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cdahl7
December 9th, 2011, 10:35 PM
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my office computer (DELL optiplex 360) using the Ubuntu's support WUBI (downloaded from website) running windows 7.

Ubuntu was installed properly and was working for 2-3 days. Then, I downloaded synaptic manager to install some files. I let synaptics run and install/upgrade files and any other upgrades. When I restarted the computer I am still prompted to choose windows or ubuntu from the loader, but when I choose Ubuntu I get directed to the GNU grub command prompt (minimal bash-like line editing...) Windows 7 still works fine.

I have already ran chksdk /r on the volume that Ubuntu is installed on and that did not fix the problem.

What's next?

Since it is my office computer, I don't want to risk the integrity of my Windows 7 install.

Rubi1200
December 10th, 2011, 06:36 AM
Hi and welcome to the forums :)

You need to get hold of an Ubuntu CD to boot the computer.

Instructions here on the download page for creating and booting in live mode:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

Once you have done that, post the results of the boot info script following the instructions in the link at the bottom of my post.

Thanks.