waaa..I'm in deep GRUB ****!! =(

[jesar_gacula]

Re: waaa..I'm in deep GRUB #&%$!! =(

ok dude..i'll try. i'll be back in a bit..thanks man!

[jesar_gacula]

Re: waaa..I'm in deep GRUB #&%$!! =(

it's still the same dude..

[jesar_gacula]

Re: waaa..I'm in deep GRUB #&%$!! =(

I feel very bad and miserable..'coz it seems like I already tried everything that I could (of course, with all your suggestions and help) and yet I can't retrieve my files from my other freakin' PC =(

Oh, another question to y'all.."How will I know if I still have my files on my hard drive?" 'Coz, every time I click on 'Details' on the 'Disk & Filesystems Settings', a white box pops-up which I believe is a bar graph representation of the storage device's capacity. And I believe that the white color represents 'blank' or 'empty'.
Ooh..I hope I'm wrong about that!! I hope I can still retrieve my files..

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeelp!!

[Qqmike]

Re: waaa..I'm in deep GRUB #&%$!! =(

I've lost track of what's been tried when & how.
However, it looks like re-installing GRUB is not an option because /boot/grub/stage1 comes back Error 15—File Not Found => no grub files!

Sure sounds like something drastic occurred on that partition (damage to the root system, deletion, etc ?).

To resolve: Use what Fintan has said, and access your data using the Kubuntu Live CD. Have you ruled that out as an option here?

Worst case, look into testdisk
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
I have not used it, but it is used often to recover such “lost” data and partitions, even partitions that have been “deleted.” (When you delete a partition, you do not actually delete the data—unless you used dd to overrun it! You just delete references (pointers etc) to it.)
It might take an effort and some time, but testdisk would be well worth it if the data is important.
(It's a free download; it is also included on GParted Live CD by right-clicking on the main GParted screen.)

I'm just not convinced, though, that you can't get at it with a Live Kubuntu CD ... ?

[jesar_gacula]

Re: waaa..I'm in deep GRUB #&%$!! =(

I'm just not convinced, though, that you can't get at it with a Live Kubuntu CD ... ?

Dude I really tried what Fintan had told me..it didn't work. I used GG Kubuntu Live CD, went to 'KMenu -> System Settings -> Advanced -> Disk & Files -> Administrator Mode. But every time I right-click on the hard disk drive, that I am suppose to mount..no 'Edit' or 'Modify Partion' appears, Only 'New' and 'Detail'.
I may not have done exactly what he told me 'coz I only used 1 hard drive and 1 removable disk instead of 2 hard disk drives.

[Qqmike]

Re: waaa..I'm in deep GRUB #&%$!! =(

Gosh, I don't know. And it's hard to do this by remote control.
I noticed that the out put of sudo fdisk -lu shows no partitions!? (Even though GRUB seems to be installed to the MBR.) Sure looks like something got deleted.

What about at the grub>; can your try
grub> geometry (hd0)
grub> geometry (hd1)

The testdisk site might help, I've not used it myself, but if you worked on it, I think you could get a better handle on what's on that disk and maybe rescue some data/partition, especially if a partition was accidentally deleted (testdisk shows an example of that).

You can also use GParted Live CD – it should also show you your partitions if you have any. If you don't have GParted Live CD, you could get it in your Live Kubuntu CD session: K > System > Adept Manager, type in gparted, expand it by clicking the > on the left, click Request Install, Apply. Then let it install. You'll find it under K > System > Partition editor, or K > something else. When you are done with the live session, GParted will be gone (as it was only in RAM).

[jesar_gacula]

Re: waaa..I'm in deep GRUB #&%$!! =(

dude..my Qparted from GG live CD can detect my hard drive..but the problem is...
every time i try to open my hard drive, a message on the status bar of the dolphin file manager always appear.. "Permission denied". I cannot access it in konsole..

[Qqmike]

Re: waaa..I'm in deep GRUB #&%$!! =(

You can try the Knoppix Live CD -- it is often used to rescue data in a case like this.

You download it (free), burn it to CD, then run it like any other live CD.
When it comes up, it should show you all your hard drives right there on the Desktop (it's a KDE system, just like Kubuntu). Right click on the hard drive in question, select "Mount," then open it (click on that icon), then copy that data out to a thumb drive or CD (or to the Knoppix Desktop, then you can move it). After your live Knoppix session, of course, everything you did in Knoppix will be gone (unless you set a persistent partition under K > Settings).

[jesar_gacula]

Re: waaa..I'm in deep GRUB #&%$!! =(

You can try the Knoppix Live CD -- it is often used to rescue data in a case like this.

You download it (free), burn it to CD, then run it like any other live CD.
When it comes up, it should show you all your hard drives right there on the Desktop (it's a KDE system, just like Kubuntu). Right click on the hard drive in question, select "Mount," then open it (click on that icon), then copy that data out to a thumb drive or CD (or to the Knoppix Desktop, then you can move it). After your live Knoppix session, of course, everything you did in Knoppix will be gone (unless you set a persistent partition under K > Settings).

Dude, does Knoppix have a Live USB? I mean, can I boot my PC using my USB drive with Knoppix Live in it?

[Qqmike]

Re: waaa..I'm in deep GRUB #&%$!! =(

Yeah, you can.

How To Make GRUB Thumb Drive
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081748.0

Knoppix on USB Flash Drive (UFD), Reply #6 & #7


It's probably not the best way to use Knoppix, but you could do it just to get that data off. Knoppix is good because it detects your hardware well and makes it accessible to you. Problem is, there's some work to be done to get it onto that flash drive. Heck, maybe Puppy on a flash drive would also work (it's there too under that How-To topic). Puppy is smaller, 50-100 MB, and fast.