Windows 7 and Ubuntu 114.04 dual boot got in to grub rescue mode, need both OS back as normal, how do i?

[unmeshs]

I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 dual boot in my Dell Inspiron after deleting/repairing a drive (not win/ubuntu Drive, a different drive)while restarting it went in to grub rescue mode, need both OS back as normal, how do i?

"ls" out put shows all my drives

please help me asap please

 

[JOHNN93]

http://askubuntu.com/questions/197833/recovering-from-grub-rescue-crash
these issues with grub have been answered multiple times you will find really helpful content at askubuntu.

 

[Ijack]

The easiest way would be to reinstate the drive that you deleted. Deleting the drive has made other drives change their identification which is why Grub can no longer find it's menu.

If that's not a possibility then the methods linked to in the last post will work. It's a little involved but it will teach you a bit about Grub and booting. Or you could just use a live DVD to boot into Ubuntu and reconfigure Grub; again, a little involved but educational.

 

[techie_dude]

I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 dual boot in my Dell Inspiron after deleting/repairing a drive (not win/ubuntu Drive, a different drive)while restarting it went in to grub rescue mode, need both OS back as normal, how do i?

"ls" out put shows all my drives

please help me asap please

remove GRUB and reinstall your windows BOOTMGR .you can do this with windows bootable USB or CD.
http://engg-haven.blogspot.in/2014/08/uninstall-ubuntu-or-any-other-linux.html

once BOOTMGR is recovered it wont show any option to select ubuntu.
so use easybcd to add ubuntu in your BOOTMGR..
http://engg-haven.blogspot.in/2014/08/install-ubuntu-bodhi-linux-on-external.html
"read the step 4"

 

[Ijack]

Your link showing how to use EasyBCD to boot Linux (which I'm getting pretty tired of seeing, especially when attached to posts 5 or more years old) relies upon there being a valid Grub configuration file in the Linux install. But the whole point of this question is that the configuration is no longer valid because of the change in drive designations, so the solution that you propose isn't going to work.

Rather than giving the same formulaic answer to all queries it would be more helpful to think a little about the actual problem in each instance. Unless you are just trying to promote your blog, of course.

 

[techie_dude]

Your link showing how to use EasyBCD to boot Linux (which I'm getting pretty tired of seeing, especially when attached to posts 5 or more years old) relies upon there being a valid Grub configuration file in the Linux install. But the whole point of this question is that the configuration is no longer valid because of the change in drive designations, so the solution that you propose isn't going to work.

Rather than giving the same formulaic answer to all queries it would be more helpful to think a little about the actual problem in each instance. Unless you are just trying to promote your blog, of course.

if putting link in answers is promotion then ya it is.
i think this will work for him,atleast he can use windows,definitely.
windows BOOTMGR has no issues whether partition table is in order or not.

 

[Ijack]

Can you explain how EasyBCD will magically make Grub work? The problem is not that the bootloader has been corrupted - it is clearly still there as it is displaying the rescue prompt. This means that the Grub configuration is incorrect for some reason. EasyBCD will have the same problem with it as it uses that configuration.

What is needed is to boot into Ubuntu and repair the configuration or else revert the configuration of the drives and partitions to what it was. Linking to a blog entry for a different problem is, indeed, just spamming the forum with an advert for your blog.

And, as I said earlier, you have revived several ancient threads - in some cases more than 5 years old - in order to promote your blog. I am confident that people have not been waiting 5 years for a solution to their problem.

I think you can assume now that we know about your blog. Great - link to it in your signature if you must, but don't keep pushing it as an irrelevant solution to people's problems.