Grub disappeared after installing LM13

[rado84]

I have 2 HDDs and on the second one there was Ubuntu but it glitched too much, so I decided to install LM13 as it was recommended to me by a friend. When it started it asked me what to do - delete Ubuntu and reinstall or delete everything. I selected to reinstall and remove Ubuntu. Everything was fine till the moment I restarted the system. There was a message "error: no such device" and "grub rescue>" but I don't know what to type in there, so I started the live version again. I should also mention that there is a Windows 7 on the main HDD which I can not start as well because apparently the boot sector has been either rewritten or deleted and that boot sector is on the main HDD.
I did some searching in Google and here's the output of the two commands I found but beyond that point I have no idea what to do. IF I could start Windows I'd fix this problem in no time.

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mint@mint ~ $ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x16e27f1c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848    83970047    41881600    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3        83970048   976771071   446400512    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders, total 156301488 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d414b

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *        2048    48828415    24413184   83  Linux
/dev/sdb2        48830462   156301311    53735425    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5       148301824   156301311     3999744   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6        48830464   148301823    49735680   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdc: 1007 MB, 1007419392 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 122 cylinders, total 1967616 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb6c3f7b0

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *          63     1967615      983776+   6  FAT16


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mint@mint ~ $ sudo update-grub
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?).

[karlchen]

Hello, rado84.

As neither OS seems to be able to boot, I assume that for an unknown reason Grub has been broken. I tend to assume it had been installed to /dev/sda, because doing so is what will be recommended in most cases, allowing Grub to be the main boot manager offering to startup either Linux Mint or Windows.

My suggestion would be to give Boot-Repair a chance and see if it manages to fix the problem. - In your case, you should try the steps starting in the section 2nd option : install Boot-Repair in Ubuntu, because you can follow them using your Linux Mint live/installation system.

Kind regards,
Karl

[rado84]

Those commands from the Boot-Repair link fixed the problem. Thanks very much!
But now there's another problem about which I'm gonna have to open another topic somewhere else.

[karlchen]

Hello, rado84.

Those commands from the Boot-Repair link fixed the problem.

Great. You're welcome.

now there's another problem about which I'm gonna have to open another topic somewhere else.

Such is life. One problem solved. Next problem emerges. Oh well ....

Kind regards,
Karl