install grub

[Michael]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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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>>>
>>
>>
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