Longhorn Bootloader Gone!!!

Where my Longhorn bootloader used to be it reads 'others systems' if I click 'other systems' the screen reads
Error 11.

Hi

Can you get to a command-line
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal#Starting%20a%20Terminal
and give us the output from

sudo fdisk -l

where " -l" is a lower-case " -L". Sudo will ask for your normal user password, not your SuperUser/Root one but wont give you any stars for typing it (to keep the length secret). Next type in

cd /boot/grub
ls
sudo cp menu.lst menu.lst-250809
ls
gedit menu.lst

and copy the last stanza from that, the one all about the Windows on your machine into here too. Note that "ls" is a lower-case "LS" and shows a LiSt of what's in the folder. The 2nd "ls" should show that "cp" made a CoPy of "menu.lst" (a lower-case "MENU.LST") and called the backup copy "menu.lst-250809. It would also be helpful to know if you can bootup a LiveCd session?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Hi Tom
I can boot up for a live CD no probs.

I tried sudo fdisk etc in terminal.
I got long list of code but nothing happened.
I have saved the 5 pages of code, do you want me to post it.

I am happy enough to re-install Ubuntu...will that solve the problem? or will the bootloader still be stuffed?

It is a work laptop I kinda need window by the weekend.

Thank You for your help.

Norm :)

The "fdisk" output should have been quite short, one page at the very most. It's good that the LiveCd worked. I think it might well be worth re-installing Ubuntu but as a proper dual-boot, not the Wubbily inside Windows one
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

By the way did you manage to try out

cd /boot/grub
ls
sudo cp menu.lst menu.lst-250809
ls
gedit menu.lst

Did that seem to work? The menu.lst might be interesting to have a look at in here. I too hope to have this sorted out well before the weekend lol. I think i would be crawling up the walls if this kept being a problem anything like that long. Usually it is a bit tough migrating yourself and your machine to linux and most of the toughest chaleenges are right at the start before you have had much time to get used to the very different ways linux-land has. You seem to be doing quite well so don't worry. Being able to use LiveCd sessions to access your hard-drive's data and surf the internet definitely helps but watch out about saving data. A persistent image helps but otherwise reading the notes on that help page
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)