CentOS 5 :: How To Get Back Grub After Windows Install

Mar 13, 2010

How to get back centos grub after installing windows...? Whenever I reinstall my windows, centos bootloader will disappear....

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Ubuntu :: Windows 7 Won't Boot - Displays Windows Logo And Then Drops Back To The Grub Menu

Jan 9, 2010

I have a Compaq Presario CQ60 with Nvidia GeForce 8200M graphics card. When I first installed Windows 7 followed by Karmic in dual boot I could boot into both OS. Now when I try to boot into Windows, it displays the Windows logo and then drops back to the grub menu. It may have started happening after Windows 7 installed updates. I tried reinstalling both Windows and Karmic again and it again worked initially but now Windows no longer boots. Does anyone have any suggestions about what may be causing this or how I can fix the problem without reinstalling?

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Ubuntu Installation :: Can't Get Back To Windows From Grub

Apr 12, 2011

I just did a fresh install of Windows XP Home Edition and then a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.10. I can't get Grub2 to find the Windows partition using the prober though. Here is the output of the Boot_Info_Script005 file.

Code:

Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #6 for (,msdos6)/boot/grub.

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General :: Uninstall GRUB And Get Windows 7 Bootloader Back?

Sep 13, 2010

I have windows 7 home premium currently installed and I have just recently installed Linux Mint and it has replaced my MBR with GRUB. Is there any way I can restore the normal Windows 7 Boot Loader and have the secondary option to boot my Linux Mint?

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Ubuntu :: Windows Won't Boot / Goes Back To Grub - Resolve This?

Mar 15, 2010

I have an Acer Aspire 5810T which came with Windows Vista. I prefer Ubuntu but I need some windows applications so I dual-booted Vista and 9.10.

There was a few minor problems with the Vista side but I didn't use it enough to care. A few weeks ago Vista would not open some programs and others would shut down automaticly and some would open but not connect to the internet like they should. This happened on my previous laptop and when I used the system recovery discs to restore the computer all those issues were gone.

I used the recover discs to restore everything to its original factory settings, it said everything was successful so I restarted. My computer got to the grub menu but when I chose Windows Vista as my operating system it goes black for half a second then returns to the grub menu.

I can get into Ubuntu fine, and I can see the Vista files when I mount the drive to Ubuntu. When I look at the files everything is the way it should be if I had restored it but I can't boot it..

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Ubuntu Installation :: Upgrading Windows Get GRUB Back?

Jul 6, 2010

I had Vista loaded on my computer, then loaded the BRILLIANT ubuntu onto a second partition! This gave me the GRUB boot loader which is fine.My 2 points are;1. Can I change the position of the items in the GRUB loader so if no keys are pressed it loads Windows automatically?? (Its for my sons computer!!) Also can I edit the GRUB so its less complicated for him??2.I want to update his Windows to Win 7, free upgrade! This over rights the Win partition and will therefore get rid of my GRUB loader. When I have updated how can I get back the ability to chose between booting Win 7 and Ubuntu?? How do I get the GRUB back?

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Fedora Installation :: Switch Back From Windows Bootloader To Grub?

Feb 4, 2009

I thought it would be cool and easy to install Windows 7, ended up being a headache and worthless so far. Now I only have the windows bootloader with vista and windows 7 as options. How can I get grub going again? I have all 6 fedore core 10 cds and a live cd in case those will help, I am using the live cd to play in fedora right now, but I am not sure how to get access to grub.conf and what to change in it, because I am pretty sure I have to add Windows 7 to it.

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Ubuntu :: Remove GRUB And Bring Back Windows Bootloader?

Sep 20, 2010

I installed ubuntu on my lappy but due to battery life reasons and driver issues I cannot use it; must return to windows . I do not want GRUB on it but I'm stuck with it now. how do I wind the clock back?

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Ubuntu :: Get Two Windows Back - Grub Menu Didn't Show And Had Bugs

Apr 2, 2010

i have recently installed ubntu 9.10 and u wanted to dual boot it with xp that i already got installed i have installed it and than i didnt know how to get two my windows back becuse the grub menu didnt show and it had bugs . so i formted the ubunttu partion (to ntfs) with the live cd of it and now wiil now boot windows it showes me "grub recovery>" commend line somthing like that what to do to boot my windows back i am now with the live cd of ubuntu wrting you this.

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Ubuntu Installation :: Grub Failed - No Windows Boot Option - Add Back To Bootloader?

Jul 27, 2010

Whenever I load Ubuntu on a machine with other OS(s) loaded it always recognizes and adds an entry in the bootloader menu. Not this time. Well kind of. After the install my windows boot option was in the menu, but after an update it is no more. I see the different Linux images... but no Windows boot option. Can someone tell me how to add my windows XP boot option back to the bootloader? I have XP on the the on the 5th partition and Ubuntu on the 6th...

