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grub2 package

stuck in grub recovery

Asked by Peter B.

I tried installing ubuntu to a usb flash drive off a cd from a vista machine.
it didnt work.
but that's not my concern.
Now, my computer boots into grub recovery, but if I have the flash drive and disk in, it asks me what os i want to boot.
I can choose "windows recovery" or something and it boots into vista.

how can i get it back to just vista! I GIVE UP ON UBUNTU

thanks, Peter

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Vin Shankar (v-shankar) said : 		#1

Grub has overwritten the Vista bootloader. Boot back into Vista, using the memory stick, then remove the flash drive and reinstall your Windows bootloader - I suggest the tool EasyBCE for this task, as it does the job and appears to be the tool most often recommended by other people.
It can be downloaded at http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 and there are instructions at http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Vista+Bootloader+with+EasyBCD

I hope this helps!

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#2

Could you run following script, so I will be able to fully understand situation. Please plug USB flash drive when you run the script.
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Provide data about boot configuration

There is a standard script provided to analyse boot configuration.

Could you download script at:

   http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/

Then in a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) run command:

    sudo bash ./boot_info_script055.sh

This will produce a file named: RESULTS.txt

Paste content of this file in http://paste.ubuntu.com/ and provide in this thread the link to Web page.

Please don't post file directly in thread, else it will make thread difficult to read.

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