get a super grub cd and have it repair and reinstall grub. Grub has two parts, it's bootsector/EFI area and it's configs. The configs exist on a regular drive partition and handle all the multi-boot stuff. The bootsector / EFI stuff really only knows how to point to drives. You could probably type in something along the lines of: root (hd0) chainloader +1 boot and have it get you into windows, because that's all you're missing is the conf file telling grub that's a valid boot directive. On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Michael wrote: > what it does is opens a "minimal BASH-like line editing" thing with: > grub> > being the first line when I don't have the external drive plugged in. I > typed in 'ls' and the response (when the thumb drive is inserted) was: > (hd0) (hd0,msdos) (hd1) (hd1,gpt4) (hd1,gpt3) (hd1,gpt2) (hd1,gpt1) > > without the thumb drive it is: > (hd0) (hd1) (hd1,gpt4) (hd1,gpt3) (hd1,gpt2) (hd1,gpt1) error: > failure\ > reading sector 0x3aefff0 from `hd0' > error: failure reading sector 0x3aeff80 from `hd0' > error: failure reading sector 0x0 from `hd0' > > So how can I install grub where it belongs in hd0? > > > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Todd Millecam wrote: > >> Check your bios boot order and ensure the proper hard drive is set >> first. It's the same as hitting f12 and selecting one, only in your bios >> settings you can set the default. >> >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Michael wrote: >> >>> Okay..... I can still boot into windows. I have to press f12 and load it >>> from that menu but it will load. Any way I can restore the laptop to the >>> way it was when I first got it and then I'll put 17.3 on. Any comments on >>> what I can do? >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Michael wrote: >>> >>>> I messed up. I installed mint18 on my external drive but mint18 is not >>>> quite ready for prime time so I figured I would put mint 17.3 on. Well, >>>> durring installation I told it to put grub on the external drive. now I >>>> can't boot unless the external drive is plugged in. I need the port the >>>> external is plugged into because that is the only USB port it will boot >>>> from and I need that port for the thumb drive. So my question is how do I >>>> install grub to sda1...... >>>> >>>> Mint won't boot now! How do I RESTORE WINDOWS SO i CAN DO THIS AGAIN? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Todd Millecam >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Todd Millecam