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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:43 pm
by donoskaro
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Re: Mint 13 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:50 pm
by kc1di
Hi donoskaro and welcome to Mint,

Go to this page and download and run boot-repair it should restore your grub boot loader.
Good luck
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

Re: Mint 13 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:26 pm
by donoskaro
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Re: Mint 14 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:47 am
by kc1di
hi again sorry for the delay,

your log file shows that you two windows boot files one on sda1 and one on sda2 Grub won't like that but still should work.
I believe the problem may be that you Mint install is on sdb1 and as such grub is not finding it.
here's what to try
put the livedvd in when it boots up go to a terminal and type the following

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sudo grub-install /dev/sdb
when that is finished type this command

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sudo update-grub
when that is finished
reboot
see if it works.

Re: Mint 14 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:41 pm
by donoskaro
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Re: Mint 14 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:55 pm
by kc1di
Hi Sorry that didn't work
could you go to a terminal and type the following command and post the output here ?

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grep menuentry /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Re: Mint 14 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:17 pm
by donoskaro
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Re: Mint 14 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:18 pm
by kc1di
That tells me grub has not been installed.

here is a page that will tell you how to reinstall it.
http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2010/10 ... after.html
This is for Ubuntu but will work for Mint also.

Re: Mint 14 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:16 am
by donoskaro
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Re: Mint 14 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 5:27 pm
by beriaanirudh
hey ,
i had similar problem of grub today . I did as stated in the following link and my system has started working fine :)
"http://askubuntu.com/questions/134124/w ... e-partitio"

PS: Plz mind the "boot loader install" option ( should be "/dev/sda" and not "/dev/sda*" )
hope it helps.

Re: Mint 14 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:18 am
by donoskaro
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Re: Mint 14 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:19 pm
by donoskaro
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Re: Mint 14 Failed Installation - Cannot boot to Windows/Lin

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:25 pm
by kc1di
donoskaro wrote:The problem was with the HDD after installing Linux on my WD, everything is ok. [Solved]
Glad you got it all fixed enjoy ;)