[ale] grub rescue

[Mike Thornton]

Try the command 'update-grub' .  If that doesn't fix it see 
CreatBootPartitionAfterInstall 
<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CreateBootPartitionAfterInstall>
( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CreateBootPartitionAfterInstall )



On 2/18/2012 2:09 PM, John Pilman wrote:
> I am re-sending this because I don't think my last attempt at this
> post was successful.  I apologize if you are receiving it twice.
>
> I got in a hurry when my laptop was booting.  It dual boots Windows 7
> and Ubuntu 10.10.  While
> booting I bumped the keyboard and I think it started a Windows
> Recovery partition.  I waited and then exited when presented with that
> choice, now I get:
> 'error: no such partition'
> grub rescue>
>
> The ls command returns:
> (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos4) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1)
>
> When I boot Ubuntu from a live USB and look at gparted I see:
> /dev/sdb1  ntfs  PQMSERVICE                 13 GiB    diag
> /dev/sdb2  ntfs  SYSTEM RESERVED   100 MiB    boot
> /dev/sdb3  ntfs                                           94 GiB
> /dev/sdb4  extended                                190 GiB
> unallocated  unallocated                          185 GiB
> /dev/sdb5  linux-swap                             5.86 GiB
>
> I'm guessing my data is in the part marked unallocated.  Here's my question:
> Since I installed Ubuntu with encryption, would I be better off trying
> to mount that partition and look for my data or
> would you suggest I try to recreate or resurrect grub and its associated table.
>
> Also, I'm looking at trying 'testdisk' but the instructions tell you
> to use the one for your OS.  I did not see specific instructions for
> dual boot PCs.  Does anyone have a relevant hint here?
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