Re: Grub problems

2009-05-09 Thread Donn
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Mike Hoy mho...@gmail.com wrote: 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

RE: Grub problems

2009-05-09 Thread Charles Jones
-Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us on behalf of Donn Sent: Sat 5/9/2009 11:22 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Grub problems On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Mike Hoy mho...@gmail.com wrote: I'm working on a relative's computer

Re: Grub problems

2009-05-09 Thread Jason Holtzapple
--- On Sat, 5/9/09, Mike Hoy mho...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mike Hoy mho...@gmail.com Subject: Grub problems To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 11:10 AM I'm working on a relative's computer. It was dual booting at one point.

Re: Grub problems

2009-05-09 Thread Matt Graham
After a long battle with technology, Mike Hoy wrote: Then one day he decided to delete the Linux partition from inside Windows (through disk management) and reformatted it. It was fine until he rebooted the laptop. Now grub throws an error and we can't get into windows. Copy a

Re: Grub problems

2009-05-09 Thread Lisa Kachold
What is the grub error? Might try these suggestions: http://www.hungry-hackers.com/2009/02/how-to-safely-uninstall-linux-when-dual-boot-installed-with-windows-xp.html On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Mike Hoy mho...@gmail.com wrote: I'm working on a relative's computer. It was dual booting at

Re: Grub problems

2009-05-09 Thread Mike Hoy
What is the grub error? Might try these suggestions: http://www.hungry-hackers.com/2009/02/how-to-safely-uninstall-linux-when-dual-boot-installed-with-windows-xp.html error #17. According to that link you must boot to a win98 floppy or a xp cd. Then at the command prompt type 'fixmbr'. That

Re: Grub problems

2009-05-09 Thread Craig White
On Sat, 2009-05-09 at 17:29 -0500, Mike Hoy wrote: What is the grub error? Might try these suggestions: http://www.hungry-hackers.com/2009/02/how-to-safely-uninstall-linux-when-dual-boot-installed-with-windows-xp.html error #17. According to that link

Re: Grub problems

2009-05-09 Thread Nadim Hoque
To get windows to boot again I would reinstall the windows boot loader on the windows disk (the version of windows that they are using) by booting to recovery and run the bootrec.exe /fixmbr. This is how I did it, but this is for vista xp and such is going to be different. This should work until u

Re: Grub problems

2009-05-09 Thread Lisa Kachold
Yes, you don't even need to boot to the disk, should just be able to run it. On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Nadim Hoque nadimho...@gmail.com wrote: To get windows to boot again I would reinstall the windows boot loader on the windows disk (the version of windows that they are using) by

Re: Grub problems

2009-05-09 Thread Jim March
You know, if we've got grub problems, think of all those starving children in Africa... --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: