check the link given above example u have ubuntu on /dev/sda1
boot via live cd mount this sda1 partition on a dir then chroot as per ur distribution into sda1....>follow the tut for that reinstall grub ur home and dry On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Mihir Mehta <[email protected]>wrote: > Could you elaborate a little? I have burnt a CD for Ubuntu 9 using another > computer. Can I use that for installing Grub without having to format my > hard disk? > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 5:45 PM, ankush <[email protected]> wrote: > >> boot via live cd and restore grub... >> >> u need to chroot into ur partition for restoring grub >> >> google for ur distro >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Mihir Mehta <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop version on my laptop. I >>> chose the 'Install within Windows' option, which installed it within >>> Windows 7 which came pre-installed. While I was running Ubuntu, I was >>> prompted to install some updates, which included an update for Grub >>> (though I don't really know what Grub is). I was asked whether or not >>> I wanted to update Grub. I selected 'Yes'. After I shut down my laptop >>> that time, I have never been able to boot it, and I have been getting >>> some kind of command prompt-like display which says 'grub rescue' and >>> does not respond to any of the normal command prompt commands ('dir', >>> 'ls', 'exit', etc.) >>> >>> I need some way to get my Windows 7 back. I do not want to lose any of >>> the data I have on the laptop. I don't mind losing my previous >>> installation of Ubuntu (10.04) as I have run that OS only once and not >>> saved anything significant. >>> >>> Please help. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Mihir >>> >>> -- >>> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://wediefornation.blogspot.com/ >> >> -- >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> > > > > -- > Mihir Mehta, > B. Tech student, > Department of Computer Science and Engineering, > Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- http://wediefornation.blogspot.com/ -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
