I know I should give you the version of my Fedora but since I can't remember totally and since I KNOW (think really) that the reason for this boot loop is that the GRUB menu selection was for the 'Windows Recovery Partition' that I removed to install this version of Fedora. For me that makes me think that GRUB tries to start a boot loader that ain't there anymore.
The question now is how I make this boot loop go away because I think grub, Fedora and the windows system is all OK.
I tried powering off the laptop and removed the battery but it still keeps looping.

First I see the graphics for the Fn buttons to push to get into BIOS and such but NOT!! the normal boot text that shows me CPU speed, memory and such, it just goes directly to the grub boot loop. The text "GRUB Loading" and the screen blacks out and this loops.

One think that I saw when googling that wasn't exactly perfect for my case but I read it anyway and that was that "boot loop" as he called it, is saved in the 'SWAP' but is that true? I don't want to clear something that maybe makes even more fuss then it already is.
But the boot selection seems to be stored somewhere as it tries that right away instead of doing a "normal" boot that makes me do the GRUB selection again.

Hope you all understand my description of the problem.

It is still in the boot loop, even after removing the battery? Scary.

No.

Sure. In Fedora's /boot directory, which is usually a separate disk partition.

I do understand that you see some BIOS text, then "grub loading", then a black screen, and start from the beginning.
Suggestion: Boot from a CDROM or a USB stick and inspect your grub configuration. Recreate your boot sector with grub-install. Not extremely easy, and requires some care to avoid overwriting the wrong disk sectors.

Assuming this is Grub2, three useful resources:

• Official grub manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/
• GNU's grub reading list: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/gru...mentation.html
• ArchLinux wiki, generally a great resource even if you don't run ArchLinux: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB

if you are not going to bother to tell us your version of fedora
and if you are using GRUB 2 or the old LEGACY grub0.9

figure it out your self

ONLY!!!
Fedora 22 and Fedora 21 are supported
if this IS NOT one of those two

install the CURRENT and supported version

After the screen that shows the Fn keys, the screen will go blank for a second. Hit the <Shift> key as soon as it goes blank - should give you the grub boot menu. Pick the system you want.
Proceed.

@berndbausch: What I meant was is the selected/chosen menu selection saved in that partition too? (not just the menu itself) and if so where to clean that selection my wife made made.
@syg00: I'll try that when I get over there but it's about 60 km away from me now used by my wife so I have to drive over there and check/try this.

@syg00: Nope that didn't work.
@berndbausch: Yes Grub2, seems to be F17-x64

Update: Another thing is that I LiveUSB can't seem to mount the 'root' partition since it's encrypted.

Too many incomplete details. Is it encrypted (was it previously), or is it corrupted ?. What message do you get ?.
If it is encrypted with luks, this should open it then you can mount /dev/mapper/tempry somewhere and look at it - replace the "?" with the correct partitionIf it's corrupted (not encrypted) you have bigger problems - restore or rebuild.

Sorry, didn't see this. I got the cryptsetup now but now I'm into the chrooting face. Partition is OK as I figured.
I'll see what happens, I'll get back to ya

grub-install done and still same boot loop.
But all partitions can be mounted and is OK

When my boot loader breaks, I usually boot my system with super grub.

http://www.supergrubdisk.org/

After my system is booted, I usually reinstall grub from the installed operating system. This process has not failed me with various setups. I have not tried it with encrypted file systems, but I do not see why it wouldn't work.

Another option to try is the Ultimate Boot CD. Which, according to the software page, includes super grub and super grub 2.

https://www.ultimatebootcd.com/


You should be able to reinstall grub directly from both of these live cds as well, if memory serves me right. It's been a while since I broke my boot loader.

EDIT: Grammar

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Tried supergrub and fixed it
thx

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