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Recover Ubuntu

Asked by Tanvir

I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask this question but i am a newbie and really need help. During an electrical fluctuation my Ubuntu 9.04 crashed. When i rebooted the machine, it give me an error saying mperating system missing. I have installed a lot of software and would hate to go through the whole process one more time. I tried the Ubuntu CD to see if there is any option of recovery but the only option i found was check hard drives for errors which i did and there was no error.

Can any body help me or guide me to where i can find answer t my question?

One more thing. Can i make an emergency boot disk on a USB to tackle these type of situation like in windows?

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Ursula Junque (ursinha) said : 		#1

Hello Tanvir,

I'm assigning this question to Ubuntu project, that is the right place for it to be.
My advice for you is to search for answers in Ubuntu answers [1] and Ubuntu forums [2]. It's very likely to find someone with a similar problem. Google search is your friend as well. :)

About the bootable USB, there's a tool called unetbootin, that allows you to create bootable USB disks easily. You can read more about Unetbootin here [3].

[1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu
[2] http://ubuntuforums.org/
[3] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Automatic%20Approaches

Hope this helps!

Ursula

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#2

Hi :)

The whole bootable usb is a side issue. You can run a LiveCd session straight from the same Cd you used as an installer CD for Ubuntu
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Although it does look very much like the normal Ubuntu desktop the is an extra tool or 2 added to help with a variety of potential problems. Most distros do this nowadays although some have the LiveCd session on a separate Cd. Personally i prefer the Ubuntu style (gosh that's a surprise lol) but sometimes people don't have room on their installer Cd. Other distros just haven't got around to it yet or don't intend to offer a LiveCd session, <shrugs>, diversity and freedom of choice is a good thing but then people go and make the 'wrong' choice ;) lol

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#3

If you can run a LiveCd sesion on your new machine then it's really esay to fix this
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#4

I guess you need to repair GRUB.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~herman546/SuperGrubDiskPage.html

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#5

I think this is going to need a clever re-install but that's going to be a lot easier from a LiveCd session.

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