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 <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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