Error No Such Partition Grub Rescue Ubuntu 10.04
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communities company blog Stack Exchange Inbox Reputation and Badges sign up log in tour help Tour Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Ask Ubuntu Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can http://askubuntu.com/questions/168102/error-no-such-partition-grub-rescue answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top How to fix "error: unknown filesystem. grub rescue> [duplicate] up vote 36 down vote favorite 20 This question already has an answer here: Grub rescue - error: unknown filesystem 4 answers I get this error: Error: unknown filesystem. grub rescue> I'm not exactly sure what I did. I believe I installed Ubuntu over http://askubuntu.com/questions/142300/how-to-fix-error-unknown-filesystem-grub-rescue Windows on my Acer netbook. I then tried to install Linux Mint, but it wouldn't start installing. I turned the netbook off and back on. Now I get the error. I have read a lot of other questions like this, but in my case I cannot boot a CD. If I put a Ubuntu CD or a Linux Mint CD into my external CD/DVD drive and change my BIOS to boot the CD-ROM first, it just gives me the same error screen. Update copied from comment dated 2012-05-26 02:54:29Z Here are some results from my commands: grub rescue>ls (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos1) grub rescue>ls (hd0,msdos5) unknown filesystem grub rescue>ls (hd0,msdos1) unknown filesystem grub rescue>ls (hd0) unknown filesystem grub2 share|improve this question edited Apr 20 at 11:00 Community♦ 1 asked May 26 '12 at 2:25 Hjke123 190247 marked as duplicate by belacqua, Warren Hill, user.dz, bain, psusi Jul 1 '14 at 18:59 This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question. do you have ubuntu live ISO in internal hard drive? –virpara May 26 '12 at 2:45
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn http://superuser.com/questions/193203/how-can-i-fix-a-no-such-partition-grub-rescue-error more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Super User Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Super User is a question and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top How can I fix a “no such partition Grub Rescue” error? [duplicate] up error no vote 3 down vote favorite This question is an exact duplicate of: error: no such partition. Grub rescue 4 answers Earlier I installed Ubuntu 10.04 from a USB flash drive. Since the system was unable to detect Ubuntu in the initial menu that appears on reoboting, I deleted the partition onto which I had installed Ubuntu while in Windows 7. I then installed PowerISO which prompted me to reboot the system. Now however I get the following error no such error: error: no such partition grub rescue> How can I fix this? windows-7 ubuntu-10.04 grub formatting iso-image share|improve this question edited Oct 11 '11 at 8:00 8088 12.4k113554 asked Sep 27 '10 at 8:52 kamalbhai 1421213 marked as duplicate by Mokubai♦ Mar 24 '15 at 18:57 This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question. From Ramkrishn Saini: Boot Repair Disk utility resolved my issue. Info and instructions: sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair/home/Home, download: sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/?source=typ_redirect –fixer1234 Mar 24 '15 at 16:42 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 2 down vote accepted I've just had the same problem. I found this article which explains how to fix it: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/20864-mbr-restore-windows-7-master-boot-record.html share|improve this answer answered Sep 29 '11 at 21:28 Dan 3481417 Sorry, what about if you do not have the Win 7 installation DVD? Is it possible to repair? –user3019105 Jul 26 '14 at 17:07 Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. –Mokubai♦ Mar 24 '15 at 18:55 add a comment| up vote 2 down vote Part of GRUB lives in the Master Boot Record (MBR), while the other parts live in the Linux boot partition. Since you killed the that