[SOLVED] GRUB Trouble

[russellhollander]

Hello, this is my first post. I'll try not to sound stupid.

I have 2 hard drives: 1 with Vista, 1 with Linux. Ubuntu was my first Linux experience, but I was using Fedora on my Linux hard drive. I decided I wanted to switch to Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu) so I nuked my Fedora hard drive. Now when I turn on my computer, I just see "GRUB _" and it won't do anything else. I tried removing my Windows hard drive and installing Mint on the Linux hard drive, but when I plug the Windows hard drive back in, I get the same message. I tried google-ing a way to revert back to the Windows bootloader (to replace GRUB), but I don't have a Windows Vista installation disk, so that track has been sort of a dead end. I would appreciate any advice/suggestions.

I've been using Linux for a couple of months, but I would still classify myself as a beginner, so I appreciate the more experienced user's understanding when dealing with a novice like me. Thanks in advance for the suggestions!

[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!

You might want to take a look at the SuperGRUB CD.

[russellhollander]

I'll have a look at the Super Grub Disk. It sounds like a great resource.

[russellhollander]

Well, the Super Grub Disk worked. I had to go buy some CD's (thought those days were over). I downloaded the ISO file, used ISO recorder to burn it to a CD, put it in the drive, picked the "WIN => MBR & !WIN! ((((((((((((((((" option, and it fired right up. Thanks once again!