You are Here:
Linux Lite 6.6 FINAL Released - Support for 22 Languages Added - See Release Announcement Section



Grub broke Windows bootloader?

Author (Read 15698 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Re: Grub broke Windows bootloader?
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2014, 06:32:08 AM »
 

suburbandisposal

  • Guest
Thanks for such a quick reply, I suppose I should have been a bit more specific in my diagnoses

You are correct in your breakdown of the easy BCD method of dualbooting and the first time around I followed the instructions to a T. I thought I had memorized and replicated these instructions but I guess I was either faulty in execution or some unknown circumstance was in play during my next installation.

Even though (I thought) I applied the boot loader installation to the root partition, it directed me to the windows bootloader upon reboot but with an error saying it could not boot into windows due to a recent hardware or software change.
During the next reinstallation I just left the area for the bootloader as the entire toshiba harddrive hoping maybe i could recover access. All of my partitions and drives are still listed in grub but standard access to my Windows7 partition is stopped at the bootloader error screen.
Access to the recovery partition still works but I do not want a clean wipe and have not seen an option for repairing only the OS or anything similar. The status error for windows remains the same and research on it leads to a lot of confusion on my end since hyper-noob
 

Re: Grub broke Windows bootloader?
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2014, 09:27:03 PM »
 

gold_finger

  • Documentation Writer
  • Platinum Level Poster
  • *****
  • 1094
    Posts
  • Reputation: 325
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile

  • CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E7500 3.0GHz

  • MEMORY: 4Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics
I was attempting to use the Easy BCD method I discovered on Matthew Moore's youtube channel which worked like a charm the first time


after the installation was finished, I selected restart as prompted (mistake?) and the LL loading screen came up and took an unusually long time. I think at this point in time I did a manual reboot and learned my windows bootloader would not work and was giving an error for a neogrub0 mbr file or something similar. "status: 0xc000000f"

I didn't look at the video, but basics if using EasyBCD from Windows would be:
*  Install LL and point grub boot loader install to the linux root partition instead of MBR.
*  Reboot computer -- it should boot directly to Windows without any Linux choice.
*  Install EasyBCD to Windows (can be done before installing LL if you want); then follow its directions to add the LL install to boot loader.


HP recovery disks allow me to "restore to a previous time", it's successful. Not sure if it's before or after this current install, either way it was ineffective in allowing me to boot into windows. Even went as far as to /FixMbr + /FixBoot in command prompt.
All that did was rid me of the neogrub0 error.

If computer still boots into LL, open a terminal and run this command to update grub and (hopefully) add Windows to the grub menu:

Code: [Select]
sudo update-grub
Reboot to see if it worked.
Try Linux Beginner Search Engine for answers to Linux questions.
 

Grub broke Windows bootloader?
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2014, 12:08:13 AM »
 

suburbandisposal

  • Guest
Decided to reinstall LL on a 30gb partition I set aside for it after my previous installation lead me to a wallpaper with no desktop, leaving me to resorting to using the application launcher exclusively. This was shortly after messing around with different emerald+compiz configurations after getting rid of Kwin. Probably a different issue for a different thread but any thoughts on that would be appreciated.

I was attempting to use the Easy BCD method I discovered on Matthew Moore's youtube channel which worked like a charm the first time


after the installation was finished, I selected restart as prompted (mistake?) and the LL loading screen came up and took an unusually long time. I think at this point in time I did a manual reboot and learned my windows bootloader would not work and was giving an error for a neogrub0 mbr file or something similar. "status: 0xc000000f"

went into LL live usb. Used Gparted to delete the LL partition I had made and did ANOTHER fresh install this time making sure to use grub as the bootloader for my only hdd assuming I had no other options to boot into windows at the time. No luck.
(LL loading bar came up again and took an unusually long time again, pulled USB stick out prematurely and rebooted)
HP recovery disks allow me to "restore to a previous time", it's successful. Not sure if it's before or after this current install, either way it was ineffective in allowing me to boot into windows. Even went as far as to /FixMbr + /FixBoot in command prompt.
All that did was rid me of the neogrub0 error.

currently stuck with a LL install that wont download new software and has the same issue not operating properly after waking up from suspension as my first install :'(

HP Compaq Presario CQ61z-300 3gbRAM, dual booted win7/LL
 

 

-->
X Close Ad

Linux Lite 6.6 FINAL Released - Support for 22 Languages Added - See Release Announcement Section