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Thread: Restore GRUB after Windows 7 installation


hey,

recover old grub menu after installing windows 7. had windows 7 , ubuntu 9.04 options, after reinstalling windows, has disappeared.

i've spent past hour googling, , found lot of info how restore grub after windows reinstall, due linux knowledge (been using ubuntu 9.04 9 days) i'm not sure do, , ask here.

have 4 partitions, ubuntu on thw 4th (hd0,3), windows 7 on primary 1 (hd0,0 = c: ). installed ubuntu after windows, , fine, today windows crashed , had reinstall it, , has deleted grub.

tried easybcd, created neogrub bootloader, said menu file on c:\nst\menu.lst . have menu.lst backed up, overwrote old one, doesn't work. after selecting neogrub boot menu, see old boot menu, linux doesn't boot. tried adding linux aswell both options ('grub isn't installed on bootsector' ticked , unticked), doesn't work. sites it's simple , all, can't working , it's starting **** me off, since i'm not noob otherwise, dno linux (yet).

appreciate help, thank you.

restore boot loaders ubuntu win xp vista
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708

if ubuntu (hd0,3) should livecd:

in terminal
sudo grub
root (hd0,3) <-- must point location of 'stage1', else see nb:
setup (hd0) <-- installs grub ipl mbr of first hard drive.
quit
reboot

nb: if location of 'stage1' unknown,
find grub/stage1
or
find /boot/grub/stage1
needed, after step #1


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