installed Ubuntu gnome - think messed up the boot loader

[Hadi]

Hi Lance
Thanks!  boot-repair fixed my problem!
It did magic lol. great.

On 2/20/2014 3:01 AM, Lance wrote:
> I'm quite rusty at dealing with boot issues but Boot Repair may help:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
>
> The specific issue you're describing is explained here:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:Boot_Sector
>
> Lance
>
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> *From:* Hadi <hadirezaei at gmx.com>
> *To:* Ubuntu-GNOME at lists.ubuntu.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 19, 2014 4:20 PM
> *Subject:* installed Ubuntu gnome - think messed up the boot loader
>
> Hello!
>
> I've installed Ubuntu gnome alongside of windows 7, though since i had 
> two partitions, i  went through the manual installation.
>
> before mentioning my problem, I'll say what i have done.
> I had three partitions:
> /dev/sda1: 100mb
> /dev/sda2: 160gb  (my windows partition)
> /dev/sda3:330gb  (for my ubuntu gnome)
>
> I have selected /dev/sda3 for Linux installation and  set the 
> formatting options.
> Then, i accidentally chose the /dev/sda1 for putting the grub booter, 
> do to the orca  (the screen reader) being buggy in  the partitioning 
> screen, it kept forcing me to fumble around with the keyboard.
>
> What is happening now is that i can't load windows. I can't see the 
> grub menu do to my visual impairment, but i suppose that the last item 
> is always  windows 7. i  hold down  the down arrow key for 5 seconds 
> then press enter, and nothing happens.
> I believe i have messed up something by installing grub in /dev/sda1 
> which was 100mb?
>
> Thank you
>
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