Removing Lubuntu from netbook...something wrong..

[FrankGun]

Hello guys
I have a big problem.
I had Lubuntu 11.10 on my netbook N150 but yesterday I had to remove it (ahhh, my wife...).
So, I put in Ubuntu Live from Usb, I went in Gparted and I deleted every partition, changing in NFTS (I don´t know if it is the reason..).
Anyway, I closed it and I restarted the machine with XP on Usb..
But, the problem raised after that.
After the Samsung Logo, the netbook stops at this screen:

error: unknown filesystem.
grub rescue>

I cannot do anything, I tried with a XP on usb, with Ubuntu Live but nothing. I always see this words...
What do I have to do?
I have to come back to XP but now I don´t know how to solve this big problem.

I tried to digit
sudo fdisk -l

but the system tells me "sudo command unknown"...

Please, help me !

Many thanks,
Francesco.

[papibe]

Your netbook is still trying to boot from the hard drive. In order to boot from the USB, you either have to get into 'boot options' or change the boot order on the BIOS.

I hope it helps,
Regards.

[FrankGun]

The problem is that I cannot switch options for boot when I push "esc" on start up.
Because after Samsung Logo, appears that script...
I have no chance to change Boot for Usb..

[papibe]

I see. You should get into the BIOS then. There set the USB device as primary and then reboot again.

Regards.

[pahfect@yahoo.com]

Hi,had such a problem earlier this week.i ran the ubuntu 11 live cd and installed ubuntu 11 so as to be able to access my windos 7 OS...it worked...u cn simply install ubuntu,then format ur computer with windows xp then later intall ubuntu inside windows or on a separate partition.

[FrankGun]

I see. You should get into the BIOS then. There set the USB device as primary and then reboot again.

Regards.


Hi,
for my netbook I have to push Esc to switch device booter.
and when I do it, I have that string.

[FrankGun]

Hi,had such a problem earlier this week.i ran the ubuntu 11 live cd and installed ubuntu 11 so as to be able to access my windos 7 OS...it worked...u cn simply install ubuntu,then format ur computer with windows xp then later intall ubuntu inside windows or on a separate partition.

I cannot do anything, I have the same problem with both of USB live (Ubuntu and XP).

[pahfect@yahoo.com]

have u tried running it from a cd?

[FrankGun]

have u tried running it from a cd?

my netbook has not CD...only USB...

[mastablasta]

again, as it was mentioned above you need to enter into BIOS (and change the boot order there) not just device booter.

what happened here is that Ubuntu's bootloader is still installed on the disk. once you boot to windows install you can remove it using windows console. or with a windows install it will get overwritten.

[FrankGun]

again, as it was mentioned above you need to enter into BIOS (and change the boot order there) not just device booter.

what happened here is that Ubuntu's bootloader is still installed on the disk. once you boot to windows install you can remove it using windows console. or with a windows install it will get overwritten.


So guys,
This evening is a great evening.
I was able to enter in this Ubuntu Live, there are some problems (like Firefox not working, screenshot not working,) but I can see in Gparted and I have the terminal.
So, I post here what I see in Gparted:


/dev/sda1 (!) Blue square ntfs 48.83GiB --- ---- boot
/dev/sda3 (!) Blue square ntfs 99.23GiB --- ----
(- in a black circle) /dev/sda2 (key)extended 1012.00MiB -- -----
/dev/sda5 (key)linux-swap 1012.00MiB --- -----

[FrankGun]

up

[papibe]

What do you want to do?

Install Ubuntu or XP?

Regards.

[FrankGun]

What do you want to do?

Install Ubuntu or XP?

Regards.


XP...
I want to install it alone.

[papibe]

Then I wouldn't worry about the disk partitions, just reformat the whole drive while installing XP.

Again, you need to boot into a USB stick or external USB CD containing the XP installation software.

If you see the grub prompt, it is too late. You need to press an special key (check your manual or search the Internet) to either get into the machine's 'boot options', or into the BIOS itself.

Regards.

[FrankGun]

Hi Guys,
this is the fdisk just did, if u need:


To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".

See "man sudo_root" for details.

lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disco /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 byte

255 testine, 63 settori/tracce, 19457 cilindri

Unità = cilindri di 16065 * 512 = 8225280 byte

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Identificativo disco: 0x0007a3ee

Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sda1 * 1 6375 51200000 7 HPFS/NTFS

/dev/sda2 19329 19458 1036289 5 Esteso

/dev/sda3 6375 19329 104051712 7 HPFS/NTFS

/dev/sda5 19329 19458 1036288 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Le voci nella tabella delle partizioni non sono nello stesso ordine del disco

Disco /dev/sdb: 1006 MB, 1006632960 byte

255 testine, 63 settori/tracce, 122 cilindri

Unità = cilindri di 16065 * 512 = 8225280 byte

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Identificativo disco: 0xb94dd873

Dispositivo Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdb1 * 1 123 983008+ b W95 FAT32

La partizione 1 ha diversi elementi finali fisici/logici:

phys=(121, 254, 63) logico=(122, 97, 39)

lubuntu@lubuntu:~$

[amjjawad]

Hi,

Please follow the instructions in this link:

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

then post the output her but please wrap up the text with "CODE" tags:

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