forgot to mention that nothing but widows boots if the eternal is plugged in and I do not ress F12 On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Michael wrote: > 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~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: