Yes, I will try a live CD. But I have tried the commands with a rescue disc - is it ctl E or F or D - I have tried those, but the MBR seems to have disappeared (this was described as Win upgrades playing "nasty" on one of the sites), so I can't force a boot from the DVD/CDRom.
Stranger still is that the Win7 control panel allows you to boot to Ubuntu (it sees the partition(s)), but my particular install of an older Ubuntu (Natty Narwhale or similar) doesn't have a terminal window that I can find. And, during the boot, no command line is available. The Acer is a 64 bit cpu, if that helps. Is it possible that the automatic Win upgrades forced a new-fangled UEFI boot sector that this older Ubuntu will never recognize? On Tue, Jun 30, 2015, at 01:16 PM, Jer wrote: > On 15-06-30 01:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hello/Bonjour: > > > > LF:/Cherche "eRecovery Media" from Acer for a minitower running Win7 > > Home Premium. I installed Ubuntu, but subsequent > > Win upgrades have removed access to Boot Up function. The 'puter only > > boots Ubuntu. > > > > Merci/Thx > > Sustain > > > > Although I have not tried it, something like this may help you recover > the bootability rather than reinstalling. > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair > > The problem is the recovery disc you are looking for may well need > specific drivers for your specific system, so not just any recovery disc > will work. > > It is strange that a windows update would remove the ability to boot > into windows... it is usually the other way around, where windows > reinstallation overwrites the MBR so grub gets wiped out. > > Jeremy > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca -- http://www.fastmail.com - A fast, anti-spam email service. _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
