Grub problems

[Charles Jones]

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Sent: Sat 5/9/2009 11:22 AM
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Subject: Re: Grub problems
 
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Mike Hoy <mhoy06 at gmail.com> 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/

I don't think that will work in his case, as he cannot mount his linux partition under /mnt/system, as it got reformatted for windows usage.  This may be helpful: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows , or even this: http://www.lockergnome.com/ethanbaker/2009/02/17/restore-windows-bootloader-after-dual-booting-ubuntu/
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