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Can't boot Vista completely
Mikeplyts
post May 13 2010, 06:23 AM
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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. _unsure.gif
 
 
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Mikeplyts
post May 13 2010, 05:00 PM
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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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