Reinstall Grub2 Or At Least Ubuntu

[andrecito77]

OK I know what you are thinking. ANOTHER NOOB WHO DOESN'T USE SEARCH! Well guess what? I HAVE TRIED EVERY FRIKING THING! Sorry I am a little mad :)

#1. My boot screen was wiped out because I installed Windows 7 after Ubuntu. I tried reinstalling Grub, Grub2 etc. None of it works. I have tried everything!

#2. At least I can get my files from my home folder right? NO. After installing a bunch of crapware I finally was able to extract the root.image or something from my disks directory in Windows. But of course when I get to my home folder it gives me some crap about "not uploaded, encrypted" or whatever it is. So I find tutorials about how to decrypt your home directory from your Live CD. I tried everything. NOTHING WORKS!

#3. So at the very least can I install another Ubuntu over my old one and also keep my files? Apparently no.

After 3 and a half hours of pointless searching and pointless terminaling I am ready to burst..... Help me for heavens sake!

Please reply ASAP I have time sensitive important files that I must recover and soon.

[kansasnoob]

Please post the output of the Boot Info Script as described here:

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

Just FYI ask before doing things like this. Doing the wrong thing only results in frustration, and sometimes worse!

[andrecito77]

Here:



Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

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

=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> No known boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc and looks on the same drive in
partition #5 for /boot/grub.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdb1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe
/ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr
/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /ubuntu/disks/swap.disk

sdc1/Wubi: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system:
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

sdc2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sdc3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

sdc5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: Grub
Boot sector info: Grub 0.97 is installed in the boot sector of sdc5 and
looks at sector 741519872 of the same hard drive for
the stage2 file. A stage2 file is at this location on
/dev/sdc. Stage2 looks on partition #5 for
/boot/grub/menu.lst.
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sdc6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

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

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

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40016019456 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders, total 78156288 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 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 206,848 78,153,727 77,946,880 7 HPFS/NTFS


Drive: sdb ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdb: 40.0 GB, 40016019456 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders, total 78156288 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 * 63 78,156,224 78,156,162 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)


Drive: sdc ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sdc1 2,048 665,625,489 665,623,442 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 767,053,824 976,769,023 209,715,200 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdc3 665,626,622 767,053,823 101,427,202 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 665,626,624 762,812,415 97,185,792 83 Linux
/dev/sdc6 762,814,464 767,053,823 4,239,360 82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 124C2DDA4C2DB97D ntfs System Reserved
/dev/sda2 F442FD0B42FCD37A ntfs Sphire, LLC
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdb1 701E220C22C1D023 ntfs Media
/dev/sdb: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc1 C284872F848724CF ntfs DSGaminator
/dev/sdc2 704AA5404AA50446 ntfs Development
/dev/sdc3: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sdc5 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ext4
/dev/sdc6 b6f13282-d6f3-4ebd-a526-2b8fa1533344 swap
/dev/sdc: PTTYPE="dos"

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

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)


=========================== sdc5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

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

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

function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
}

insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
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 2.6.35-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-24-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-21-generic root=UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-21-generic root=UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-20-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-20-generic root=UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-20-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-20-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-20-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-20-generic root=UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-20-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-19-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-19-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.35-19-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.35-19-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-19-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd2,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 124c2dda4c2db97d
chainloader +1
}
### 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 ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

=============================== sdc5/etc/fstab: ===============================

proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
UUID=92741ee5-a940-4b42-b7bc-228fc7ef328c / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
UUID=b6f13282-d6f3-4ebd-a526-2b8fa1533344 none swap sw 0 0

=================== sdc5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


379.6GB: boot/grub/core.img
350.5GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
379.6GB: boot/grub/stage2
373.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-19-generic
342.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-20-generic
353.7GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-21-generic
358.3GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
358.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic
379.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic
379.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-20-generic
379.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-21-generic
379.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic
379.7GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic
358.4GB: initrd.img
358.3GB: initrd.img.old
379.7GB: vmlinuz
379.8GB: vmlinuz.old
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown MBR on /dev/sdb

