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Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by kingofgamemasters777, Oct 22, 2008.

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  1. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    ok i did something realy stuped i went to go install ubuntu on a external hard drive but no i cant get to windows nor will the drive boot up i keep geting grub error, how can u put the windows boot loader back on pleas help
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 22, 2008
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  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    boot from your windows installation disc, when it gives you the option to press 'r' for recovery console, press 'r'. once you're in the recovery console and have the command prompt type 'fixmbr', say yes if it asks you to confirm, then reboot when it tells you to. Be more careful in future.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 22, 2008
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  3. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    can i use a iso and boot it from a usb?, or use somthing like mbr fix?,the realy sad thing is that i cant evan boot from the drive iinstalled ubuntu on so no im stuck with a live system
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 22, 2008
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  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    no you can't boot from an ISO, you will have to burn it.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 22, 2008
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  5. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    T_T no cd burner,could i use a bootable usb?. could something like mbrfix do the trick
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 22, 2008
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  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    if you format the USB and copy the exact directory structure of the windows CD (all files, including hidden ones) then it may be possible to boot from it.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 22, 2008
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  7. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    what format?
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 22, 2008
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  8. Shuvo01

    Shuvo01 Well-Known Member

    copy/paste fomat
     
    Shuvo01, Oct 22, 2008
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  9. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    whats copy past format?
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 22, 2008
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  10. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    format as in erase everything on it, then copy the entire CD onto it.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 22, 2008
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  11. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    ok thanks im gona try and hunt down a windows xp pro iso
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 22, 2008
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  12. BloodVayne

    BloodVayne Well-Known Member

    If you want to fix the MBR, I'd go download something like Ultimate Boot CD/ UBCD4Win. It's capable of booting from usb, and there are several mbrfix utilities in the package. It is an overall useful thing to have, IMO.
     
    BloodVayne, Oct 23, 2008
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  13. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    most of them need backups wich i cant make is there any that already have the windows mbr?
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 23, 2008
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  14. ultra

    ultra Guest

    i have found that there are certain things you can and can't do with a usb device.
    i one time tried to run windows from a usb hard drive and it wouldn't load. windows ran on a portable 2.5" hard drives. it loaded up the windows logo [the black screen with the progress bar] i believe and then some sort of an error.
     
    ultra, Oct 24, 2008
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  15. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    i learned the hard way i thought that the grub mbr would load on the external hard drive but it loaded on my internal hard drive instead
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 24, 2008
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  16. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Always on the first hard drive.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 24, 2008
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  17. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    will this work, and is it a good place to download files?(free of viruses Trojans, malware)
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 24, 2008
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  18. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    yes but you need to know the partition number that windows is on. as for safe, I don't know.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 24, 2008
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  19. kingofgamemasters777

    kingofgamemasters777 Well-Known Member

    how do i find out what number windows is on?
     
    kingofgamemasters777, Oct 24, 2008
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  20. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    it should tell you if you follow the instructions given, its a matter of if you can understand the information it gives you.
     
    Loonylion, Oct 24, 2008
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