Grub is lost

[Andrew Farris]

On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 19:33 -0500, Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 7:26 PM, hamideh jafarpoor
> <hamideh_jafarpoor at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  I have recovered my laptop computer Toshiba satellite A100 using the recovery disk and I wanted it to preserve the partitions. On the first partition I had XP and the second one I had Ubuntu 8.0.4.
> >  Now I don't have access to my linux os! :( There is no grub loading at the start up the computer. What should I do? All my work and documents are in the second partition working with ubuntu!
> 
> see here - 2nd answer:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-24113.html
> 
> or just search for 'restore grub', 'restore grub ubuntu', etc.  Unless
> you formatted your ubuntu partition, it should be pretty easy to
> reinstall grub.

you could also use the Super Grub Disk (SGD) to fix it. go to
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/, download the CD, and follow the
instructions. It's pretty straight forward, and theres built-in help,
but I think you just go to 'fix boot of linux > pick your partition >
done'. Not positive, but trust me, its just about that easy.


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Andrew
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