Grub Rescue after installing Elementary OS Freya
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I used to dual boot windows 10(recently upgraded from windows7) and elementary os luna.
Windows is installed on my C drive, and Luna was installed on a partitioned D drive (i splitted 100GB for elementary).
Tody i decided to install the new Elementary OS Freya,so what I did was,
- first I created a bootable usb using Rufus (i didn't use this program when i installed the luna version but I'm unsure if that's the problem)
- then, i went into bios to change the boot priorities to boot the usb.
- I booted into the grub menu and chose 'install elementary os'
- so everything seemed fine until i reached the 'installation type' point
- i checked 'something else'
- Oringally, Luna was installed on sda5, so I formatted sda5 and installed it there
- after the installation, the laptop rebooted and i can no longer boot into windows or elementary os.
I tried changing my boot priorities in bios but it still resulted in grub rescue.
Is there anyway that I can boot into windows through the grub rescue or do i need to create a gparted usb to fix it?
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I used to dual boot windows 10(recently upgraded from windows7) and elementary os luna.
Windows is installed on my C drive, and Luna was installed on a partitioned D drive (i splitted 100GB for elementary).
Tody i decided to install the new Elementary OS Freya,so what I did was,
- first I created a bootable usb using Rufus (i didn't use this program when i installed the luna version but I'm unsure if that's the problem)
- then, i went into bios to change the boot priorities to boot the usb.
- I booted into the grub menu and chose 'install elementary os'
- so everything seemed fine until i reached the 'installation type' point
- i checked 'something else'
- Oringally, Luna was installed on sda5, so I formatted sda5 and installed it there
- after the installation, the laptop rebooted and i can no longer boot into windows or elementary os.
I tried changing my boot priorities in bios but it still resulted in grub rescue.
Is there anyway that I can boot into windows through the grub rescue or do i need to create a gparted usb to fix it?
boot dual-boot partition windows
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I used to dual boot windows 10(recently upgraded from windows7) and elementary os luna.
Windows is installed on my C drive, and Luna was installed on a partitioned D drive (i splitted 100GB for elementary).
Tody i decided to install the new Elementary OS Freya,so what I did was,
- first I created a bootable usb using Rufus (i didn't use this program when i installed the luna version but I'm unsure if that's the problem)
- then, i went into bios to change the boot priorities to boot the usb.
- I booted into the grub menu and chose 'install elementary os'
- so everything seemed fine until i reached the 'installation type' point
- i checked 'something else'
- Oringally, Luna was installed on sda5, so I formatted sda5 and installed it there
- after the installation, the laptop rebooted and i can no longer boot into windows or elementary os.
I tried changing my boot priorities in bios but it still resulted in grub rescue.
Is there anyway that I can boot into windows through the grub rescue or do i need to create a gparted usb to fix it?
boot dual-boot partition windows
I used to dual boot windows 10(recently upgraded from windows7) and elementary os luna.
Windows is installed on my C drive, and Luna was installed on a partitioned D drive (i splitted 100GB for elementary).
Tody i decided to install the new Elementary OS Freya,so what I did was,
- first I created a bootable usb using Rufus (i didn't use this program when i installed the luna version but I'm unsure if that's the problem)
- then, i went into bios to change the boot priorities to boot the usb.
- I booted into the grub menu and chose 'install elementary os'
- so everything seemed fine until i reached the 'installation type' point
- i checked 'something else'
- Oringally, Luna was installed on sda5, so I formatted sda5 and installed it there
- after the installation, the laptop rebooted and i can no longer boot into windows or elementary os.
I tried changing my boot priorities in bios but it still resulted in grub rescue.