00000000 fa fc 31 c0 8e d0 8e d8 bd 00 7c 8d 66 e0 fb b8 |..1.......|.f...|
00000010 e0 1f 8e c0 89 ee 89 ef b9 00 01 f3 a5 ea 22 7c |.............."||
00000020 e0 1f 8e d8 8e d0 31 c0 8e c0 8d be be 01 f6 05 |......1.........|
00000030 80 75 71 81 c7 10 00 81 ff fe 7d 72 f1 e8 c7 00 |.uq.......}r....|
00000040 6e 6f 20 61 63 74 69 76 65 20 70 61 72 74 69 74 |no active partit|
00000050 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 00 e9 fd ff e8 a7 00 |ion found.......|
00000060 72 65 61 64 20 65 72 72 6f 72 20 77 68 69 6c 65 |read error while|
00000070 20 72 65 61 64 69 6e 67 20 64 72 69 76 65 00 e9 | reading drive..|
00000080 d8 ff e8 82 00 70 61 72 74 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 73 |.....partition s|
00000090 69 67 6e 61 74 75 72 65 20 21 3d 20 35 35 41 41 |ignature != 55AA|
000000a0 00 e9 b6 ff e8 10 00 72 b4 26 81 3e fe 7d 55 aa |.......r.&.>.}U.|
000000b0 75 d0 ea 00 7c 00 00 bb aa 55 b4 41 cd 13 72 32 |u...|....U.A..r2|
000000c0 81 fb 55 aa 75 2c f6 c1 01 74 27 eb 10 10 00 04 |..U.u,...t'.....|
000000d0 00 00 7c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 8b 45 08 |..|...........E.|
000000e0 a3 d5 7c 8b 45 0a a3 d7 7c b8 00 42 be cd 7c cd |..|.E...|..B..|.|
000000f0 13 c3 b8 04 02 bb 00 7c 8b 4d 02 8a 75 01 cd 13 |.......|.M..u...|
00000100 c3 31 db b4 0e cd 10 5e ac 56 3c 00 75 f3 c3 00 |.1.....^.V<.u...|
00000110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000160 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000170 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000190 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 89 d1 d7 39 00 00 80 01 |...........9....|
000001c0 01 00 0c fe ff 00 3f 00 00 00 82 91 a8 04 00 00 |......?.........|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
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

Unknown BootLoader on sdc1/Wubi

00000000 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 |0000000000000000|
*
00000200

Unknown BootLoader on sdc3

00000000 70 75 74 40 3f 24 74 69 6d 65 5f 70 75 74 40 5f |put@?$time_put@_|
00000010 57 56 3f 24 6f 73 74 72 65 61 6d 62 75 66 5f 69 |WV?$ostreambuf_i|
00000020 74 65 72 61 74 6f 72 40 5f 57 55 3f 24 63 68 61 |terator@_WU?$cha|
00000030 72 5f 74 72 61 69 74 73 40 5f 57 40 73 74 64 40 |r_traits@_W@std@|
00000040 40 40 73 74 64 40 40 40 73 74 64 40 40 4d 42 45 |@@std@@@std@@MBE|
00000050 3f 41 56 3f 24 6f 73 74 72 65 61 6d 62 75 66 5f |?AV?$ostreambuf_|
00000060 69 74 65 72 61 74 6f 72 40 5f 57 55 3f 24 63 68 |iterator@_WU?$ch|
00000070 61 72 5f 74 72 61 69 74 73 40 5f 57 40 73 74 64 |ar_traits@_W@std|
00000080 40 40 40 32 40 56 33 32 40 41 41 56 69 6f 73 5f |@@@2@V32@AAVios_|
00000090 62 61 73 65 40 32 40 5f 57 50 42 55 74 6d 40 40 |base@2@_WPBUtm@@|
000000a0 44 44 40 5a 00 3f 64 6f 5f 73 63 61 6e 5f 69 73 |DD@Z.?do_scan_is|
000000b0 40 3f 24 63 74 79 70 65 40 47 40 73 74 64 40 40 |@?$ctype@G@std@@|
000000c0 4d 42 45 50 42 47 46 50 42 47 30 40 5a 00 3f 64 |MBEPBGFPBG0@Z.?d|
000000d0 6f 5f 73 63 61 6e 5f 69 73 40 3f 24 63 74 79 70 |o_scan_is@?$ctyp|
000000e0 65 40 5f 57 40 73 74 64 40 40 4d 42 45 50 42 5f |e@_W@std@@MBEPB_|
000000f0 57 46 50 42 5f 57 30 40 5a 00 3f 64 6f 5f 73 63 |WFPB_W0@Z.?do_sc|
00000100 61 6e 5f 6e 6f 74 40 3f 24 63 74 79 70 65 40 47 |an_not@?$ctype@G|
00000110 40 73 74 64 40 40 4d 42 45 50 42 47 46 50 42 47 |@std@@MBEPBGFPBG|
00000120 30 40 5a 00 3f 64 6f 5f 73 63 61 6e 5f 6e 6f 74 |0@Z.?do_scan_not|
00000130 40 3f 24 63 74 79 70 65 40 5f 57 40 73 74 64 40 |@?$ctype@_W@std@|
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00000160 65 70 40 3f 24 5f 4d 70 75 6e 63 74 40 44 40 73 |ep@?$_Mpunct@D@s|
00000170 74 64 40 40 4d 42 45 44 58 5a 00 3f 64 6f 5f 74 |td@@MBEDXZ.?do_t|
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00000190 4d 70 75 6e 63 74 40 47 40 73 74 64 40 40 4d 42 |Mpunct@G@std@@MB|
000001a0 45 47 58 5a 00 3f 64 6f 5f 74 68 6f 75 73 61 6e |EGXZ.?do_thousan|
000001b0 64 73 5f 73 65 70 40 3f 24 5f 4d 70 75 6e 00 fe |ds_sep@?$_Mpun..|
000001c0 ff ff 83 fe ff ff 02 00 00 00 00 f0 ca 05 00 fe |................|
000001d0 ff ff 05 fe ff ff bd f7 ca 05 45 b0 40 00 00 00 |..........E.@...|
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

