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Re: [LUG] Whoops!

 

Martinus Scriblerus wrote:
> I have an Acer Aspire netbook that was dual booting Ubuntu 9.04 and
> XP. I hadn't set up as big a partition for Ubuntu as I meant to so I
> decided to delete the Ubuntu partitions and reinstall.
>
> So I screwed up. When I try to start I get a grub error and it hangs.
> No matter, I have Ubuntu on a memory stick ready to install - and can
> boot from it. When I try to install I don't see my hard drive, just
> the memory stick and an SD card that is also plugged in.
>
> My file system is still there and accessible from Ubuntu. Can anybody
> advise me how to continue without, I hate to say it, deleting XP.
> Ideally restore the ability to boot as an XP system then install
> Ubuntu from scratch.
>
>   
Doesnt Ubuntu have a rescue mode on the install disc ?


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