Questions about using the grub rescue prompt or how to get rid of it.

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Deleted Ubuntu partion, can't get boot menu up

I deleted my Ubuntu partition by mistake and now I get this error: Error: no such partition grub rescue> How do I get my boot options up again so I can load a live CD? The partition it seems ...
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File not Found Grub Rescue after install [closed]

I'm having problems with Backtrack 5 R3. After the installation of the system on my external disk, when i restart the computer the Grub Rescue Prompt appears after File Not Found. And when I type "ls ...
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grub rescue…delete ubuntu…windows 8…purple screen [duplicate]

Okay so I noticed I am basically screwed and have been working on this for hours. I tried to dual boot my windows 8, but I am still a beginner and failed. I am at the point where I delete ubuntu, get ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 not booting after upgrade from 12.10

This is duplicate post from here After upgrading to 13.04, I was able to boot into ubuntu. I made change a line in grub from GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" to ...
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Grub rescue unknown file system error

I formatted my partition of Ubuntu 11.04 and created a new simple volume in Windows. But when I rebooted my laptop, I got an error :no such partition. I tried nearly all commands suggested, but could ...
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Fixing Windows 8 after removing ubuntu

I tried installing Ubuntu (successfully) on my Windows 8 machine so i could develop in c and it worked decently for a while. I did this without wubi. However, I later got a virtual machine to run ...
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Cloning via Clonezilla gives Grub Rescue unknown Filesystem AFTER first boot

I have two external hds one 80gb 2nd 160gb. I want to clone 'disk-disk' from 80gb to 160gb. Now because source is smaller I manually partitioned my 160gb using fsck in cmd mode of Clonezilla. The ...
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No operating system will boot after attempting to install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows 8 on a Lenovo T530

I've had to retry this a million times, and it's doing my head in. Please help me. I resized my partitions from within Windows 8, and disabled everything I was supposed to, I installed 13.04 from a ...
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GRUB rescue error on installed Ubuntu 13.04 with my Windows 8 pro. I tried to merge a partition of e drive that was not my os drive

I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Windows 8 Pro of HP dv6 7012tx. When I am opening my laptop, its showing these error before showing Windows 8 logo. error : unknown filesystem. grub rescue> ...
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Rebooting Problem

After experiencing these problems Why is my desktop background blank after upgrade to 13.04?, Unity isn't working after running `unity --replace` I realised my best bet would be to uninstall ...
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Need to rescue ubuntu without mess

I usually play with OS and always use dual boot (win,ubuntu). So the grub problem is more obvious, At my first usage of Ubuntu I found it very difficult to restore grub. Live CD method always ...
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GRUB rescure mode, “error: unknow filessystem” and difficulty booting from USB

I was trying to install Ubuntu in a dual boot with win8, but I've installed several other distros in the past so I was quite confused by all the different partitions. I thought I'd solve this by ...
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Grub Rescue Unknown Filesystem Error. Grub Corrupted or Filesystem?

Now it has happened twice & have been pulling my hairs now... I have installed xubuntu on my external hardisk & have been using it for about 3 months. It has three partitions, one of 500 mb ...
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kubuntu grub resue

hey i have recently played a lot with my laptop (LENOVO Z570) first installed ubuntu and later installed windows8 this removed ubuntu, so again i installed ubuntu and updated grub after this i lost ...
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transferring and reading hard drives

I had a server meltdown (thermal). Removed the primary and secondary (mirror image) drives and tried to insall them on another working computer with a hard drive. Adding even one of the drives to the ...
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Grub rescue fails with “Boot Repair” with error “unknown file system” [duplicate]

THE PROBLEM WAS IN FILESYSTEM, THIS IS NOT DUBLICATE TO GRUB RESCUE STANDARD TOPICS. After laptop system crush (which was caused by hard restart), my ubuntu linux is not booting, it is showing now: ...
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Insmod error in grub: symbol not found:grub_realidt