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OpenSUSE Install :: Getting GRUB From 11.2 Back Into The MBR

Nov 30, 2009

I recently installed Ubuntu 9.10 on a system with SUSE 11.2/11.1 and windows 2000 on it. Before i put Ubuntu on i was using the GRUB with 11.2. Now, i am using ubuntu grub. Is there any way to install GRUB from 11.2 back into the MBR.

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Installation :: Dual CentOS - Windows 7 Boot - Had To Delete CentOS Partition And No Grub Menu

Sep 19, 2010

3 partitions (in order): Windows 7, CentOS and shared data partition.

I need to increase the size of the Windows 7 partition (c:windowswinsxs seems to be something not easily remedied).

GParted didn't work in moving things around (bad sector) so I wiped out its partition (# 2 out of 3) and I was able to increase the size of the Windows 7 partition (I can reinstall CentOS easily and not much work lost).

Except ... no more grub menu (unsurprising). This incantation does allow me to boot into Windows 7.

Is there any way of rebuilding the grub menu short of reinstalling CentOS (5.5)?

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OpenSUSE :: GRUB Menu / Install It Back On My Usb HDD?

Dec 29, 2010

I've a problem with the grub menu, I've install opensuse 11.3 on a usb HDD but the grub menu were installed on my internal HDD I've deinstal it from my internal one so that I don't have to chose between linux or windows but how can I install it back on my usb HDD?

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Ubuntu Installation :: Install The Grub Back From The Cd?

Jan 9, 2010

My boot folder is missing can any 1 let me know how do i install the grub back from the cd. I am using Ubuntu 9.04

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Ubuntu :: Grub Removed After Xp Install / Get That Back?

May 18, 2010

I'm relatively new to ubuntu. I have an IBM X31 type 2672. It was running
windows 7 and ubuntu netbook edition 10.04. I installed windows xp after running these two OS' for a while to try and fix an issue I had with video playback. However, when I run the pc now it boots straight into xp. I have read the forums about reinstalling grub. However, the first command in the grub shell that locates the HDD doesn't work . Which means the other commands don't work

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CentOS 5 :: Grub Doesn't Automatically Boot OS After Install, Hangs At Grub Prompt?

Mar 21, 2011

I have used CentOS for a while and have never run into this issue. I searched all over and didn't see a similar issue anywhere, I did an install of CentOS as a server (no GUI) with only the base. Partition is /boot ext3, size of 100MB. The rest of the drive is partitioned as / with ext3. This is being done on a CompactFlash card of 32GB in size. The BIOS sees it as an IDE drive.

When the install completes and the system reboots, the grub stops at the grub> prompt. There is no menu for OS options. If I do the following commands:
grub>root (hd0,0)
grub>kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.el5 root=LABEL=/
grub>initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.el5.img
grub>boot

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OpenSUSE Install :: Not Mess Up GRUB And Still Add Windows 98 To GRUB Menu?

Apr 27, 2010

I have a used PC that came pre-installed with suse 11.2.Unfortunately, I do not have the install disk to use in case of whatever.I already know that when configuring a dual boot with Windows and Linux, it is recommended to install Windows first.I do not have that luxury now as 11.2 is installed and GRUB is the boot loader.Question is, if I boot the Windows 98 install disk on boot, how to not mess up GRUB and still add Windows 98 to GRUB menu?

One hard drive only here. 98gb free.It seems that W98 install will overwrite GRUB in this situation - causing problems. Maybe not, I don't really know for sure.I just need to install windows 98 on the same hard drive and if possible, have suse and w98 visible on boot in GRUB.

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Ubuntu :: Grub Not Found - Recover Grub After Windows 7 Install?

Aug 24, 2010

I had to dual boot my computer again with windows unfortunately for school. This is something I've dealt with dozens of times in the past but when I try to recover grub 2 with the ubuntu live cd I get this:

sudo grub
sudo: grub: command not found

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CentOS 5 :: GRUB Won't Boot Windows?

Jun 9, 2009

OK Here's how it was:

1 I have 2 SATA drives - The first (/dev/sda) is a Windows only drive The second (/dev/sdb) has a Linux Partition + Swap (sdb1 and sdb2) of 40GB and the rest is an ntfs partition(sdb3)

I used to have Ubuntu on the Linux partition that nicely detected Windows, installed the bootloader on sda and correctly set up the boot options, everything "Just worked"!

