Restore grub menu failed after dualbooting with XP

[Hobbsilla]

I have two questions and assuming a specific answer is given to the first it just might cancel out my second. I'm not willing to back my harddrive up and reinstall I'd rather spend hours on the internet looking up how to get it to boot again then do that. I know this community can help me get my Ubuntu partition booting again.

My first question is, if you ever need to restore or reconfigure anything using the Live CD is it best to have your Live CD be the same version of Ubuntu as the one partitioned on your computer? I'm using a live CD for Ubuntu 8.10 on my computer that has 9.04. I've attempted to restore my grub menu (menu.lst) using a number of options in the command line afterwards rebooting should restore it. However it didn't and it automatically booted into XP. I used to have a grub menu set up but had to reinstall my version of XP, i forgot to back it but was able to find it by looking at the Ubuntu partition (such a sweet feature in Linux). I edited the menu.lst file using updated options and again fail. In an effort to get the grub menu back I deleted my XP parition in hopes that it would come back and now I get this black screen that says something about no boot options. My plan is to make a Live CD with 9.04 on it but I was curious if someone could let me know if this makes a difference or not.

My second question, if the first doesn't make a difference what version of Ubuntu your Live CD is, can someone direct me to a file or a series of command line options that will make my main partition boot with the grub menu? I did the sudo grub command and configured it (did the find /boot/grub/stage1 as well) and it didn't work. I still came back to either booting into XP or after deleting XP a black screen with no boot option message.

Microsoft's competitive exclusion with their OS installation and forcing dual boot users to edit text files and grub menus would easily make a beginner to Linux less willing to give it a try.

[presence1960]

You shouldn't just delete partitions unless you know exactly what you are doing and what the consequences of that action are. you deleted windows and the windows bootloader is on MBR and it points to your former windows partition looking for the files needed to boot, which of course no longer exist!

First, if you are going to install windows again, I would do that first before doing anything else.

After installing Windows or if you don't want windows we need to see exactly what your setup & boot process looks like.

Let's get a better look at your setup. Boot the Ubuntu Live CD. Choose "try ubuntu without any changes", when the desktop loads come back here and use the link in my signature to download the Boot Info Script 0.32 to the desktop. Once on desktop open a terminal and run this command
sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh This will create a RESULTS.txt file on the desktop. Paste the entire contents of that file back here. Once pasted highlight all text and click the # sign on the toolbar to place code tags around the text.


Microsoft's competitive exclusion with their OS installation and forcing dual boot users to edit text files and grub menus would easily make a beginner to Linux less willing to give it a try. You still sometimes have to edit text files and GRUB menus even when booting a second linux OS. So that statement is FALSE! That is how linux works. Are you tired of Microsoft? Then do what it takes to use Linux.

[Hobbsilla]

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: Grub
Boot sector info: Grub0.97 is installed in the boot sector of sda1 and
looks at sector 2933063 of the same hard drive for the
stage2 file. A stage2 file is at this location on
/dev/sda. Stage2 looks on partition #1 for
/boot/grub/menu.lst.
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.04
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa635a635

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 63 197,711,954 197,711,892 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 * 197,724,240 228,417,839 30,693,600 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 228,428,235 234,436,544 6,008,310 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 228,428,298 234,436,544 6,008,247 82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

/dev/sda1: UUID="6109d633-e258-42a2-a900-c55c9ae846de" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sda2: UUID="FABC2C8ABC2C438B" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="7da4c4f1-34f2-46d8-91a5-14fbce4ee284" TYPE="swap"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"

=============================== "mount" output: ===============================

/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620)
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
/dev/scd0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)


=========================== sda1/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 10

## 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=6109d633-e258-42a2-a900-c55c9ae846de ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## 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 2.6.28-15-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=6109d633-e258-42a2-a900-c55c9ae846de ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=6109d633-e258-42a2-a900-c55c9ae846de ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=6109d633-e258-42a2-a900-c55c9ae846de ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic root=UUID=6109d633-e258-42a2-a900-c55c9ae846de ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.24-24-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic root=UUID=6109d633-e258-42a2-a900-c55c9ae846de ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.24-24-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic root=UUID=6109d633-e258-42a2-a900-c55c9ae846de ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

title Windows XP
root (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1

=============================== sda1/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/sda1
UUID=6109d633-e258-42a2-a900-c55c9ae846de / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/sda5
UUID=7da4c4f1-34f2-46d8-91a5-14fbce4ee284 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


1.5GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
1.5GB: boot/grub/stage2
1.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic
1.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic.bak
1.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic
1.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
1.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic
1.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic
1.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic
43.5GB: grub/stage2
1.4GB: initrd.img
1.1GB: initrd.img.old
1.1GB: vmlinuz
1.3GB: vmlinuz.old

================================ sda2/boot.ini: ================================

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
Thanks for your help. If Ableton and Traktor Pro worked natively on Ubuntu/Linux I would abandon Windows all together. I am willing to give Windows 7 when it comes out later this year. I have a Microsoft programmer leasing my house.

[presence1960]

I would burn a Live CD from the 9.04 iso to match the version you have installed. Boot from the Ubuntu Live CD. Choose "Try Ubuntu without any changes". When the desktop loads do this:


1. Boot your computer up with Ubuntu CD
2. Open a terminal window or switch to a tty.
3. Type sudo grub. Should get text of which last line is grub>
4. Type "find /boot/grub/stage1". You'll get a response like "(hd0,0)".
Use whatever your computer spits out for the following lines.
5. Type "root (hd0,0)", or whatever your hard disk + boot partition
numbers are for Ubuntu.
6. Type "setup (hd0)", to install GRUB to MBR, or "setup (hd0,1)" or
whatever your hard disk + partition # is, to install GRUB to a
partition.
7. Quit grub by typing "quit".
8. Reboot and remove the bootable CD.

