Re: Grub Rescue

Hey Gustin tanks for the response.  After I sent the first email I dug a 
bit deeper & found similar instructions.  Problem is I am not sure I 
have an install disk.  I am sure I do but not 100% sure where it is.

I think I have a xubuntu usb disk somewhere.  Would there be any tools 
on there that would help?

On 2016-02-16 05:10 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote:
> The short version is that you simply need to reinstall the Microsoft
> bootloader which you can do from the Windows installation CD.  I have
> not touched XP in a few years now, but I
> ​remember correctly,
> when you boot the installation CD you need to select the recovery
> console option, then type the commands fixmbr and fixboot
> ​ in the DOS-like command prompt​
> .
> ​  After that eject the CD and reboot.  ​
>
>
> What has happened is that you removed the Linux partition which held the
> information that grub uses to boot the currently installed operating
> systems.  Windows has a bootloader that does not recognize other
> operating systems, so when you install Linux, Grub (which is aware of
> many different operating systems) typically replaces whatever bootloader
> is installed (like the Highlander, there can be only one).
>
> If this PC came with a recovery disk and not an actual Windows disk, you
> may need to contact the manufacturer, though XP is long out of support
> from even Microsoft, so you may need to borrow an XP CD from someone.  I
> would avoid downloading one from the Internet since they typically have
> malware infections.
>
> Hth,
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 4:43 PM, TekBudda <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     This was a dual-boot Windows XP 7 Xubuntu workstation & recently
>     while in the XP partition I was viewing the drives & when I clicked
>     on the Linux partition it disappeared.  I was looking to see how
>     much space I could get back for the Windows partition when this
>     happened.
>
>     This happened once before on another machine, but it wasn't a huge
>     deal as I just re-imaged it.
>
>     Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to look at it deeper & while
>     doing a renovation the power got turned off & the machine shut down.
>
>     When it boots up now it shows a grub Rescue prompt & when I do an ls
>     I get the following:
>
>     (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos1) (fd0)
>
>     I have been looking online & all I have found so far is how to get
>     it back into Ubuntu.  But as Ubuntu doesn't exist anymore this
>     doesn't help me.  I haven't applied any commands as I don't want to
>     mess it up.
>
>     Right now my goal is to recover the Windows XP Partition which
>     houses my Quicken software.  I do have the Quicken files on a
>     DropBox share & hopefully they were synched at the time, but I won't
>     know unless I get back in there.
>
>     Any ideas?
>
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