I have a dual boot PC with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 and then to 13.04 and since then I have not been able to boot because the PC goes into grub rescue with the error "File ...
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Boot problem after format [closed]

I like testing things but I screwed up this time. I had ubuntu 12.04 + win 7 installed but didn't like ubuntu so I deleted the partition. However, I forgot to fix mbr. Also I am unable to access ...
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Surface Pro unknown filesystem

all solutions I found depend on a live CD, but my surface won't boot into live USB and I can't figure out how to access UEFI. Every time I start my Surface, it says error: unknown filesystem. grub ...
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12.10 64 bit Ubuntu won't boot, grub rescue, file /boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod not found

I bought a new computer a couple of weeks ago and installed Ubuntu from a book DVD. Everything went fine and I was happily using Ubuntu until I found out that it was the 32 bit version. I want to use ...
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grub customizer broken after changing grub backround image option

As you can see from the paste I have a dual boot laptop with win7 and Ubuntu 12.10. The grub broken after messing around with background picture with grub customizer.I didn't proceed to any change ...
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“error: no such device…<grub rescue>” i'm clueless

First off, I have no idea what I've done or am doing, so any help offered (which will be greatly appreciated) will have to be spelled out in great detail so I can understand what I need to do. I've ...
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Unknown filesystem Grub rescue error [duplicate]

I use only ubuntu. When i turned on my laptop today, it says grub rescue. I tried ls command which returned me (hd0), (hd0,msdos5), (hd0,msdos1). I tried ls (hd0), ls (hd0,msdos5) and ls (hd0,msdos1). ...
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GRUB “no such partition error”

I have a dual booted Windows/Linux computer. Today when I turn it on, it says: error: no such partition. Grubrescue > What do I do?
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12.04 installation failure -> failed to boot -> system showing grub rescue

I had initially installed 12.10 for some project related SCiM-m17n . Unfortunately scim-m17n was not working (raised in askubutu too) . I was advised by my client to install 12.04 where this is ...
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Accidentally deleted all partitions, how can I restore the operating systems?

Hi guys I installed ubuntu 12.04 (x32) on my system and then side by side I had my windows7 ultimate(x64) running aswell (dual boot). Last week for some reason I started getting a blue screen crash ...
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I can't log in into my PC, shows grub rescue instead

I have Windows 7, Windows8, and Ubuntu installed. Now, when I turn on my PC, it doesn't start and it shows "Grub rescue". All that I could find is my Linux partition where I can find the boot files ...
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Does “No such device”->grub rescue on on an established system herald a catastrophic event?

I've already found plenty of threads on "no such device" and grub rescue on AskUbuntu, but I'm wondering what this signifies if it happens not on a fresh install, but on a computer that has been ...
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file system error , unable to boot boot [duplicate]

I had deleted a partition using Windows 7 in my dual boot system. Then when i restarted my pc file system error was shown on screen with grub rescue. After some reading from Internet, I typed in the ...
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stuck in grub rescue after recovering computer with norton symantec [duplicate]

Due to some virus my computer was crashing when I open control panel in Windows. I had Ubuntu 12.04 installed in another partition. I did recovery to an older point which didn't have Ubuntu partition ...
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Grub rescue problem

I've been working with Linux for a bit and have just recently tried Ubuntu 12 and I prefer 11. But, when I went to install 11 again, I screwed up and deleted the partition with Ubuntu and have now ...
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Grub Rescue Error (unknown file system)

I had Linux 12.10 on my hard drive and after much frustration trying to get certain Windows programs to work with it, I reinstalled Windows on a new hard drive (in case I wanted to go back to Linux). ...
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error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found. grub rescue> What can I do??? I just sit and stare at it. I found my old netbook (Dell Inspiron 1010). I have not used for about four years. I ...
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GRUB error while trying to run fully installed Ubuntu 12.04 from SSD

