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sridarshan
July 9th, 2009, 04:36 AM
a few hours back i installed opensuse on my lenovo r61 ,pre-installed with windows vista,in c drive,but after installling opensuse i couldn't boot to windows ,so i inserted the ubuntu live cd and booted ,,and installed ubuntu in the place of opensuse,but now my computer isn't detecting the c drive only,but hte detects the rest drive,,,

please help me!!!i hope i dont the lose the c drive forever

x33a
July 9th, 2009, 04:40 AM
post the output of

sudo fdisk -l
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

sridarshan
July 9th, 2009, 04:56 AM
post the output of

sudo fdisk -l
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst



the output of
sudo fdisk -l
is
sridarshan@sridarshan-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for sridarshan:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x97be5b6a

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 6376 51210944+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 * 6376 19457 105076881+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5 6376 12752 51211408+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 12752 18152 43377660 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 18153 18276 995998+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 18277 19457 9486351 83 Linux



and the output of
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

is

sridarshan@sridarshan-laptop:~$ cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 3

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=581e182e-511a-47cc-bf72-3daa897f2b95 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=581e182e-511a-47cc-bf72-3daa897f2b95

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically
## update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa
## e.g. indomU=detect
## indomU=true
## indomU=false
# indomU=detect

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
uuid 581e182e-511a-47cc-bf72-3daa897f2b95
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=581e182e-511a-47cc-bf72-3daa897f2b95 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 581e182e-511a-47cc-bf72-3daa897f2b95
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=581e182e-511a-47cc-bf72-3daa897f2b95 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
uuid 581e182e-511a-47cc-bf72-3daa897f2b95
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST


please help,,i beg you,i'm very tensed

x33a
July 9th, 2009, 05:08 AM
open menu.lst

gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lstthen, add this at the end of the file

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

presence1960
July 9th, 2009, 05:10 AM
After the line ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

add this :


# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:



# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1

title Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

by booting into Ubuntu and opening a terminal and run this command
gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst That is a lowercase L in .lst

put the windows entry I posted below the line ###END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST. Click save and then close the file. Reboot and try your windows entry when the GRUB menu comes up.

sridarshan
July 9th, 2009, 05:21 AM
open menu.lst

gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lstthen, add this at the end of the file

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title Microsoft Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1





i just did what you said,but i when i selected Microsoft Windows Vista in the grub,it displayed

starting up..
GRUB

and did nothing,,,now i'm back in ubuntu ,but as i told earlier ,ubuntu is not detecting c drive,the drive in which windows vista is installed

x33a
July 9th, 2009, 08:18 AM
might be that vista bootloader got corrupted.

download supergrubdisk and give it a try.

sridarshan
July 10th, 2009, 01:27 AM
might be that vista bootloader got corrupted.

download supergrubdisk and give it a try.

problem soved using vista recovery disc:guitar:

nmaster
July 12th, 2009, 02:18 AM
people can try using this too if your computer didn't come with the necessary disc
http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/