In #6 use setup (hd0) this will put GRUB on the MBR so when you boot GRUB will take over. You installed it to the first sector of the Ubuntu partition. No good unless you are going to chainload off another bootloader!

Reboot & you will be good to go.

[Hobbsilla]

It didn't work. Do i need to edit the menu.lst file or can I edit anything on the Windows XP partition?

[Hobbsilla]

Oh oops. One setup (hd0) i accidentally had been typing hd0,0 instead. Its working now.

[presence1960]

Oh oops. One setup (hd0) i accidentally had been typing hd0,0 instead. Its working now.

Glad you got it working! Enjoy Ubuntu.

[Varox]

Hi, i had to reinstall windows and im having problems putting GRUB bakc together... i tried everything i could find and nothing....

When i try to do it with the grub prompt i get this>

grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 17 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+17 p (hd0,5)/boot/grub/stage2
/boot/grub/menu.lst"... failed

Error 22: No such partition

And when i try to do a grub-install i get this>

Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device.

Any help is welcome

[Varox]

Oh, i was forgetting smth, the results for me using the boot info script are>

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows XP
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows XP
Boot files/dirs: /boot.ini /BOOT.INI /ntldr /NTLDR /NTDETECT.COM
/ntdetect.com

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext3
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 9.04
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/fstab

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes


Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 63 70,573,544 70,573,482 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 70,573,545 234,436,544 163,863,000 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 70,573,671 228,412,169 157,838,499 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 228,412,233 234,436,544 6,024,312 82 Linux swap / Solaris

/dev/sda2 overlaps with /dev/sda3

blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

/dev/sda1: TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: TYPE="swap" UUID="0447cc4a-61b7-45a2-a22e-a75d9264eb54"
/dev/sda5: UUID="8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"

=============================== "mount" output: ===============================

proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
tmpfs on /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
/dev/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type none (rw,bind)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/sda5 on /mnt/system type ext3 (rw)
/dev on /mnt/system/dev type none (rw,bind)


================================ sda1/boot.ini: ================================

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect


================================ sda1/BOOT.INI: ================================

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect


=========================== sda5/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 change this entry to 'saved' 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 10

## 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=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,5)

## 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 2.6.28-15-generic
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-15-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-14-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-13-generic
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-13-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-13-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-13-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-12-generic
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-12-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 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)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.27-11-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.24-21-generic
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.24-21-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic root=UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic

title Ubuntu 9.04, memtest86+
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# 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 XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1


=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# -- This file has been automaticly generated by ntfs-config --
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda6 :
UUID=8e48f7ca-aed8-461c-a5ce-a7903cd59318 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro,relatime 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sda1 :
UUID=08AC8026AC80107C /media/sda1 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 1
# Entry for /dev/sda5 :
UUID=0447cc4a-61b7-45a2-a22e-a75d9264eb54 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


76.6GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
76.7GB: boot/grub/stage2
76.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic
76.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-21-generic.bak
76.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic
76.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
76.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
76.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-13-generic
76.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-14-generic
76.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-15-generic
76.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
76.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic
76.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
76.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic
76.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic
76.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic
76.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-15-generic
76.8GB: initrd.img
76.7GB: initrd.img.old
76.8GB: vmlinuz
76.8GB: vmlinuz.old
=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============

sdb

[presence1960]

Your Ubuntu entries in menu.lst are all out of order and have the wrong root (hdx,y) designation. They all have root (hd0,5) - your ubuntu is sda5 which is (hd0,4). So the first thing you need to do is boot from the Live CD. Choose "try Ubuntu without any changes". Open a file browser and click on the Ubuntu partition on the left pane. Once it is mounted open a terminal and run this command
gksu nautilus.
On the left pane click on the partition that has Ubuntu installed and then navigate to the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Double click to open menu.lst. Change all the root (hd0,5) entries in each kernel to root (hd0,4). be careful as you are root. Do not edit anything other than the root (hd0,5) entries. When completed click Save on the toolbar and close the file. You can close both file browsers also.

Now you want to restore GRUB. pick up at #2 below


1. Boot your computer up with Ubuntu CD
2. Open a terminal window or switch to a tty.
3. Type sudo grub. Should get text of which last line is grub>
4. Type "find /boot/grub/stage1". You'll get a response like "(hd0,4)".
Use whatever your computer spits out for the following lines.
5. Type "root (hd0,4)", or whatever your hard disk + boot partition
numbers are for Ubuntu.
6. Type "setup (hd0)", to install GRUB to MBR, or "setup (hd0,1)" or
whatever your hard disk + partition # is, to install GRUB to a
partition.
7. Quit grub by typing "quit".
8. Reboot and remove the bootable CD.

In #6 use setup (hd0)

Reboot & you should be good to go.

[presence1960]

I just noticed your /etc/fstab output. Your Ubuntu partition was originally sda6 and swap was originally sda5. You did more than just install windows, you changed your partition table also. That is why your menu.lst has root (hd0,5) instead of root (hd0,4).

Hopefully the above will work since fstab identifies partitions/devices by UUID.