.....and, no more dual bootin on the same hard drive!! Had two computers that were set up as dual boot machines and they are both toast just now. The score is now 2-0 GRUB vs Me. The only way will ever have to OSes is on two separate hard drives totally independent of each other. Just now running Mint 17 as a stand alone. Didn't quite understand why the first machines hard drive went bad until this second one went for a dump.
Had some financial difficulty which forced me into austerity and so went the ISP for about 6 months. One morning fired up the Dell to play some Freecell to kill some time and just after Post beep beep beep the CMOS battery failed. Changed it and reset the date and time, went to reboot no joy. Just after Post F1 to continue...repeatedly. Lost everything files, docs, all my art work, both OSes. Looks like, to me anyway, when GRUB fails it takes a hard drive with it. After this never going to dual boot again! The only way I'll have two OSes in the same computer is on two separate hard drives totally independent of each other and switch between the two.
Was given three computers that were deemed scrap by their owners. They had never been maintained. Two Dells and an HP. All three are running perfect just now. The two Dells have XP Pro and the HP runs Mint 17, and never shall any meet. Going to repair my other Dell and HP. Will run Lite in the Dell and maybe Win7 in the HP...it's bigger. Not really upset just shocked this can happen twice. BTW BOOT Repair is junk. If this happens to you pull the hard drive and get a new one or good used. Reinstall whatever and your good to go...and don't Google way too much misinformation...total waste of time and effort. Better safe than sorry.
On a more positive note, it's all good experience and have learned lots. Have a good day all, will try to check in more often now that we're up n' runnin'.
