Grub repair failed. Report Attached

[amer-l]

Hello guys,

I'm on HP 655.

I have pre-installed windows 8. I installed Ubuntu 14.04 after creating an empty partition in windows 8.

After successful installation, my grub failed to install because I couldn't see any menu while booting.

I tried ubuntu repair ISO boot disk but it failed and generated this report for me.
http://paste.ubuntu.com/7538983/

Can anyone please check and let me know how can I fix it?

Thanks

[grahammechanical]

Were you connected to the internet when you ran boot repair? I ask because the says that it could not access certain Ubuntu archives and that could be the reason why the repair failed.

Regards.

[oldfred]

You also have a HP which seems to have issues.

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1) press esc key while booting to access start up menu 2) press F9 for boot devices menu.
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[amer-l]

Hello all,

Thanks for your help!

I have successfully managed to repair my GRUB.

The Issue:
My hard disk partition type was GPT and I was trying to repair GRUB for MBR.

The Solution:
I was selecting the legacy boot type from my SETUP (by pressing ESC key first and then F-10 key, on boot) that's why it was trying to repair for MBR type hard disk. I just turned on the secure boot option and disabled the legacy boot and booted with my GRUP Repair USB and then repaired the grub. It went smooth as silk!