Can't boot Vista completely |
Can't boot Vista completely |
May 13 2010, 06:23 AM
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![]() Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
Hey, um, I'm in a bit of a pickle. So, about four or so months ago, I decided to install Ubuntu Linux on my computer. It's been a great OS so far and I've gotten pretty used to it, but I wanted to check out some things on Windows Vista (which was the original OS I used before Linux). However, whenever I booted Vista up (on both /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2) it doesn't really ever boot Vista completely. Like, if I boot on /dev/sda1, it takes me to a big Vista image with a bar underneath that reads, "Recovering Windows" and then, it just restarts my computer and never "recovers" anything because it just shows the same image and bar again when I go back to see if it was actually "recovered." If I try it on /dev/sda2, it takes me through some options and stuff like that to recover Vista, but I've tried all options and none seem to work because when they "repair" the "problems", it restarts my computer and it still doesn't work (it just shows the exact same repair options again and again).
I'm not sure what to do so it'd be nice if one of y'all tech-nerds helped out on this one. And I don't know if it counts for anything, but I boot Linux/Vista from something called GNU GRUB. |
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May 13 2010, 05:00 PM
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![]() Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg:
CODE #
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then have_grubenv=true load_env fi set default="0" if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry} save_env saved_entry prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=10 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/white ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-21-generic" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi set quiet=1 insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-21-generic (recovery mode)" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-17-generic" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi set quiet=1 insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-17-generic (recovery mode)" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi set quiet=1 insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" { insmod ntfs set root=(hd0,1) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4184b31c679d77d5 chainloader +1 } menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" { insmod ntfs set root=(hd0,2) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bae07d99e07d5d17 chainloader +1 } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### |
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Mikeplyts Can't boot Vista completely May 13 2010, 06:23 AM
mipadi Sounds like one of the partitions/locations where ... May 13 2010, 08:23 AM
ButtsexV2 Do cat /boot/grub/menu.list and post it here. May 13 2010, 08:31 AM
Mikeplyts QUOTE(mipadi @ May 13 2010, 09:23 AM) Sou... May 13 2010, 03:10 PM
mipadi QUOTE(Mikeplyts @ May 13 2010, 04:10 PM) ... May 13 2010, 04:50 PM
ButtsexV2 in that case you're using a version of grub th... May 13 2010, 03:59 PM
Mikeplyts bump.
By the way, I installed VirtualBox to see w... May 30 2010, 10:07 PM
synapse the vista boot is no longer there. May 31 2010, 05:04 AM
Mikeplyts Yep, thought so.
Any way to get it back or put in... May 31 2010, 11:11 AM
ButtsexV2 QUOTE(Mikeplyts @ May 31 2010, 11:11 AM) ... Jun 1 2010, 04:38 AM
synapse Do you want to dual boot? Otherwise just stick in ... Jun 1 2010, 12:25 AM
Mikeplyts Yeah, I don't even know how. I just went throu... Jun 1 2010, 05:47 AM
synapse If you haven't replaced any of the hardware, i... Jun 1 2010, 10:33 AM
Mikeplyts That's the problem, though; I don't have a... Jun 1 2010, 11:33 PM
ButtsexV2 go ahead and download an ISO. You'll have to ... Jun 2 2010, 12:46 AM![]() ![]() |