying 'no Bootmgr' \/_
   6. I then remembered that I manually edited grub.cfg back when I did the
   Ubuntu re-install (boo, hiss). Un-doing this change resolved the boot
   problem for Windows !!! Hurrah!


And so, after 2 weeks disrupution I'm back in the land of dual-booting
goodness!All becuase of Windows. Bless. ;-)

Cheers,
Jon


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> Is this of any help to Jon C?
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> Les
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Alan Pope" <alan at popey.com>
> Date: Sep 15, 2011 9:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grub Problem
> To: "UK Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On 15 September 2011 09:24, Nigel Verity <nigelverity at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > While I could type this in with every boot, you will appreciate that it
> > would be a bit of a pain. Could anybody suggest a way of saving these
> > commands so that they run automatically, thereby restoring my machine
> fully
> > back to normal?
> >
>
> Boot to Ubuntu using those command and then issue:-
>
> sudo grub-install /dev/sda
>
> It will find all installed OS's and make the menu, and install back on the
> MBR.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
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