Wubi

  1. Bug #610898
  2. Comment #17

Comment 17 for bug 610898

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Svante Salen (svantis) wrote : Re: "No such device" - grub-pc update renders computer unbootable

Solution if you are desperate to get Windows working again and don't care so much about Ubuntu:

I also suffered from this bug. I run Wubi and windows7 on my Asus UL30V laptop:
- upgrade Ubuntu yesterday to latest (don't remember version :-)
- at boot I get # No such device <strange serie of letters> and grub rescue

I then downloaded the wubildr and changed it for C: (and other locations where I found it!)
- Same fault.

I then started with a linux live-CD and downloaded ms-sys (used to fix windows MBR) as described in this link:
http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/15/how-to-fix-your-windows-mbr-with-an-ubuntu-livecd/

Now Windows7 starts directly an Grub is lost.

Any proposal how to get Grub back and use Ubuntu? Maybe I should skip Wubi and make a normal Ubuntu install?
/Svante