Is there anyway that I can boot into windows through the grub rescue or do i need to create a gparted usb to fix it?
boot dual-boot partition windows
boot dual-boot partition windows
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Why this has happened
I am no expert but from what I understand I think this issue is caused by a mistakenly placed bootflag. Whenever you are installing a linux OS for dual booting you want to make sure the bootloader is installed on dev/sda (i installed it on dev/sda5 which is probably why i got the grub rescue error)
To fix this (it worked, at least for me)
in short answer:
completely remove your linux
change the bootflag back to windows bootloader
run boot-repair
------------------------- your should be able to boot back into windows at this point ---------------------------
change your no longer needed linux partition into free unallocated space
try to reinstall your linux again on that free unallocated space
in long answer:
first, try to install the boot repair on your usb. The disk image can be found on this link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
change your bios settings so you can boot into your usb
use the uninstall OS tool to uninstall your unbootable linux (in my case is elementary os)
use gparted to set the bootflag back to your Windows OS (just set it to the partiton which literally says OS)
use the boot-repair tool which will further ensure everything is back to normal
you should then be able to successfully boot back into you windows the next time you restart your computer
use the windows disk management tool to delete the no longer needed linux partition so it becomes unallocated space
get the partition wizard: http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html and use it to extend your D drive or C drive with that unallocated space.
Go back to windows disk management tool and shrink D drive or C drive by the amount of space you want to give your linux (they should ask you to enter a number). this step might not be needed if you can just change the unneeded linux space into freespace.
The previous three steps was done to reset the 'unbootable linux partition' back to freespace which can then allow you to freshly install on it again. However I think there might be a quicker way to skip the extending part and just changing the unbootable linux partition into freespace with a click
After fixing the bootloader and allocated the spaces required for your next attempt on installing linux, you can finally try to reinstall your linux again
reboot into your usb and install the OS on your freespace (e.g. dev/sda6) but this time make sure you choose the correct place of where the bootloader is placed. (i chose dev/sda on my successful attempt and it worked like a charm).
a possibly quicker fix
- since this problem is probably caused by bootflag, the complete removal of linux might not be needed. Instead you can just change where the bootflag is suppose to be.
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
I found it easier to install Ubuntu alongside, after this grub is set up properly with all systems listed (Win, Elementary, Ubuntu) in the menu. (Then you can delete Ubuntu partitions since you no longer need it)
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Once you have booted into your OS run this in terminal
connect to the Internet
open a new Terminal, then type the following commands (press Enter after each line):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair
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3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Why this has happened
I am no expert but from what I understand I think this issue is caused by a mistakenly placed bootflag. Whenever you are installing a linux OS for dual booting you want to make sure the bootloader is installed on dev/sda (i installed it on dev/sda5 which is probably why i got the grub rescue error)
To fix this (it worked, at least for me)
in short answer:
completely remove your linux
change the bootflag back to windows bootloader
run boot-repair
------------------------- your should be able to boot back into windows at this point ---------------------------
change your no longer needed linux partition into free unallocated space
try to reinstall your linux again on that free unallocated space
in long answer:
first, try to install the boot repair on your usb. The disk image can be found on this link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
change your bios settings so you can boot into your usb
use the uninstall OS tool to uninstall your unbootable linux (in my case is elementary os)
use gparted to set the bootflag back to your Windows OS (just set it to the partiton which literally says OS)
use the boot-repair tool which will further ensure everything is back to normal
you should then be able to successfully boot back into you windows the next time you restart your computer
use the windows disk management tool to delete the no longer needed linux partition so it becomes unallocated space
get the partition wizard: http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html and use it to extend your D drive or C drive with that unallocated space.
Go back to windows disk management tool and shrink D drive or C drive by the amount of space you want to give your linux (they should ask you to enter a number). this step might not be needed if you can just change the unneeded linux space into freespace.
