ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 222

[cfh]

No recovery media; scary aint' it?  FYI, most computer manufacturers no
longer provide OS media as they presume users can and will use onboard
restore/recovery functions.  You CAN get the OS media, but you have to
search high and low to locate the request page on the manufacturer's
website.

In your case, might I suggest the following.  Here's an article
http://cybernetnews.com/windows-7-recovery-disc/  detailing a free,
genuine Windows 7 recovery disk available for download from
http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/

You'll need to create a windows USB, the tool is available at
http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool  Sorry, but you're going to
need to access a win7 machine to create your recovery media.  Good
luck. 



On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 20:56 +0100, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
wrote:
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 22:37:28 +0300
> From: Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il>
> Subject: Restoring the MBR on a CD-ROM less Notebook
> To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Hi All.
> 
> My sister bought a new Asus UL20A. I managed to convince her to give
> Ubuntu
> a try (it came with Windows 7 pre-installed), So i installed 10.04 on
> it.
> 
> It has a single 320 Gb HDD, I was very careful not to wipe the
> recovery
> partition, but I had to cut the original system partition (disk C:)
> into 2
> partitions for Swap. so:
> 
> It had a Disk C: (I think about 80 Gb in size) and the rest as disk D:
> for
> data.
> 
> I chose to manually partition the drive during the installation and
> deleted
> the 80 Gb partition and created a 1024 MB for swap and the rest for /
> (root), the rest - i didn't touch.
> 
> After installation, the last option in the GRUB menu was Windows Vista
> (although it was actually Windows 7). I didn't give it much thought...
> 
> The deal was she tries Ubuntu for a week, then she decides if she
> wants to
> keep it or go back to Windows 7. Regrettably - she chose the
> latter.She has
> to go abroad for 3 months and she's affraid she will be stuck and no
> one
> will know how to help her. She said she had nothing against Linux
> but...
> 
> I tried to launch the recovery process by pressing F9 during boot -
> but
> nothing happened. I then tried to boot from that mysterious option on
> the
> menu - an what da ya know ! it's the recovery process! So it went
> about
> recovering - just as if I pressed F9 - and then told me the recovery
> was
> done and I should click OK to shut down.
> 
> And here is the part I need help with: The next time I pressed the
> power
> button - it says there is an error and gives me the "grub rescue>"
> prompt...
> 
> Please help me! There is no CD ROM drive, no recovery DVD media
> supplied (a
> note that came with the computer says one is not supplied with this
> model).
> 
> How do I boot from USB stick and recover the Windows 7 MBR / Boot
> loader?!
> 
> All I have is my on Ubuntu Lucid on both my Desktop and my Netbook...
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> .:====================================================:.
> 
> Amichai Rotman
> 
> Registered Linux User#: 201192 [http://counter.li.org/]
> Registered Ubuntu User #12851 [http://ubuntucounter.geekosophical.net]
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