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19-Oct-2008, 03:08 PM #1
Grub error 17
Hi, I'm a windows user, xp that is, and i had a partition of my drive dedicated to Linux. Yesterday i deleted and reformatted that partition to NTFS. Now when i restarted my computer i got the GRUP ERROR 17. I don't know what to do, it seems as if it is trying to boot from something that isn't there. Any ideas?
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19-Oct-2008, 05:50 PM #2
Just restore the XP MBR by doing Task B1 or B2 from the last link of my signature.

It is just a 2 minutes job that can be done by a Dos floppy or any installation CD from Win2k or Xp.
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19-Oct-2008, 09:39 PM #3
where can i get a windows boot disk? have you ever tried super grub? if so which one do i download and burn onto the disk?

http://download.linux-live-cd.org/Su...ies/sgd/cdrom/
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19-Oct-2008, 10:56 PM #4
Nvm i fixed it with the help of the LINUX forums. But thanks for the info
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