The previous three steps was done to reset the 'unbootable linux partition' back to freespace which can then allow you to freshly install on it again. However I think there might be a quicker way to skip the extending part and just changing the unbootable linux partition into freespace with a click
After fixing the bootloader and allocated the spaces required for your next attempt on installing linux, you can finally try to reinstall your linux again
reboot into your usb and install the OS on your freespace (e.g. dev/sda6) but this time make sure you choose the correct place of where the bootloader is placed. (i chose dev/sda on my successful attempt and it worked like a charm).
a possibly quicker fix
- since this problem is probably caused by bootflag, the complete removal of linux might not be needed. Instead you can just change where the bootflag is suppose to be.
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Why this has happened
I am no expert but from what I understand I think this issue is caused by a mistakenly placed bootflag. Whenever you are installing a linux OS for dual booting you want to make sure the bootloader is installed on dev/sda (i installed it on dev/sda5 which is probably why i got the grub rescue error)
To fix this (it worked, at least for me)
in short answer:
completely remove your linux
change the bootflag back to windows bootloader
run boot-repair
------------------------- your should be able to boot back into windows at this point ---------------------------
change your no longer needed linux partition into free unallocated space
try to reinstall your linux again on that free unallocated space
in long answer:
first, try to install the boot repair on your usb. The disk image can be found on this link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
change your bios settings so you can boot into your usb
use the uninstall OS tool to uninstall your unbootable linux (in my case is elementary os)
use gparted to set the bootflag back to your Windows OS (just set it to the partiton which literally says OS)
use the boot-repair tool which will further ensure everything is back to normal
you should then be able to successfully boot back into you windows the next time you restart your computer
use the windows disk management tool to delete the no longer needed linux partition so it becomes unallocated space
get the partition wizard: http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html and use it to extend your D drive or C drive with that unallocated space.
Go back to windows disk management tool and shrink D drive or C drive by the amount of space you want to give your linux (they should ask you to enter a number). this step might not be needed if you can just change the unneeded linux space into freespace.
The previous three steps was done to reset the 'unbootable linux partition' back to freespace which can then allow you to freshly install on it again. However I think there might be a quicker way to skip the extending part and just changing the unbootable linux partition into freespace with a click
After fixing the bootloader and allocated the spaces required for your next attempt on installing linux, you can finally try to reinstall your linux again
reboot into your usb and install the OS on your freespace (e.g. dev/sda6) but this time make sure you choose the correct place of where the bootloader is placed. (i chose dev/sda on my successful attempt and it worked like a charm).
a possibly quicker fix
- since this problem is probably caused by bootflag, the complete removal of linux might not be needed. Instead you can just change where the bootflag is suppose to be.
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Why this has happened
I am no expert but from what I understand I think this issue is caused by a mistakenly placed bootflag. Whenever you are installing a linux OS for dual booting you want to make sure the bootloader is installed on dev/sda (i installed it on dev/sda5 which is probably why i got the grub rescue error)
To fix this (it worked, at least for me)
in short answer:
completely remove your linux
change the bootflag back to windows bootloader
run boot-repair
------------------------- your should be able to boot back into windows at this point ---------------------------
change your no longer needed linux partition into free unallocated space
try to reinstall your linux again on that free unallocated space
in long answer:
first, try to install the boot repair on your usb. The disk image can be found on this link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
change your bios settings so you can boot into your usb
use the uninstall OS tool to uninstall your unbootable linux (in my case is elementary os)
use gparted to set the bootflag back to your Windows OS (just set it to the partiton which literally says OS)
use the boot-repair tool which will further ensure everything is back to normal
you should then be able to successfully boot back into you windows the next time you restart your computer
use the windows disk management tool to delete the no longer needed linux partition so it becomes unallocated space
get the partition wizard: http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html and use it to extend your D drive or C drive with that unallocated space.
Go back to windows disk management tool and shrink D drive or C drive by the amount of space you want to give your linux (they should ask you to enter a number). this step might not be needed if you can just change the unneeded linux space into freespace.
