Ubuntu instability

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 31 August 2013 19:02:34 Grant Hardy did opine:

> Peter Smout wrote" "Don't know if it will work for you but,
> 
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair/  has saved me on numerous
> > occasions (both windows & linux)!
> > One note of warning AFAIK it wont do UFEI yet, but has recovered my
> > systems on numerous occasions."
> 
> How would I fix a Windows 8 64-bit bootloader using this tool? I
> downloaded it and burned it onto a CD, but when I boot into the tool it
> looks like it's just a GUI for browsing the  internet to get help or
> typing things into the command line. It doesn't seem to have a simple
> GUI-based tool for repairing a damaged bootloader, and in fact the help
> specifically says that it won't do this. Currently when I power on my
> computer I just get a blinking cursor unless I boot from external
> media, so something is very wrong.
> 
> Grant

Likely you downloaded a disk image, then burned it to the disk as a file.  
Disk images are 100% complete, and a directory listing of the disk should 
show many files and directories on the average boot disk.  If, when you 
take the disk to a working machine and mount it, you see only the file you 
actually downloaded, then its burned in the wrong mode.  Make a new one 
after reading that file back to the HD on whatever machine has room for it, 
and reburn it as an image, not a file.

Cheers, Gene
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