--- On Sat, 5/9/09, Mike Hoy <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mike Hoy <[email protected]> > Subject: Grub problems > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 11:10 AM > I'm working on a relative's > computer. It was dual booting at one point. Windows and > Ubuntu. Then one day he decided to delete the Linux > partition from inside Windows (through disk management) and > reformatted it. He did so because he needed the hard drive > space. It was fine until he rebooted the laptop. Now grub > throws an error and we can't get into windows. > > > Ultimately I'd like to get Ubuntu back on it, but for > now we just need to boot into windows again and use the data > on the other partition. > > Any suggestions for making grub work again? Or am I going > about this the wrong way?
If you can find a Windows install CD and get to a command line fdisk /mbr should fix the boot loader. --Jason --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
