Hi Derek if you can since you are a nice person help me with my sound not working and what to i use uinstead of java for games . thanks Derek Broughton <news@pointerstop.ca> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Linda Vest Castanos wrote: > I found the following below on a Ubuntu site. Will this work for error > 17? If not, can I restored Window XP MBR (done this many times), and > will it work then? I seem to lose my MBR approx. twice a year. There > is lots of info on this matter on the Internet, but this seems to be the > most simple method for ME. I am not a Ubuntu-Linux guru > thanks Dennis People like to complicate things :-) > > 1. Boot the Desktop/Live CD. > 2. Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) Good so far. > 3. Start grub as root with the following command : ??? I just do: # sudo mount /dev/sda /mnt (that might actually already be mounted somewhere) # sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda Now, I'm not absolutely certain that fixes an error 17 - it's what I use when I've b0rked grub, but it _is_ what the more complicate how-to you posted does. -- derek -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </blockquote>