The previous three steps was done to reset the 'unbootable linux partition' back to freespace which can then allow you to freshly install on it again. However I think there might be a quicker way to skip the extending part and just changing the unbootable linux partition into freespace with a click
After fixing the bootloader and allocated the spaces required for your next attempt on installing linux, you can finally try to reinstall your linux again
reboot into your usb and install the OS on your freespace (e.g. dev/sda6) but this time make sure you choose the correct place of where the bootloader is placed. (i chose dev/sda on my successful attempt and it worked like a charm).
a possibly quicker fix
- since this problem is probably caused by bootflag, the complete removal of linux might not be needed. Instead you can just change where the bootflag is suppose to be.
Why this has happened
I am no expert but from what I understand I think this issue is caused by a mistakenly placed bootflag. Whenever you are installing a linux OS for dual booting you want to make sure the bootloader is installed on dev/sda (i installed it on dev/sda5 which is probably why i got the grub rescue error)
To fix this (it worked, at least for me)
in short answer:
completely remove your linux
change the bootflag back to windows bootloader
run boot-repair
------------------------- your should be able to boot back into windows at this point ---------------------------
change your no longer needed linux partition into free unallocated space
try to reinstall your linux again on that free unallocated space
in long answer:
first, try to install the boot repair on your usb. The disk image can be found on this link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
change your bios settings so you can boot into your usb
use the uninstall OS tool to uninstall your unbootable linux (in my case is elementary os)
use gparted to set the bootflag back to your Windows OS (just set it to the partiton which literally says OS)
use the boot-repair tool which will further ensure everything is back to normal
you should then be able to successfully boot back into you windows the next time you restart your computer
use the windows disk management tool to delete the no longer needed linux partition so it becomes unallocated space
get the partition wizard: http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html and use it to extend your D drive or C drive with that unallocated space.
Go back to windows disk management tool and shrink D drive or C drive by the amount of space you want to give your linux (they should ask you to enter a number). this step might not be needed if you can just change the unneeded linux space into freespace.
The previous three steps was done to reset the 'unbootable linux partition' back to freespace which can then allow you to freshly install on it again. However I think there might be a quicker way to skip the extending part and just changing the unbootable linux partition into freespace with a click
After fixing the bootloader and allocated the spaces required for your next attempt on installing linux, you can finally try to reinstall your linux again
reboot into your usb and install the OS on your freespace (e.g. dev/sda6) but this time make sure you choose the correct place of where the bootloader is placed. (i chose dev/sda on my successful attempt and it worked like a charm).
a possibly quicker fix
- since this problem is probably caused by bootflag, the complete removal of linux might not be needed. Instead you can just change where the bootflag is suppose to be.
answered Aug 27 '15 at 4:03
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I found it easier to install Ubuntu alongside, after this grub is set up properly with all systems listed (Win, Elementary, Ubuntu) in the menu. (Then you can delete Ubuntu partitions since you no longer need it)
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
I found it easier to install Ubuntu alongside, after this grub is set up properly with all systems listed (Win, Elementary, Ubuntu) in the menu. (Then you can delete Ubuntu partitions since you no longer need it)
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
I found it easier to install Ubuntu alongside, after this grub is set up properly with all systems listed (Win, Elementary, Ubuntu) in the menu. (Then you can delete Ubuntu partitions since you no longer need it)
I found it easier to install Ubuntu alongside, after this grub is set up properly with all systems listed (Win, Elementary, Ubuntu) in the menu. (Then you can delete Ubuntu partitions since you no longer need it)
answered Oct 1 '15 at 18:58
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Once you have booted into your OS run this in terminal
connect to the Internet
open a new Terminal, then type the following commands (press Enter after each line):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Once you have booted into your OS run this in terminal
connect to the Internet
open a new Terminal, then type the following commands (press Enter after each line):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Once you have booted into your OS run this in terminal
connect to the Internet
open a new Terminal, then type the following commands (press Enter after each line):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair
Once you have booted into your OS run this in terminal
connect to the Internet
open a new Terminal, then type the following commands (press Enter after each line):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair
edited Dec 5 '15 at 21:43
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