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[Ashwin Mathur <question77443@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #77443 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77443

    Status: Answered => Open

Ashwin Mathur is still having a problem:
Dear Tom,

Sorry for not replying to your earlier 3 posts, we had a servere power
issue here & hence no internet:(.

Anyways, what I have done so far is, I boot the system from a Windows
Recovery CD, selected "R" for Repair, and then ran "fixmbr" at the DOS
prompt in C:\windows.

What this has done is a sigh of relief. It has brought back my WinXp
into bootable form. But it has taken off Ubuntu I guess as when the O/S
boots up I dont see Ubuntu in list of O/S to boot from.

Later i tried installing Unbuntu 9.04 from the CD using the defualt
options but the same damn error 18.

So I once again ran the "fixmbr" command at Dos prompt and that fixed
the WinXP to boot but removed Ubuntu from boot loader.

Now my earlier issue takes a new turn. I would appreciate help to
install afresh Ubuntu 9.04. I am all ready to go to install with your
guidance and help.

Cheers!

Ashwin.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: question77443@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:30:09 -0000
> To: ashwin_mathur@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Question #77443]: GRUB Error 18 - URGENT HELP PLEASE
> 
> Your question #77443 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77443
> 
> Tom proposed the following answer:
> Ok?  It's all gone quiet so here's what i'm proposing we do from the
> LiveCd use the installer icon in the top right-hand corner to install
> using this guide
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
> 
> making sure that you use sdb rather than sda and use "Guided"
> partitioning, which is the second option in the "Partitioning Section"
> of the installer.  "Manual" is normally the one i prefer but "Guided" is
> good too.  This installer should 'fix' the MBR to point at Ubuntu's
> boot-loader on sdb which might completely solve the whole problem,
> although normally i would expect to have to manually uninstall the Wubi
> to finish everything off neatly.
> 
> So, copying all the data and perhaps settings from the Wubi install of
> Ubuntu inside Windows before removing the Wubi probably using this
> guide's part 4 to manually remove the Wubi
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide
> and that should get sda back to the way it was so that Windows can boot
> properly too.  This might need to be done from inside the new install of
> Ubuntu.
> 
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom :)
> 
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