Re: Grub problems

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Author: Donn
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Subject: Re: Grub problems
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Mike Hoy <> 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
> because he needed the hard drive space. It was fine until he rebooted the
> laptop. Now grub throws an error and we can't get into windows.
>
> Ultimately I'd like to get Ubuntu back on it, but for now we just need to
> boot into windows again and use the data on the other partition.
>
> Any suggestions for making grub work again? Or am I going about this the
> wrong way?
>
>
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I just saw this the other day:
http://fosswire.com/post/2009/5/restoring-overwritten-grub/

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Donn
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