Hi everyone,
I was experimenting with Elementary OS when it went a little wonky, just became unresponsive and features had broken. Couldn't really figure out the problem so I just decided to uninstall it. I deleted the partitions that it had been installed on and tried to restart into Windows.
I got a screen much like the one in the attachment below.
I did some searching on my other computer and found out that GRUB is the bootloader for linux and replaces Windows bootloader when you install it. I also found that to restore windows bootloader, you're gonna need a Recovery disk.
So I made a recovery disk using my Windows 8 laptop (Using a Flash Drive), plugged it into my crippled computer, booted from the USB, followed the instructions that I had accumulated from multiple websites explaining what to do.
The specific instructions were to go to the command prompt within the recovery disk and type:
I also had tried:
since another site had suggested trying that. They both said that the operation was successful.
I was then told that I should be able to reboot into Windows good as new. Well I can't. I'm still getting the same GRUB rescue screen linked above.
So that's the problem
Here's various bits that may be helpful:
Crippled PC -
Windows 8.1 Pro
250GB SSD - Windows install (NOTE: When trying to reset it gave me the message saying that the drive with Windows installed was locked and that it needed unlocked in order to reset/refresh it?)
1TB HD - Just extra storage for Windows
3TB HD - This is the drive that had the linux partitions, about 350GB was for linux, now just unallocated. The rest is one partition that contains some backup information. (NOTE: If it makes any difference, this was an external HD that I ripped out of its enclosure as the SATA to USB converter card seemed to be going out.)
Other notes:
The recovery disk was made on my Windows laptop that originally shipped with Windows 8, not 8.1, it's also just the Basic version, not Pro.
The crippled PC was built with Windows 8.1 Pro.
I personally built the crippled PC so there is no recovery partition within it.
If any other information is required please let me know, and thank you for any help!
Also, if this issue was already been presented and fixed, please do link it to me, I couldn't find any where using these commands didn't work.
I was experimenting with Elementary OS when it went a little wonky, just became unresponsive and features had broken. Couldn't really figure out the problem so I just decided to uninstall it. I deleted the partitions that it had been installed on and tried to restart into Windows.
I got a screen much like the one in the attachment below.
I did some searching on my other computer and found out that GRUB is the bootloader for linux and replaces Windows bootloader when you install it. I also found that to restore windows bootloader, you're gonna need a Recovery disk.
So I made a recovery disk using my Windows 8 laptop (Using a Flash Drive), plugged it into my crippled computer, booted from the USB, followed the instructions that I had accumulated from multiple websites explaining what to do.
The specific instructions were to go to the command prompt within the recovery disk and type:
Code:
bootrec.exe /fixmbrCode:
bootrec.exe /fixbootI was then told that I should be able to reboot into Windows good as new. Well I can't. I'm still getting the same GRUB rescue screen linked above.
So that's the problem
Here's various bits that may be helpful:
Crippled PC -
Windows 8.1 Pro
250GB SSD - Windows install (NOTE: When trying to reset it gave me the message saying that the drive with Windows installed was locked and that it needed unlocked in order to reset/refresh it?)
1TB HD - Just extra storage for Windows
3TB HD - This is the drive that had the linux partitions, about 350GB was for linux, now just unallocated. The rest is one partition that contains some backup information. (NOTE: If it makes any difference, this was an external HD that I ripped out of its enclosure as the SATA to USB converter card seemed to be going out.)
Other notes:
The recovery disk was made on my Windows laptop that originally shipped with Windows 8, not 8.1, it's also just the Basic version, not Pro.
The crippled PC was built with Windows 8.1 Pro.
I personally built the crippled PC so there is no recovery partition within it.
If any other information is required please let me know, and thank you for any help!
Also, if this issue was already been presented and fixed, please do link it to me, I couldn't find any where using these commands didn't work.