Due to my laptop having a RAM problem, I removed its SSD(which contains an Ubuntu 12.04 installation, with my personal data) and attempted to boot it from my old P4 machine lying around. This P4 ...
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“error: unknown filesystem grub rescue” rescuing my old backup

I'm not working with Ubuntu any more, but I figured since my uninstalling Ubuntu caused this, I figured the community could help me. Ubuntu 32-bit was not working in multiple areas for me, and I ...
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Dual boot problem: get grub rescue

Using Windows XP Pro; after installation of 12.04.2 from disk wouldn't boot. Tried installing boot-repair with terminal, fail--locked directory; burned disk, ran boot-repair, now I get grub rescue. ...
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Boot repair did not fix grub rescue prompt, new install ubuntu 12.10

Total linux noob. Trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 into an 80G IDE drive. I can boot from the LiveUSB, and install Linux successfully. I shut down, remove the USB stick, and restart. The BIOS screen ...
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Grub Rescue - No such device on boot

I currently have Windows 7 - 64bit Professional on my PC. I tried to install 12.10 via USB and it worked OK, I partitioned my main C drive and restarted my PC after Ubuntu had installed. On boot up I ...
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initramfs after grub rescue

I had a bootable USB key witk ubuntustudio with 2 partitions /dev/sdb1 with Ubuntu and a fat32 /dev/sdb2. Then I realized that Windows only reads partitions if they are the first. So I moved the ...
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I am having difficulty to solve a grub problem

My laptop originally came with a windows 8(w8) already installed, but i installed the ubuntu 12.04 64bits in dual boot. To select the OS was grub 2. Yesterday i was making some test with a virtual ...
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Macbook Pro 9,2 Grub Rescue Prompt rEFIt Ubuntu 12.04

I have dual-booted Ubuntu 12.04 on my Macbook Pro 9,2 without any problems after I have managed to boot into Ubuntu. However, to do that I must use super grub disk. I have a dual boot system, so I ...
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Installed ubuntu on external hardrive, tried to boot got grub rescue?

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 onto an external hard drive after I partitioned it and everything went well. Assuming I could boot Ubuntu I rebooted the computer and I went into Windows 7, I wanted to be in ...
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Setting up Dual-boot with Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 screwed up GRUB

I recently purchased an Acer Aspire M5-581T that came with Windows 8 preloaded. After several attempts at trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit, I finally managed to boot from a LiveUSB and install ...
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Accidentally deleted Ubuntu partition, Windows 8 hibernated, cannot access bios to boot from USB. Help?

I made a mistake I completely regret. After I deleted my Ubuntu partition in Windows 8, my battery got too low and I lost power. I plugged in the cord and restarted the machine and was hit with a GRUB ...
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A bug in 12.04 64 bit: error: file not found grub rescue>

In my PC I had windows and Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit parallelly. I wanted to only replace Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit by Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit leaving windows untouched. I burnt the 12.04 64 bit ISO file which was ...
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What happens with Grub Rescue?

My problem is that I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 using Wubi, and since I have Windows XP I decided not to partition my hard drive. The installation went through fine, and when it finished I restarted ...
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How to get out of grub error and stop it from happening again?

I have a Windows 8 laptop. I ran Ubuntu through a live USB and installed it (secure boot doesn't let WUBI otherwise). When I used boot repair to boot back into Windows, it worked. I restarted to go ...
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Booting impossible cause GRUB rescue won't let me

I created two bootable USB: Lubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 from my windows machine. SCENE 1 I installed Ubuntu 12.04, everything is fine. A popup window appears that says something like "I have ...
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Difference between alternate and desktop 64 bit? and how do i find out which one i am using now?

My system has crashed because of deleting a partition that i should not have deleted. Now i want to create a liveusb but i am confused whether i should make the liveusb with the alternate of desktop ...
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No such Partition - grub rescue

I have a dual bootsytem on my laptop. Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. While working in windows i deleted a small and (what i thought to be) a very non important partition of 100MB. Now when i restarted ...

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