You need to boot from a rescue disk (like systemrescuecd or Ubuntu Rescue Remix) and re-install Grub.
I know that the Ubuntu install media has an option to repair a previous installation, I am not sure if vector has this. You should be be able to boot into vector from the Ubuntu install disk but since I have never tried vector YYMV. On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Ralph Pichie <[email protected]>wrote: > After dozens of successful dual boots with Ubuntu and other > Debian-derived distros (3D!) I've encountered my first unbootable > machine tonight, with the little-loved error message "Missing > operating system". > > I've got Windows 7 back now with the boot flag on the primary > partition device, but no grub menu. I really wanted to try Vector, but > I'm loathe to waste more time, as this is a new laptop that needs to > be productive. > > Would it be better to try to fix the boot loader directly or try to do > an Ubuntu install with or over Vector to fix it? > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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