boot partition erased

[topias.l]

hi, i have a weird problem. I have a acer aspire one a150 that has ubuntu 10.04 and windows xp installed. A couple months ago, when i was installing ubuntu on it, i managed to get two hard drive partitions with ubuntu on them but no boot partition. When i finally got ubuntu running, i could see three hard drives in the places menu. i knew one was for windows and i supposed the two other ones were the hard drive partitions i had made. Now, today, i decided to get rid of them. i went to the disk manager in the system/administration menu. i emptied two partitions that i thought were the partitions that i wanted to erase and i rebooted the computer. i had a surprise coming. When the computer rebooted it showed the bios screen as usually but then it showed "error: no such partition. grub rescue>" where the os selection menu should have been. I can't boot on to any os now. I guess i erased some boot partition. How can i get my computer running again? I think reinstalling ubuntu would work but could i use windows after that? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[topias.l]

Please! i really want to know a way i could do this without reinstalling ubuntu. i have a ton of files and apps i would have to reinstall if i did this.:(

[dabl]

How do we know you did not delete 100% of your Ubuntu installation?

You'll to boot a Live CD, mount the partitions that you have, and then look at the contents to see what you have left.

[topias.l]

the partitions i erased were both only about 3 gb. I dont think my ubuntu install would fit in there. i know it was dumb to delete those partitions...

[dabl]

If you actually deleted the partitions, then the partition numbering was changed on the hard drive. That would screw up /etc/fstab, which was written by the installer when you installed Ubuntu.

If this is the problem, you can boot a Live CD and fix it. Run


fdisk -lu to see the designation of partitions and filesystems.

run
sudo blkid to see the UUIDs for each partition.

You'll have to mount the partition where Ubuntu is installed. Then use gedit to edit /etc/fstab (of the mounted filesystem with Ubuntu on it) and change the partition UUIDs to the correct ones as shown in blkid.

[topias.l]

i typed "fdisk -lu" and nothing happened. then i typed "sudo blkid" and this showed up:

/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="PQSERVICE" UUID="0159-6699" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="ACER" UUID="4A1C5A171C59FDDFF" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: UUID="8bc94a0b-13a6-43bc-b438-b8dc6b5f55ae" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda6: UUID="7dbec17d-3cc4-4f79-ac91-10019d0ecfed" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda7: UUID="083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda8: UUID="dfd7e9c0-592b-48df-9025-de016f25196c" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="KINGSTON" UUID="7CF7-8C82" TYPE="vfat"

looks like sda3 and sda4 are missing.

[wilee-nilee]

Post the boot script in my signature. Put it in code tags by my description in the signature or just highlight the txt in the response and click on the # (code tags).

[topias.l]

what boot script do you mean?

[dabl]

i typed "fdisk -lu" and nothing happened.



Ooops -- make that sudo fdisk -lu




/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"



This is your CD.



/dev/sda1: LABEL="PQSERVICE" UUID="0159-6699" TYPE="vfat"


This is a "repair utility/recovery" partition.




/dev/sda2: LABEL="ACER" UUID="4A1C5A171C59FDDFF" TYPE="ntfs"



This is your Windows partition.



/dev/sda5: UUID="8bc94a0b-13a6-43bc-b438-b8dc6b5f55ae"
TYPE="swap"



This is your (first) Linux swap partition. It is the first logical partition in an Extended partition. Logical partitions begin number with "5".



/dev/sda6: UUID="7dbec17d-3cc4-4f79-ac91-10019d0ecfed" TYPE="swap"



Oooops -- this is a second and unneeded swap partition!



/dev/sda7: UUID="083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88" TYPE="ext4"



This is your Linux Ubuntu partition.



/dev/sda8: UUID="dfd7e9c0-592b-48df-9025-de016f25196c" TYPE="swap"



Oooops -- swap partition #3 -- also not needed.




/dev/sdb1: LABEL="KINGSTON" UUID="7CF7-8C82" TYPE="vfat"



This is your USB stick.

[topias.l]

this is what i found for the boot script:

# Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

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

=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #9 for /boot/grub.
=> Syslinux is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Windows XP: Fat32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /ntldr /NTDETECT.COM

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: Unknown
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sda7: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab
/boot/grub/core.img

sda8: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Fat32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 63 10,233,404 10,233,342 12 Compaq diagnostics
/dev/sda2 * 10,233,405 165,765,117 155,531,713 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 165,765,118 312,580,095 146,814,978 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 306,720,768 312,580,095 5,859,328 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 170,651,648 170,995,711 344,064 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 176,996,352 301,328,383 124,332,032 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 301,330,432 306,712,575 5,382,144 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 4063 MB, 4063232000 bytes
5 heads, 32 sectors/track, 49600 cylinders, total 7936000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdb1 * 8,064 7,935,999 7,927,936 b W95 FAT32


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 0159-6699 vfat PQSERVICE
/dev/sda2 4A1C5A171C59FDFF ntfs ACER
/dev/sda3: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 8bc94a0b-13a6-43bc-b438-b8dc6b5f55ae swap
/dev/sda6 7dbec17d-3cc4-4f79-ac91-10019d0ecfed swap
/dev/sda7 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 ext4
/dev/sda8 dfd7e9c0-592b-48df-9025-de016f25196c swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 7CF7-8C82 vfat KINGSTON
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sdc: No medium found

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sdb1 /cdrom vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437, iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sda7 /media/083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)


================================ 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 Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

=========================== sda7/boot/grub/menu.lst: ===========================

# defoptions=elevator=noop quiet splash

=========================== sda7/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
saved_entry=${chosen}
save_env saved_entry
fi
}

function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-24-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-23-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-23-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,9)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod fat
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0159-6699
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4a1c5a171c59fdff
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
menuentry "Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (10.04) (on /dev/sda7)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,7)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0d55a367-7cf6-46f3-9831-745af5a21e19
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=/dev/sda7
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

