and I did something which prevents mint from booting now. On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Michael wrote: > nothing but windows (with F12) will boot without the external drive > plugged in because grub is installed on the external. > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Todd Millecam wrote: > >> super grub should work on a bootable usb too: >> http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wizard-step-put-super-grub2-dis >> k-into-an-usb-pendrive/ >> >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Michael wrote: >> >>> 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~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> 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~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: