and I did something which prevents mint from booting now.
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Michael <
bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <tyggna@gmail.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> no cd drive.... this would be SOOOO much easier if it did!
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Todd Millecam <tyggna@gmail.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <tyggna@gmail.com>
>>>>> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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?
>>>>>>>>
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