=============================== sda7/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda9 during installation
UUID=083323a9-015c-49ea-a188-4b0f5d32ed88 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda10 during installation
UUID=dfd7e9c0-592b-48df-9025-de016f25196c none swap sw 0 0

=================== sda7: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


142.3GB: boot/grub/core.img
95.7GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
142.3GB: boot/grub/menu.lst
142.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
143.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
143.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
143.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic
142.2GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
142.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
143.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic
143.1GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic
143.1GB: initrd.img
143.1GB: initrd.img.old
143.1GB: vmlinuz
143.1GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown BootLoader on sda3

00000000 11 04 00 00 01 04 00 00 10 03 00 00 10 03 00 00 |................|
00000010 01 00 00 00 73 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 83 00 00 00 |....s...........|
00000020 02 00 00 00 47 00 00 00 5c 00 00 00 6c 00 00 00 |....G...\...l...|
00000030 03 00 00 00 1f 00 00 00 34 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 |........4...@...|
00000040 04 00 00 00 0f 00 00 00 15 00 00 00 1a 00 00 00 |................|
00000050 05 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 0e 00 00 00 |................|
00000060 06 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 ee 0c 00 00 08 00 00 00 |................|
00000070 ff 0d 00 00 ff 0d 00 00 ef 0d 00 00 ef 0d 00 00 |................|
00000080 fe 0d 00 00 fe 0d 00 00 df 0d 00 00 df 0d 00 00 |................|
00000090 fd 0d 00 00 fd 0d 00 00 cf 0d 00 00 cf 0d 00 00 |................|
000000a0 0a 00 00 00 0b 00 00 00 fb 0c 00 00 0c 00 00 00 |................|
000000b0 fc 0d 00 00 fc 0d 00 00 de 0d 00 00 de 0d 00 00 |................|
000000c0 ed 0d 00 00 ed 0d 00 00 bf 0d 00 00 bf 0d 00 00 |................|
000000d0 ce 0d 00 00 ce 0d 00 00 ec 0d 00 00 ec 0d 00 00 |................|
000000e0 dd 0c 00 00 af 0c 00 00 fa 0c 00 00 be 0c 00 00 |................|
000000f0 eb 0c 00 00 cd 0c 00 00 dc 0c 00 00 9f 0c 00 00 |................|
00000100 10 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 |................|
00000110 f9 0c 00 00 ea 0c 00 00 bd 0c 00 00 db 0c 00 00 |................|
00000120 8f 0c 00 00 f8 0c 00 00 cc 0c 00 00 9e 0c 00 00 |................|
00000130 e9 0c 00 00 7f 0c 00 00 f7 0c 00 00 ad 0c 00 00 |................|
00000140 da 0c 00 00 bc 0c 00 00 6f 0c 00 00 14 00 00 00 |........o.......|
00000150 ae 0d 00 00 ae 0d 00 00 0f 0d 00 00 0f 0d 00 00 |................|
00000160 16 00 00 00 17 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 19 00 00 00 |................|
00000170 cb 0b 00 00 cb 0b 00 00 f6 0b 00 00 f6 0b 00 00 |................|
00000180 8e 0c 00 00 e8 0c 00 00 5f 0c 00 00 9d 0c 00 00 |........_.......|
00000190 f5 0b 00 00 f5 0b 00 00 7e 0b 00 00 7e 0b 00 00 |........~...~...|
000001a0 e7 0b 00 00 e7 0b 00 00 ac 0b 00 00 ac 0b 00 00 |................|
000001b0 1b 00 00 00 1c 00 00 00 1d 00 00 00 1e 00 00 fe |................|
000001c0 ff ff 82 fe ff ff 02 d0 66 08 00 68 59 00 00 fe |........f..hY...|
000001d0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff 00 6c 4a 00 02 64 05 00 00 00 |.......lJ..d....|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200


=======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive==============

sdc

[wilee-nilee]

From the top of the bootscript.
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #9 for /boot/grub. You have no partition 9 anymore but you do have a Ubuntu install in sda7 so from a live cd run theses two commands, here is a link as well that shows the commands.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20GRUB%202
So from a live karmic or later cd.

sudo mount /dev/sda7 /mnt
then

sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda

then reboot to Ubuntu and run
sudo update-grub

You have 2 extra swap partitions you need look at the hard drive from gparted, to install gparted from the terminal.

sudo apt-get install gparted

From this program you should be doing HD maintenance only, basically, and can only be done on unmounted partitions which entails using the live cd at times.

[topias.l]

this is my result for sudo fdisk -lu:


Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x11a8ba38

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 10233404 5116671 12 Compaq diagnostics
/dev/sda2 * 10233405 165765117 77765856+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 165765118 312580095 73407489 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 306720768 312580095 2929664 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 170651648 170995711 172032 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 176996352 301328383 62166016 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 301330432 306712575 2691072 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdb: 4063 MB, 4063232000 bytes
5 heads, 32 sectors/track, 49600 cylinders, total 7936000 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x867419e9

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 8064 7935999 3963968 b W95 FAT32

[topias.l]

sorry i didn't see your last post

[topias.l]

Thanks! I can boot on to ubuntu now and access all my files. Thanks for everything.

I have one more question: Are sda6 and sda8 extra? Are they the extra partitions i made back then and was trying to remove?

[wilee-nilee]

Thanks! I can boot on to ubuntu now and access all my files. Thanks for everything.

I have one more question: Are sda6 and sda8 extra? Are they the extra partitions i made back then and was trying to remove?

You only need one swap file, usually equal to your ram size for hibernation.