restore grub

[James Takac]

Hi Karl

On Friday 15 August 2008 21:16:56 Karl Larsen wrote:
> David Fox wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Linda Vest Castanos
> > <dcastanos at snowcrest.net>
> >
> >> I'm not a Ubuntu-Linux guru and the commands below would work for ME,
> >> which is from the link above.  I seem to lose my MBR approx twice a
> >> year.  (big hassle)
> >
> > Here's another link that might be helpful :
> >
> > http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/SuperGrubDiskPage.html#17
> >
> > although it does not specifically mention what exactly error 17 is but
> > I'd assume you somehow hosed your grub info. This web page touts a
> > "super grub disk" but there are other methods, including using your
> > own linux live cd, system rescue cd, possibly manual editing of the
> > mbr with grub.
> >
> > I haven't had to do this specifically because I only single boot, I
> > almost never have another OS on the system, and I never had Windows
> >
> > :).
>
>     I think this user must re-load Windows about once a year. When you
> do this windows writes it's boot message in the Main Boot Record (MBR)
> and grub is broken. To fix this you need to re-load grub at the MBR and
> it will be good until you re-load windows again.
>
>
> Karl
>
>
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>
> 	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
> 	Linux User
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Having reloaded windows in the past I would mirror what you seem to think 
above. It's the only scenario that seems to make sense re having to reinstall 
grub periodically (on a semi regular basis) as the originator of the post 
mentions. As they do not mention the particulars leading up to the need to 
re-load grub, one can reasonably assume a windows reinstall has be performed 
just prior to each

James