Ubuntu Repair Grub

It's not super complicated. Check out this thread in the Ubuntu Forums: Thread Remove dual boot Ubuntu Mint as well as : Boot Repair Community Help Wiki. Boot repair will help fix problems that will happen with GRUB, and give the option to select Ubuntu as default OS.

Let us know how it worked out.

Good luck!

Error 17 sounds like a grub bootloader problem, IE: your Acer disk didn't perhaps reload the boot code for Windows, or remove grub entirely.

http://www.ubuntu.com/download
Ubuntu 10.10 Latest Version
which can repair what windows has ruined and is unable to fix fix the problem
either burn it to a disk as an iso and install

you might have burn it to an iso first then boot from the cd rom to install ubuntu or you might just try to install ubuntu directly from the download if it does not install you might save it to a folder then burn it as an isohttp://download.cnet.com/active-iso-burner/3000-2646_4-10602452.html
once Ubuntu has been installed on your computer has corrected the fault you will be able to reinstall windows
or keep ubuntu and install windows next door to it

you can have a dual boot computer with both windows and ubuntu linux you will need to partition your hard drive to do this
is a free partition program.
I have actually used this process to fix my computer with similiar problems and it works.

also

You might want to look at this

http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-4...aspire-one-zg5 also

Click start control panel administrative tools computer management then select event viewer this may vary depending on what operating system you have

extend the events there you will see errors in red you will no what exactly what the error was and at what time it occurred

Right click on the error message select properties you will see all details about the error

or click start type in event viewer pressENTER
this should give you some sort of understanding of the error and
you might be able work your way through the problem

when this happened to me on my Vista machine last year, I freaked out until I accidentally fixed it using by booting with my original Vista boot disc, and choosing 'Repair OS'. Try finding a/your original Windows XP install disc and seeing if it will repair and replace your own Windows boot sector. It would be best to find the one that came with your system, or another like it, but if all else fails, just try a hologrammed Windows XP install CD, but instead of 'install', choose 'repair'.

Backup, Repairing and Reinstalling GRUB

• To make a backup a copy of the existing menu.lst file use: cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.oldYou can try re-installing the grub using the Ubuntu Live CD, in two different ways.

GUI

1. Boot your computer up with Ubuntu CD
2. Go through all the process until you reach "[!!!] Disk Partition"
3. Select Manual Partition
4. Mount your appropriate linux partions / /boot swap .....
   
5. DO NOT FORMAT THEM.
   
6. Finish the manual partition
7. Say "Yes" when it asks you to save the changes
8. It will give you errors saying that "the system couldn't install ....." after that
9. Ignore them, keep select "continue" until you get back to the Ubuntu installation menu
10. Jump to "Install Grub ...."
11. Once it is finished, just restart your computer

Its GRand Unified Bootloader used in Linux OS.
Normally you get this error when GRUB is not able recognise the partition from which you are trying to boot the system. Make sure the boot partition on your system is recognisable by GRUB (such as EXT3).

You can try to restore the GRUB using the LIVE CD

1. Boot From Live CD
2. Open Terminal Window
3. type >sudo grub
4. then type : find /boot/grub/stage1
5. you'll get something like: (hd0, 1)
6. then type : >root (hd0, 1)
7. type: > setup (hd0)
8. >quit
9. >exit

Remove the Live CD and reboot the system.


Please let me know if you need any further assistance.


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You have to delete the ubuntu partition completely and recreate a new partition for the vista install. You can do this during the vista setup.

While in Ubuntu do:

sudo fdisk -l to find the drive you want to boot to.

On the command line type:
"sudo grub", this will give you the grub shell >

If the disk you want to install the MBR is sda* for instance, then type (at the grub prompt):
"setup (hd0)"

then type "quit" at the prompt.

i've just explained it in another threads..hope it'll help you.. http://www.fixya.com/support/t888401-ubuntu_repair_grub

-While booting your grub bootloader, press "e", enter the edit mode.

-Press "e" on the first line.

-(hd0,0) Change the last 0 to a 2, so it reads: (hd0,2).

-Press ‘b’ to boot.

Good luck.