--- On Sat, 5/9/09, Mike Hoy <
mhoy06@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Mike Hoy <mhoy06@gmail.com>
> Subject: Grub problems
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 11:10 AM
> 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?
If you can find a Windows install CD and get to a command line
fdisk /mbr
should fix the boot loader.
--Jason
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