[andrecito77]

BTW: The Ubuntu directory I want is sdc5

[kansasnoob]

So, you have two 40GB drives and one 500GB drives, which drive is set as the boot drive in BIOS?

If Windows is booting sda must be the boot drive.

Can you change things in BIOS to have the 500GB drive boot first?

[kansasnoob]

BTW: The Ubuntu directory I want is sdc5

Would it not be best to get Ubuntu booting?

[andrecito77]

Windows is ON the 500 gb one. ^ What do you mean by that?
BTW: i'm watching the superbowl at the same time so sorry for late response...

[kansasnoob]

If you really just want your Win to be able to read the files on Ubuntu look here:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-read-ext3ext4-linux-partition-from-windows-7.html

But take note of the fact that they put this warning in red:

Important Note:- Use these tools with your own risk if you don’t use them properly it will remove your linux partition data

I double, super duper, quadruple the warning!

[andrecito77]

I already said I extracted the image, but it gave an encrypted thing.

[kansasnoob]

Windows is ON the 500 gb one. ^ What do you mean by that?
BTW: i'm watching the superbowl at the same time so sorry for late response...

Yes, Win is on sdc1:


sdc1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /Windows/System32/winload.exe
/ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr
/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /ubuntu/disks/swap.disk

But the drive MBR's are as follows:


=> Windows is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda
=> No known boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdc and looks on the same drive in
partition #5 for /boot/grub.


So Windows is using the MBR of sda to boot! If Windows is booting OK you either need to change the boot priority in BIOS or install Ubuntu's grub2 to sda.

BTW regarding your original post/rant, and the fact that it's your first post ever, and you're so angry, and things are so urgent - following that with, soory I was watching some crap on TV is a bit of a put-off!

Kind of like the people I prepare taxes for free of charge. All they do is complain about the government and most are getting money back they never paid in :mad:

[andrecito77]

The Superbowl is important. More important than Ubuntu :) But not getting off track, you're saying that if I change the boot order to accommodate Ubuntu it will show the boot screen?

[presence1960]

BTW regarding your original post/rant, and the fact that it's your first post ever, and you're so angry, and things are so urgent - following that with, soory I was watching some crap on TV is a bit of a put-off!

Kind of like the people I prepare taxes for free of charge. All they do is complain about the government and most are getting money back they never paid in :mad:

+1

I am laughing reading this.

[presence1960]

The Superbowl is important. More important than Ubuntu :) But not getting off track, you're saying that if I change the boot order to accommodate Ubuntu it will show the boot screen?

It is only a game. But since it is so important finish watching it. The forum is here 24 hours a day.

[andrecito77]

Good to go :) Anyways I really do need to get help and soon. I need the files in there by tomorrow at 1 PM USA Central Time.

[presence1960]

So, you have two 40GB drives and one 500GB drives, which drive is set as the boot drive in BIOS?

If Windows is booting sda must be the boot drive.

Can you change things in BIOS to have the 500GB drive boot first?

+1

Go into BIOS and set the 500GB disk to boot first in the hard disk boot order. This will bring up GRUB menu at boot.

[andrecito77]

Aha OK slight problem. My 500 gig drive is IDE Drive #4 (Technically #5) and it won't show up in the startup order screen thing. What can I do to make the 500 gig drive IDE Drive 0,1,2,3 or 4?

[andrecito77]

Bump I need the info soon :(

[oldfred]

BIOS should report drives by the three sizes. If two are the same it is often difficult to tell them apart. (I just boot either until I get the results I expected).

[andrecito77]

Done solved! I accidentally deleted the Ubuntu installation and I was barking up the wrong Ubuntu installation :) So now I have to deal with my dumbness.