Comments on: Mini-Howto: Restore Windows MBR/Bootloader with Linux http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/ About Linux, IT security, tips and tricks and other stuff that comes into my mind Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: robert http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-974 robert Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:27:49 +0000 http://robert.penz.name/?p=221#comment-974 did you an apt-get update before? The package is available: http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/mbr did you an apt-get update before?

The package is available:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/mbr

]]> By: Taz http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-973 Taz Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:24:18 +0000 http://robert.penz.name/?p=221#comment-973 Didnt work on ubuntu 11.10. i had an internet connection but this is what i got. cannot locate package when i did sudo apt-get mbr. Didnt work on ubuntu 11.10. i had an internet connection but this is what i got.

cannot locate package when i did sudo apt-get mbr.

]]> By: anuz http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-954 anuz Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:49:36 +0000 http://robert.penz.name/?p=221#comment-954 Worked like a charm. I need to get my linux parttion back, though. Thank You, anyways!! Worked like a charm. I need to get my linux parttion back, though. Thank You, anyways!!

]]> By: robert http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-950 robert Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:55:21 +0000 http://robert.penz.name/?p=221#comment-950 If you use a partition device file instead of a whole hard disk file you'll write the master boot record into the partition ... thats not good!! you will need to repair the file system after that, in most cases this should also work as only 512 bytes are over written (as the mbr is not bigger). But in this case you should really know what you do and than it would not happen in the first place ..... If you use a partition device file instead of a whole hard disk file you’ll write the master boot record into the partition … thats not good!! you will need to repair the file system after that, in most cases this should also work as only 512 bytes are over written (as the mbr is not bigger). But in this case you should really know what you do and than it would not happen in the first place …..

]]> By: Peter http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Peter Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:00:41 +0000 http://robert.penz.name/?p=221#comment-946 Should probably put a warning and a better description to NOT overwrite your Windows boot drive. It destroys your install of windows rather than helps it. Find out what your drive is called (sda1) via GNOME aka GPartition (its on Ubuntu Live already) - and do NOT, DO NOT write to it. It destroys your windows and you have to do a full reinstall again. Thanks for the post and that, but should have more clarity tbf. Should probably put a warning and a better description to NOT overwrite your Windows boot drive.

It destroys your install of windows rather than helps it.

Find out what your drive is called (sda1) via GNOME
aka GPartition (its on Ubuntu Live already) – and do NOT, DO NOT write to it. It destroys your windows and you have to do a full reinstall again.

Thanks for the post and that, but should have more
clarity tbf.

]]> By: robert http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-943 robert Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:28:06 +0000 http://robert.penz.name/?p=221#comment-943 It will remove Grub from the MBR and will install a MBR which boots the "active" partition. You can set the active partition in almost any partition manager, if Windows is not on the active one. It will remove Grub from the MBR and will install a MBR which boots the “active” partition. You can set the active partition in almost any partition manager, if Windows is not on the active one.

]]> By: Arjun http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Arjun Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:31:42 +0000 http://robert.penz.name/?p=221#comment-942 Will this remove the Grub from the MBR?? that is now only windows will come as a option to boot?? Will this remove the Grub from the MBR?? that is now only windows will come as a option to boot??

]]> By: Trilok http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Trilok Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:54:05 +0000 http://robert.penz.name/?p=221#comment-941 Thanks a lot for this article.. very useful. Used solution#1 w/ ubuntu live cd.. Thanks a lot for this article.. very useful. Used solution#1 w/ ubuntu live cd..

]]> By: matt http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-940 matt Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:32:21 +0000 http://robert.penz.name/?p=221#comment-940 Awesome, thanks dude. Awesome, thanks dude.

]]> By: robert http://robert.penz.name/221/mini-howto-restore-windows-mbrbootloader-with-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-934 robert Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:46:14 +0000 http://robert.penz.name/?p=221#comment-934 @sempreelo: Than you most likely used the wrong device name. sda would be the mbr and sda1 the boot loader of the first partition and if the first partition is your windows partition you overwrote the wrong sectors. @sempreelo: Than you most likely used the wrong device name. sda would be the mbr and sda1 the boot loader of the first partition and if the first partition is your windows partition you overwrote the wrong sectors.

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