bringing back grub
 

I installed windows after installing linux. Grub no longer shows up. How do I get it back?

Hi

Boot the live cd mount your linux partition /mnt/sdax
X being the partition number

install grub
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/sdax dev/sda

This i had seen in some other forum , can you just replace the --root directory and write exactly what should be given there ? It will help newbie to understand better

So if I have windows installed on my first partition, and then for my extended partition, the partitions, /boot, /, etc., do I want to install it to the first one (NTFS) or to one of the linux partitions? I read that the mbr is located at position 0, so I wasn't sure if I install it on the windows partition, but I was afraid it would write over windows.

Here is explained for Ubuntu OP hasn't mentioned what OS he is using ------> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gr...talling_GRUB_2

so you did not fallow the advice on almost every guide on dual booting
1) install windows
2) install linux
( grub will boot windows, windows will NOT boot linux )

you made a /boot partition
install grub there

then in the bios set THAT partition to boot first !
or using Gparted live cd
put the "boot flag" on that partition

I tried all possible ways but it failed, and I had finally reloaded the OS and its working fine now.. Thanks for all the support provided.

Finally solved... did a complete re-install, but that did not work (of Linux). Then I followed this tutorial. I was mounting the sda# instead of just the sda partition.

Link: http://www.howtogeek.com/114884/how-...ntu-wont-boot/

Same here, did a complete reinstall ( including Windows) it worked fine, unable to find what went wrong initially.