Linux Help Please!

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jeepxj86amc

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PLEASE HELP ME!

I just installd linux and during the install it installed grub which is fine but when i went to restart my comp to boot into linux i got a Grub error 10 ive been fighting with this for 4 hours!!!! I tried almost everything... I'm running off of the ubuntu live cd at the moment which is slow but is allowing me access to support. How can i get this boot loader to work or restore my old windows one so i can at least boot back into my windows!

Please help me!

Thanks
 
What Linux distro and what version have you installed? What Windows do you have installed, XP or earlier?
 
mrjack said:
What Linux distro and what version have you installed? What Windows do you have installed, XP or earlier?
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Ok... Well I did what I didn't want to to... I have a shitty ass version of linux called ubuntu. The screen res is at 640 x 480 which I cant change! So any help with that would be apreciated! I don't even have a win xp cd to fix this entire mess!!!!
 
If you partitioned correctly your Windows installation should be fine. It's just a matter of booting it.

Have you tried simply reinstalling Grub? Where did you install Grub? If you can get a hold of pretty much any kind of Windows boot disc you can reinstall your MBR.
 
Veurruckte said:
If you partitioned correctly your Windows installation should be fine. It's just a matter of booting it.

Have you tried simply reinstalling Grub? Where did you install Grub? If you can get a hold of pretty much any kind of Windows boot disc you can reinstall your MBR.
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Wow... Yes, I realize this now... I am now running Mepis which is kind of cool!


I did lose windows which SUCKS! I just got my sound working and am really happy about that! It has been a battle but is slowley getting better... I'm downloading madrake linux now and will see how that goes! I read about RPM or somthing like that making programs easy to install, which I;m all for!

Linux seems to be a lot better than windows. It doesnt want to pull stupid stuff on me... It just runs and does what I tell it to do.
 
Ubuntuu isn't "shitty", just lacks in GUI tools.

Did you lose Windows? Check your partition sizes. If they don't add up to your hard drive size, it may still be there, but not recognized by your bootloader.

Linux IS better than Windows. It's a bit shaky in the wireless hardware, and WinModems are basically a loss, but the wireless is getting much better, WinModems are a waste of time, anyway, and come on... How many wireless cards do you have? How much money/time do you spend on Windows viruses and crashes? That's what I thought.
 
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