Since I'm studying for RHCT I decided to wipe Ubuntu for CentOS, Centos also nicely detected an "Other" operating system, but it decided to install the bootloader to sdb. After a few minutes of frustration I realised this had happened and changed the BIOS to boot sdb instead of sda. While GRUB now happily boots CentOS, When I select Windows it just hangs.

I tried grub-install /dev/sda and changing the BIOS to boot sda, all I got was GRUB GRUB GRUB printed on the screen and then nothing happens.

get both OSes to boot? I suspect that windows doesn't like it if the bootloader is on a different drive to it's own partition.

UPDATE

It's OK I tried again to grub-install /dev/sda and changed the /boot/grub/device.map file and reversed the hd0 and hd1 entries, i then edited the menu.lst file and did the same, it now boots both OSes ok. The only downside is the nice CentOS background is missing in Grub now :)

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OpenSUSE Install :: Installed On Back Up - How To Delete Windows HDD

Jun 12, 2010

My desktop computer has 2 hardrives, one 70gb and one 40gb, previously, the 40gb was windows XP and the 70gb was a backup, I decided to install opensuse on the 70gb backup, and now I want to wipe out the 40gb HDD that has windows xp and turn that into a back up.

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CentOS 5 :: Make Grub Boot Windows Automatically?

Nov 9, 2009

I have read some stuff but none seemed to work such as putting default=saved and in the window (other) section putting savedefault. hmm I know I can just specify the number after default but that breaks when a new kernel is installed. so any way to always make windows the default choice (so my wife will stop moaning

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Fedora :: Get The Graphical Screen Back By Adding Vga=795 To /boot/grub/grub.conf

Nov 21, 2009

since i have installed the nvidia drivers i have lost the graphical boot and just had a bar at the bottom of the screen instead. i tried to get the graphical screen back by adding vga=795 to my /boot/grub/grub.conf but when i rebooted not only did i not get the graphical boot or the toolbar at bottom.

i got list of all the drivers and services it is starting with ok next to it. i have also since doing this lost the bit when restarting or shutting down getting the words restarting or shutting down and just get blank screen with flashing cursor. i removed the vga=795 and i still get the list of drivers/services loading.

how do i get the quiet option back. i have checked /boot/grub/grub.conf and it has the quiet in it.i have also tried running update-grub but get message command not found. i have attached the grub.conf file

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CentOS 5 :: Install Centos Without Bootloader Grub?

Jul 1, 2010

I installed following this guide but not install a boot loader, because only use this disk (hdd) with centosAfter the installation, restart and I have the following message "missing operating system"any suggestions to solve this problem?or centos can not install without grub?

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Mar 11, 2011

For use on a test LAN, ie. security is not an issue, I need to install the most basic FTP server available just so we can share files back and forth between test hosts : launch FTPd, have it share a directory through either "anonymous" or a single, shared login/password?

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OpenSUSE Install :: XP Windows Install And Will Loss GRUB?

Mar 10, 2010

I virus got my XP installation this morning. I have to install it. When I install windows it will write over the GRUB and I will no longer be able to re-boot my openSusie OS. My question is After XP is installed is there a way to re-install GRUB without having to re-install openSusie 11.2?

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Ubuntu :: After Install Windows The Grub Is Gone?

May 10, 2011

after I install windows the grub is gonei tried to do some thing and i follow the steps listed in this linkhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=922678because it was very similar to my problem, i did every thing up to step #10 which issudo mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev sudo mount -t proc none /mnt/proc sudo chroot /mnt apt-get install grub update-grub exit know when i reboot i became to grub screen ( grub> with no option. even my windows is gone I don't know what to do

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Red Hat / Fedora :: Install GRUB In Windows?

Jun 26, 2010

Whether it is possible to install GRUB in windows to boot. Because I have installed one of the linux distro on USB. Now without the USB i am not able to boot windows.

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OpenSUSE Install :: Windows Not Showing Up In GRUB?

Nov 26, 2008

I just installed OpenSuSE 11 and after it was done installing and i rebooted, Windows doesn't show up on the boot screen I only get the default OpenSuSE and Fail Safe options.

All i know is that vista is on sda3 when i partitioned my drive. Here is my menu.lst entry for windows:

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title windows
rootnoverify (hd0,8)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1

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OpenSUSE Install :: How To Add Windows 7 To Grub Menu

Dec 25, 2009

Since i installed opensuse 11.2 when i boot my pc, grub doesnt show me windows to boot only opensuse and failsafe this is my details code...

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OpenSUSE Install :: GRUB Is Not Detecting Windows 7?

Jan 26, 2010

i just installed openSUSE on my machine which had windows 7 in other partition as primary partition. Now after rebooting i see the green screen showing only 2 options

-Desktop -- openSUSE 11.2 -***
-Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.2 -***

how do i get my windows 7 in the list.

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