[Not Solved] Need help with Bootloader

[lagagnon]

....I had issues with windows....

That is par for the course.
Windows assumes it is "the only kid on the block" and tends to readily bugger-up the bootloader table.

If I were you I would insert the Live LinuxMint CD, open a terminal, then try "sudo grub-install /dev/sda". That should rewrite grub to your hard drive and find your OS's.

[lagagnon]

Ahhh, OK, I see you have sda1 as an extended partition - it is not normally done this way - that is abnormal partitioning. sd1,2 and 3 are usually primary partitions and sda4 is the extended partition. Also you have the Windows partition (/dev/sda2) as the "boot" partition (see the flag column). So go into gparted again from the Live CD, remove the boot flag from sda2 and make sda5 the bootable partition. Then reboot the computer and go back into the Live CD and type:

sudo grub-install /dev/sda5


hopefully that will work for you, but maybe not because your extended partition is in the wrong place.

[lagagnon]

OK, my error, I missed the necessary mounting step:

1) boot from Live CD again
2) open gparted and make sure sda5 is a bootable partition (change the flag)
3) open a terminal
3) sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
4) sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt hd0


that should do it, but I still hate your partitioning scheme !

[atlef]

Try this tutorial, and do not worry, it works with Mint as well.

atlef.