Re: Grub Rescue - SOLVED

I managed to find a vista disk that was a sample one from a WIndows 
course.  You know..one of those pre-versions that they want you to try out.

Was able to boot from it & used the instructions in the folliwng video:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV84OabGB08

Didn't need to use the DISKPART section at the end.

Hope all is well with everyone.

On 2016-02-16 06:11 PM, TekBudda wrote:
> 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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