Please help. I deleted ubuntu version 9.04 after i dual booted it with ubuntu and windows vista (partition in my hard drive) and i deleted that just like that from the disk management. After i rebooted, there was a message GRUB ERROR 17. Please help me .. I have a live cd for ubuntu, i know very little about terminal commands. pleaseeeee help
bios boot options or login vista system configuration utility, delete boot partition of ubunto
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brings back memories..i had dis prob after i too uninstalled ubuntu and got dat stinkin error…sadly i cant rememebr exactly wat i did..i found the solution on google ..i was jus tryin to find it again but o tno avail…let me try to rememebr wat i did….first u have to get windows vista recovery cd..u dont need a full vista cd just a recovery one..i found using google..downloaded the exe file or watever and burned to disc…gd..den u need to set ur pc to bbot from cd first..enter setup in ur bios by presing F12 i think wen ur computer starts up and the first screen comes on (continuosly press it b4 also dis mite help)..den follow instrucions for cd..choose the option to reinstall windows i think..next option u have to choose is one concernin command prompt..cant rememebr which one comes first but the command promt is the one u need to get to..wen in coomand pompt type the following command: fixmbr or -fixmbr,,try googling it to make sure..after dat it should be dun…close command prompt den exit…take out cd den restart ur pc…hopefully it will work for u..it did for me…if it does for u rememebr u give me 10 pts for best answer choose as best answer..if u run into probs email me…i will try using google rite now to find out more for u and i will edit my answer if i find out anything…
get the windows recovery disc iso file from here: http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/
download it using a torrent downloader like utorrent or ares..and burn it to disc..u can google for a free cd burning software…glad to help
oh wen i say enter setup bios ..dat is to set up the pc to boot from cd first..after u do dat insert cd and restart……and u definitely have to give me best answer for this..found these links…dis would def take away ur prob:
http://www.lancelhoff.com/how-to-fix-vista-mbr-repair-broken-vista/
http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/15/how-to-fix-your-windows-mbr-with-an-ubuntu-livecd/
these were given in an answer just like urs rite on dis site(http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090611174043AAyO9YJ)..a bit of advice try searching for ur question forst on yahoo answers b4 askin..i learned dat the hard way….glad to b of assistance
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How to solve GRUB ERROR 17
http://justlinux.com/forum/showpost.php?p=869980&postcount=6
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oh wen i say enter setup bios ..dat is to set up the pc to boot from cd first..after u do dat insert cd and restart……and u definitely have to give me best answer for this..found these links…dis would def take away ur prob:
http://www.lancelhoff.com/how-to-fix-vista-mbr-repair-broken-vista/
http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/15/how-to-fix-your-windows-mbr-with-an-ubuntu-livecd/
these were given in an answer just like urs rite on dis site(http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090611174043AAyO9YJ)..a bit of advice try searching for ur question forst on yahoo answers b4 askin..i learned dat the hard way….glad to b of assistance
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