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Questions tagged [grubrescue]

Questions about using the grub rescue prompt or how to get rid of it.

If the computer sees that GRUB is missing, it will show you the grub rescue prompt:

Error: Something something something.
grub rescue>

To get rid of it (which most users ask) you will have to repair GRUB. A tool that is common to the Ubuntu community is Boot-Repair.

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Windows 10 upgrade led to grub rescue

I was dual-booting Windows 7 and Linux Ubuntu on my desktop, and today is the day they gave out free Windows 10 upgrades. How exciting! I got the update, and it was installing, and I left to go take a 30 minute nap. However, when I came back to…
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GRUB rescue problem after deleting Ubuntu partition!

After I deleted my Ubuntu partition, I rebooted my computer and I only get a prompt: grub rescue > The command ls lists (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1) (hd1) (hd1,msdos1) I check them one by one: ls (hd0,msdos5)/ ls…
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Grub rescue prompt, repair grub

I recently repartitioned my HDD and I have damaged GRUB on my system. On boot I get the GRUB rescue prompt and I have to go through the following steps in order to boot normally: set root=(hd0,msdos6) set prefix=(hd0,msdos6)/boot/grub insmod…
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grub_file_filters not found after Ubuntu 19.10 upgrade

I upgraded Ubuntu from 19.04 to 19.10. The upgrade went without errors but after restart grub throws an error on startup and goes into rescu mode error: symbol 'grub_file_filters' not found. Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> It's a physical…
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Recovering moved .mod files using grubrescue

I did a dumb thing... I forgot that Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) switched to GRUB 2 which puts a ton of *.mod files (kernel modules) in /boot/grub. I thought they were soundtrack files put there erroneously, and I moved them. Needless to say, the next…
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After update, get "error: file not found." followed by "grub rescue> _"

I just installed quite a lot of 12.10 updates, was prompted to reboot, and then found that I couldn't boot.
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Booting Ubuntu Failure : error: attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'

I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 in a Western Digital external hard drive (320GB). This is a complete installation, not a live USB. When I plug it in my HP desktop I go to the BIOS settings and boot off the hard drive, everything work perfectly as it…
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How to delete GRUB entirely from GRUB rescue and boot Windows only

I installed Ubuntu (twice actually) onto the same drive. I wanted to 'try again' since one of them didn't install correctly and the other installed differently, but it worked. I was getting frustrated with the GRUB menu because it was really sloppy…
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Stuck in GRUB Rescue Mode

I messed up my new laptop while trying to set up a dual-boot with Ubuntu and Windows 8.I did a whole bunch of stuff trying to get it to work and now when I try to boot I get stuck in GRUB's recovery mode with no errors. My question is: Can I boot…
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grub rescue -> no such partition

I have a big problem with my computer... I have reduced the windows partition and when I reboot then I have the grub rescue with the error message: "no such partition". Moreover, I don't have access to the bios and so it seems impossible to change…
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Transaction for graphical.target/start is destructive

After I forcefully turned System off, and then Turned on tomorrow morning, I got :- Failed to start default target: Transaction for graphical.target/start is destructive (emergency.target has 'start' job queued, but 'stop' is included in the…
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GRUB Rescue - setting boot and prefix again and again

I almost know nothing about coding in Ubuntu. I am currently dual booting ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Windows 10. Everything was fine . But today an error occured saying "can't find filesystem" and then grub rescue begins . After searching for some time…
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How to fix the MBR for Windows 7?

I have installed Ubuntu as dualboot with Windows 7. Now I'm no longer using Ubuntu so i removed the Ubuntu partition and added the unallocated space to my Windows 7 partition. But after I restart my computer it goes directly to the error: error:…
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grub rescue / move folder

I made a really silly sudo mv /* /some_folder move command on my remote server vm ubuntu 12.04 that moved my boot folder to /home/.../somefolder/boot I can access this folder via a browser terminal that gives me grub rescue. How can I move…
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error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found in ubuntu 13.10

I've installed ubuntu 13.10, but after rebooting I get the message: GRUB loading: Welcome to GRUB! error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> I have the following partitons setup: /dev/sdb5: /boot ext4 …
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