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How to fix "error: unknown filesystem. grub rescue> [duplicate]

I get this error: Error: unknown filesystem. grub rescue> I'm not exactly sure what I did. I believe I installed Ubuntu over Windows on my Acer netbook. I then tried to install Linux Mint, but it ...
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GRUB rescue returns unknown filesystem after Windows update [duplicate]

I run dual boot Ubuntu and Windows on my machine. Last night Windows started installing some updates and it stated the machine would restart a few times during the updates. Well, after the first ...
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Persist commands typed to GRUB rescue

After deleting old Linux partitions in order to free space on hard disk, I got an error from GRUB: error: no such partition And then I saw a grub rescue> prompt. After googling around I found ...
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unknown filesystem, grub rescue

When I try to boot I get this message: error: unknown filesystem. grub rescue> _ results of: grub rescue> ls are as follows: (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos1) (hd1) (fd0)
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Accidentally deleted the Ubuntu partition [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Grub rescue - error: unknown filesystem I have a netbook with a dualboot for Windows7 and Ubuntu. I accidentally deleted the partition for Ubuntu then after I restart my ...
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Grub rescue fails with "Boot Repair" with error "unknown file system" [duplicate]

After a system crash (which was caused by a hard restart), my Ubuntu linux is not booting, it is showing now: error: uknown filesystem grub rescue> Solutions that I tried: grub rescue>ls (hd0)...
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Grub Rescue Mode - /boot/grub directory does not exist

I have gone through a lot of questions and answers related to grub rescue but I am having a different problem which I am not able to understand. As per some of the answers, I tried the following steps ...
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Ubuntu installation failure - Unable to install GRUB

Lately I bought a new laptop - Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro 13" - Intel i5-4210U, 256 SSD. I have tried to install Ubuntu 14.04 using these guides: Ubuntu on Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro http://peaceplantsandpushups.com/...
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Grub rescue trouble after moving a partition

So I was allocating some free space for ubuntu and now grub is launching in rescue mode. I have done a lot of searching and tried what has been suggested here several times. Grub rescue - error: ...
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GRUB unknown filesystem error [duplicate]

I just created a USB bootable for ubuntu (but also tried other distributions) but it did not succeed as GRUB displays this error: error: unknown filesystem Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> ls (...
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Unknown filesystem. grub rescue: file not found [duplicate]

I have 320GB HDD messed with Ububtu 10.04 and Windows Developers preview. I formated Windows partition and deleted the Linux boot folder from the disk, I thought it may help me to install newer ...
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Frequent grub rescue error: unknown filesystem [closed]

It's really frustrating. Three week's back story: I faced the following error on ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop, error : unknown filesystem grub rescue> I tried many solutions online apart from 1 and ...
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How to solve this GRUB error?

I used Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows 10 in a dual boot setup. Now I am uninstalling Ubuntu because of some errors. After I have deleted the Ubuntu OS volumes, I restarted my system. But after restarting, ...
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Grub_rescue error : unknown filesystem , error loading operating system [duplicate]

I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 installed in my system. I removed Ubuntu and installed it again. When I restarted the system, it showed: Error : Unknown filesystem grub rescue > When I use the ...
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Unknown filesystem error: grub rescue [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Grub rescue - error: unknown filesystem After using testdisk 6.11, I got the error message: Unknown filesystem error: grub rescue To fix it, I used Boot-Repair, but it took ...
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