okay, first i ordered a ubuntu 8.10 disk for free from ubuntu.com. then i realised that it would take 8 weeks. then i found wubi. i installed it and loved it! i used it for 8 weeks. then the disk came in. i wanted to install it to my computer. i didn't want to install on to the primary hdd, and i had a 500gb western digitial 3.5 external hard disk lying around. i hooked the disk to my dell latitude d600 xp professional sp2. i put in the ubuntu disk i got in the mail. i loaded the partioner. i made a 25gb partion to my external hard disk. i thought that meant all my ubuntu files were stored on the hard disk, and whenever i wanted to load ubuntu instead of windows, i could just pop in the external hard disk, and i could boot from the hard disk. but, when the hard disk wasn't plugged in, on my screen was a message saying grub boot loader and grub loading and error 21 on the next line. i researched some, and found that the mbr file in the windows partion on my laptop was changed so that it loaded the grub instead of windows automatically. how to do i make the mbr file on windows back to the default? i know how to delete the partion on the external hard disk already though.
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1 David // Apr 21, 2009
I did the exact same thing!!! Here's how to fix it:
(Links…)
http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/15/how-to-fix-your-windows-mbr-with-an- ubuntu-livecd/
forum.lowyat.net/topic/552203
Hope those help!
2 mauro n // Apr 21, 2009
How to remove programs securely in Windows Vista?
When we store programs in our PC and time goes by, we realize that we are using some of them rarely or we simply do not need them anymore, this is why we should learn how to remove them in a simple and secure way, for these, there are some plain steps we need to know in order to keep ourselves from troubling our PC when eliminating them.
We should take into account that when we obtain a program, whether it is from a CD-ROM, a removable disk, a USB, a Pendrive, a compact flash, etc., we must install them from an exe, meaning an executable file that has the setup name, because it is the proper way for been able of using it with all its regular conditions.
Once you are done with a program and do not need it anymore for different reasons (expiry, lack of usage or interest), we have to remove it from our PCs, because it only occupies space and valuable PC resources. Regarding Windows Vista updates, we should be careful when removing them, because they usually change some information from our system, and getting rid of them might cause a catastrophe in our PCs.
More info :
http://www.seekinusa.com/computers/how-to-remove-programs-securely-in-windows-vista.asp
http://www.seekinusa.com/computers/ubuntu.asp
3 zbalat // Apr 21, 2009
Boot form the XP cd
Chose repair console when prompted (Hit R)
At the prompt type fixboot and hit enter then type fixmbr and hit enter.
Type exit and reboot.
4 JC // Apr 21, 2009
This was exactly what happened to me
If you have a Windows Install CD:
1) Insert it
2)Reboot
3) Select "Repair" or something like that…
4) It WILL repair the mbr of windows.
If you don't: Go to a support center of PC's and tell them to try to do the "Repair" thing. If it doesn't work (for me it didn't) you'll need to reinstall Windows.
This is why I hate Ubuntu. I had a 1 tb hdd, I did just exactly the same. Got the same error. I succesfully restored windows boot loder, but my Windows hard drive letter was changed (god knows why) to D (it was C). This messed up my Laptop…So I reinstalled windows
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