no cd drive.... this would be SOOOO much easier if it did! On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Todd Millecam wrote: > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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~(-: