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Hi there. I am new here, but I am only going on here every now and then, which is when I screw up. Basically, it'll either be a long time or never until I come back with it.
I will just explain everything that happened as I remember it.
In 2011 I got a computer with Windows 7 pre installed with no disc for anything.
In 2015 I tried dual booting it with Ubuntu. That went well.
But then I heard of Linux Mint and I thought that might be better.
So I installed it. Replaced Ubuntu with it.
But it made me put in the password in the very beginning and therefore I forgot it.
I tried reinstalling it multiple times, but with no luck.
When I finally gave up and took put the disc, I restarted and now I gotta deal with this grub rescue bullshit. Almost everything I type, it doesn't understand.
Apparently I have an unknown or corrupted file system.
I want the best answer for this cause if I did what someone told me to do and I messed it up even more, I will probably rage. And I do not want to do that, and neither you do either. TRUST ME.
Do you have a Windows 7 installation disk at all? Not necessarily one for this machine, just ANY W7 installation disk? If so, boot from that, and tell it to repair. It should overwrite grub and replace it with the Windows bootloader so you go straight into Windows.
Do you have a Windows 7 installation disk at all? Not necessarily one for this machine, just ANY W7 installation disk? If so, boot from that, and tell it to repair. It should overwrite grub and replace it with the Windows bootloader so you go straight into Windows.
My Windows 7 never came with any disc, and I do not have an installation disk.
That is rather obvious, but many of the rest of us do, and this is a public forum with members of all ages and from many cultural backgrounds... please be respectful of them.
If simple respect isn't enough, then please read the LQ rules.
I want the best answer for this cause if I did what someone told me to do and I fucked it up even more, I will probably rage. And I do not want to do that, and neither you do either. TRUST ME.
do you want to keep your Win7?
I do suppect you have no other means of getting onto the internet and access to a USB to try and download some rescue software for Win7 .. repair your MBR and boot. (but then how did you post this? )
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Consider Super Grub Disc as a solution. You can put it on your pendrive with Unetbootin and boot to your pendrive. Select Windows and then Fix boot of Windows to restore your Widows MBR(no Ubuntu access with this potion) or GNU/Linux followed by the Fix Boot option(If you want both Ubuntu and Windows).
a Link How to Fix MBR without Windows 7 DVD or CD Disc
Code:
install Ubuntu LiveCD on your pendrive, boot from your pendrive, open terminal and type:
sudo apt-get install mbr
sudo install-mbr -i n -p D -t 0 /dev/sda
Replace /dev/sda with the name of your drive.
Another method:
sudo apt-get install syslinux
sudo dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
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I honestly don't care.
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Ok I am sorry. I am accessing from Windows Phone. Sorry I'm just so mad cause I should have never forgotten my password. UGH ITS ALL MY FAULT EVERYTHING I DO IS MY FAULT
Ok I am sorry. I am accessing from Windows Phone. Sorry I'm just so mad cause I should have never forgotten my password. UGH ITS ALL MY FAULT EVERYTHING I DO IS MY FAULT
that's the way it usally works,
strange that you cannot get it to install a Linux Distro over top of the last install though.
I don't mind the Lang.. People get upset and well there ya go...
password tip make it simple if you're the only one that is going to be playing with in. mine is .... well nevermind what mine is, just keep it simple.
is that what this sidebar Lang thing is all about?? or is it this?
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I want the best answer for this cause if I did what someone told me to do and I messed it up even more, I will probably rage. And I do not want to do that, and neither you do either. TRUST ME.
You could have just change the password of root by hiting the 'e' command on grub and changing init to /bin/bash. init=/bin/bash and boot to a shell, remount the file system and use passwd for a new pass.
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