Sunday, July 19, 2009

Howto Restore Ubuntu After Windows Installation Using LiveCD

Windows will overwrite the grub boot loader , So You cannot access Linux partition after Windows Installation.
Tools Required : Ubuntu LiveCD

First you have to boot your system with a ununtu LIVECD

Then Open a terminal ( Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal)


($sudo -i Will give # Prompt then you can avoid sudo in every command)


Now you can start
$ sudo grub this will give you a new prompt

Type the command
> find /boot/grub/stage1 This will give you a output like (hd0,2) in this case it will vary depends on your system

> root(hd0,2) ( use your hd number and there is no space between root and (hd0,2)

now type
> setup (hd0,2)

then
> quit
Now you can restart your system

5 comments:

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Dipin Krishna said...

No problem with space in between root and (hd0,0)..

See
http://blog.dipinkrishna.info/2009/06/restore-grub-boot-loader.html

shibuvarkala said...

space between root and (hd0,0) is required in 8.04 version, some higher versions it is not required.

bloggerspec said...

thank you sir that was a very useful and really missed that trick during the last xp installation

Chetan Naik said...

Thanks...a lot