If you run a dual-boot system with Linux and Windows, this has happened to you. You had to do your monthly reinstall of Windows, and now you don’t see the linux bootloader anymore, so you can’t boot into Ubuntu, Fedor or whatever flavor of linux you prefer.
Here’s the quick and easy way to re-enable Grub.
1) Boot with a Linux LiveCD
2) Open a Terminal and type in the following commands, noting that the first 2 commands will acquire permission to configure grub and put you into the grub “prompt”, and the next 3 commands will be executed there. Also note that hd0,0 implies the first hard drive and the first partition on that drive, which is where you probably installed grub to during installation. If not, then adjust accordingly.To do this easily, go “Computer Icon” on your desktop of “fedora” for example and count drives from 0 until reach the drive where installed grub.
Only read below if Windows is now missing from the boot menu
If you installed Ubuntu, Fedora … before you installed Windows, then Linux will not have anything in the grub configuration for Windows. This is where you’ll have to do a bit of manual editing to the grub boot menu file.
If you open the file /boot/grub/menu.lst with the following command:
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
You’ll see a sample section for Windows, which you’ll want to uncomment and add to the boot menu list in whatever position you want it in. (uncomment by removing the #’s)
Note that you should also verify that hd0,0 is the correct location for Windows. If you had installed Windows on the 4th partition on the drive, then you should change it to (hd0,3)
Here’s the quick and easy way to re-enable Grub.
1) Boot with a Linux LiveCD
2) Open a Terminal and type in the following commands, noting that the first 2 commands will acquire permission to configure grub and put you into the grub “prompt”, and the next 3 commands will be executed there. Also note that hd0,0 implies the first hard drive and the first partition on that drive, which is where you probably installed grub to during installation. If not, then adjust accordingly.To do this easily, go “Computer Icon” on your desktop of “fedora” for example and count drives from 0 until reach the drive where installed grub.
su root#get permission of entering to grubsudo grub#goto grub promptroot (hd0,0)#select root to install grup as hard disk 0, partition 0- setup (hd0)
- exit
Only read below if Windows is now missing from the boot menu
If you installed Ubuntu, Fedora … before you installed Windows, then Linux will not have anything in the grub configuration for Windows. This is where you’ll have to do a bit of manual editing to the grub boot menu file.
If you open the file /boot/grub/menu.lst with the following command:
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
You’ll see a sample section for Windows, which you’ll want to uncomment and add to the boot menu list in whatever position you want it in. (uncomment by removing the #’s)
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
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