Ubuntu instability

[Colin Law]

On 31 August 2013 22:09, Grant Hardy <granthardy at outlook.com> wrote:
> 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.

When you booted off it you should have seen the Boot Repair window as
shown on http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair/

Colin