Franco-zola
July 26th, 2009, 10:43 AM
I am trying to run a dual-boot Vista and Ubuntu 9.04 machine on my Samsung R522 laptop.
Having shrunk an existing partition within Windows Vista by 40GB, I ran the Ubuntu installation program from CD and installed it to the largest area of free disk space.
Installation was initially successful, but when trying to boot up my computer again, but when faced with a choice of operating system to load up, I tried to open Vista and Samsung Recovery Solution program opened, instead of the operating system.
I exited Samsung Recovery Solution, and the computer restarted. Now I can't boot to either Vista or Ubuntu, and I get the message "GRUB Loading Stage 1.5" flash up on screen. The computer attempts to load up, but then automatically restarts - this happens continuously until I turn off the power.
I don't have a Vista recovery disk to reinstall, so would be grateful for any pointers about how to fix the boot up settings.
This happened the first time I tried to install Ubuntu alongside Windows, and I ended up having to do a second installation of Ubuntu and fiddle for hours trying to restore the MBR boot up. Is there an easier way to fix this?
Having shrunk an existing partition within Windows Vista by 40GB, I ran the Ubuntu installation program from CD and installed it to the largest area of free disk space.
Installation was initially successful, but when trying to boot up my computer again, but when faced with a choice of operating system to load up, I tried to open Vista and Samsung Recovery Solution program opened, instead of the operating system.
I exited Samsung Recovery Solution, and the computer restarted. Now I can't boot to either Vista or Ubuntu, and I get the message "GRUB Loading Stage 1.5" flash up on screen. The computer attempts to load up, but then automatically restarts - this happens continuously until I turn off the power.
I don't have a Vista recovery disk to reinstall, so would be grateful for any pointers about how to fix the boot up settings.
This happened the first time I tried to install Ubuntu alongside Windows, and I ended up having to do a second installation of Ubuntu and fiddle for hours trying to restore the MBR boot up. Is there an easier way to fix this?