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I was doing a lot of system installs such as GL, cmake etc. I finished installing and I am unable to reboot Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I ran the hardware diagnostics and no errors were found. It starts and you see the violet screen and it just hangs. I did try to access the GRUB menu by pushing the shift button but it does not seem to appear. Instead it goes straight to hardware diagnostics. I have a Dell Vostro 3800 desktop and no Windows is installed on this machine. It is a pure Linux desktop.

I saw this boot repair software - https://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair/home/Home/

Do I need to write this to a CD and then try to boot from CD ROM drive ?

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  • make a live usb from another pc and try fixing grub
    – Brij Raj Kishore
    Jul 22, 2016 at 19:04
  • @BrijRajKishore - is the data safe ?
    – gansub
    Jul 22, 2016 at 19:05
  • yes, unless you delete it.
    – Brij Raj Kishore
    Jul 22, 2016 at 19:07
  • @BrijRajKishore - after creating a live usb of Ubuntu 14.04 I insert the usb into the Ubuntu desktop and then what ?
    – gansub
    Jul 22, 2016 at 19:08
  • Check whether the storage is not full. It become unable to start when your root partition/ directory gets full
    – Brij Raj Kishore
    Jul 22, 2016 at 19:37

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Note: It is mainly for grub rescue for the systems having multiple OS but it worked for me. It Needs an active Internet Connection Run Commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair

sudo apt-get update

sudo update-grub

sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair

launch Boot-Repair from either :

the Dash (the Ubuntu logo at the top-left of the screen)

or by typing 'boot-repair' in a terminal

Then click the "Recommended repair" button. When repair is finished, note the URL (paste.ubuntu.com/XXXXX) that appeared on a paper, then reboot and check if you recovered access to your OS.

If the repair did not succeed, indicate the URL to people who help you by email or forum. Hope It Helps.

Source - : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFEg4Hbw2kk

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  • I get a no boot device available . It looks like a hardware issue
    – gansub
    Jul 23, 2016 at 0:55
  • What is the error can you send it with screen shot or just click it with cell phone and send
    – Brij Raj Kishore
    Jul 23, 2016 at 12:28
  • Page Not Found Link
    – Brij Raj Kishore
    Jul 23, 2016 at 12:37
  • it says boot device not available. SATA 1 available SATA not avaialb.e Press F1 to boot
    – gansub
    Jul 23, 2016 at 12:43
  • This might be helpful. Please ensure in bios that your hard drive is detected . See : tomsguide.com/forum/56993-35-what-boot-device-mean
    – Brij Raj Kishore
    Jul 23, 2016 at 14:56

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