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1271116 2012-04-21 20:34:00 I have a dual-boot desktop with Windows 7 and Ubuntu (Natty Narwhal). Normally boots into either partition with no difficulty.

This morning, an attempt to boot up Ubuntu gets the message:

Try (hd0,0) NTFS5 no wubildr
[Then ditto for "hd0,1" and hd0,2)]

Cannot find GRLDR

Has Ubuntu somehow been rendered non-operational? Or is there anything I can do to recover, short of reinstalling the operating system and all Ubuntu applications?

And, if anyone has any idea - what could have caused this?

Latter is a less important question; I am concerned chiefly with recovering Ubuntu and its applications with the least time and trouble.

Thanks
argus (366)
1271117 2012-04-21 21:25:00 Looks like that first part of the error can mean a file is on the wrong partition (ubuntuforums.org) (wubildr) Speedy Gonzales (78)
1271118 2012-04-21 22:54:00 See if Super Grub2 will get Ubuntu to boot
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/
Renegade (16270)
1271119 2012-04-22 06:35:00 A Grub Bootdisk will probably help you get into your Ubuntu installation but I have no idea how to fix the actual problem.

If you can, (after recovering files etc) delete the whole Wubi thing and do a 'proper' installation of Ubuntu, Wubi is really a bad idea.
Agent_24 (57)
1271120 2012-04-23 05:20:00 ... delete the whole Wubi thing and do a 'proper' installation of Ubuntu, Wubi is really a bad idea.

+1
Rod J (451)
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