Quick answer -Windows install disk -startup repair Feels like you need to repair the windows boot partition.
Al Sent via mobile device On Nov 9, 2012, at 10:58 AM, Jack Chastain <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks - this is probably pretty basic, but I have been up all night and am > about to run the Motorcycle up to Hyde Park for some repair - just don't have > the time to go digging right now. It also isn't terribly urgent. > > I decided - finally - to put Ubuntu 12 on my old desktop. Prior to this, I > have been using my old IBM laptop, but it's time to make some changes. > > I dumped the latest distro from the Ubuntu page, burned a DVD and kicked off > the install. > > When it came time to assign disk space, the disk selection box ONLY contained > my external MyBook 1Tb USB drive. I had no other indication that my C or D > disk (both with lots of space available) were known to the system. Odd. > > Of course, I figured "What the heck - let's see what it will do" knowing full > well that most likely, I would need to pull some odd USB-style tricks to get > the thing to boot - but hey - why not see what happens. > > Well - as you probably know already - "No such device" is what happens and I > am driven immediately to the grub rescue prompt. CAn't even get back to > Windoze now. Sigh. > > I need to get back to - at least - Windoze, but also need to know why my > other disks were not offered as options - since I probably have to put it on > one of the internals for this thing to work the easy way - right? > > I haveit booted under the LiveCD and have a terminal up, will do a little > research of my own probably tomorrow - but if anyone in the group has a nice > easy fix for me, a direction would be appreciated > > Thanks! > > JC > > > -- > Eschew obfuscation and pompous prolixity. > > Light a man a fire, he is warm for the night. > Light a man afire, he is warm for the rest of his life. > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel > Jan 9 - High Performance Computing > Feb 6 - February Meeting _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel Jan 9 - High Performance Computing Feb 6 - February Meeting
