GRUB bootloder or lack there of?

[Husse]

Are you sure you just skipped language (I know - there is a Skip button ) because grub is the last thing to be installed
As far as I know there is no limit to where you can install Linux, but to install it in 630 to 640 GB may be too far into the drive
It's hell too google this up
Hope to have an answer about this soon

[Husse]

It should work I think but it is a very bad solution not to put your operating system in the beginning of the hard disk
Very first the swap partition then the root partition
And if you litterally fill your hard disk completely I think you may run into problems

[kansasnoob]

I have a thought. Since you can obviously boot the Mint live CD, do so, then go to Terminal and run each of the following commands:

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sudo grub

That will set Terminal to grub mode, so instead of seeing the normal: "yourname@yourname-desktop" you'll see the prompt: "grub>".

Then run the command:

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find /boot/grub/stage1

I'd almost expect to see an error or errors here. If so then I'll want to know exactly what error(s) show up. And if there are errors then run:

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quit

Which will drop you back to "yourname@yourname-desktop".

Then I'd like you to run:

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sudo fdisk -l

NOTE: That's a lower case L, not a one!

And also copy-n-paste that output here.

If on the other hand, when you run "find /boot/grub/stage1", you get an output something like:

(hd0,1)

Then instead of typing "quit", go ahead and enter (following the "grub>" prompt):

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root (hd0,1)

NOTE: You would of course use the numbers that "find /boot/grub/stage1" produced! In my example "/boot/grub/stage1" is on Hard Drive #1, partition #2.

Then run (again following the "grub>" prompt):

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setup (hd0)

NOTE: That is a zero - indicating Hard Drive #1.

And then finally:

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quit

Have I completely confused you? If so ask for clarification before proceeding!

Another option would be trying Super Grub Disk:

http://www.supergrubdisk.org/