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PaulM2008 · 11-02-2008, 02:47 AM

Good Morning, My First Post here...Hope you are well

My problem is simple - but I cannot find a solution [which works]. I have 2 Western Digital 500GB HDD's. I had vista 64 bit installed on one, Ubuntu on the other. Unfortunatly for some reason while undertaking updates, via the update manager in ubuntu. When I re-rooted the system failed with a disc read error Ctrl-Alt-Del to re-start. Since then I have been unable to use my desktop [old laptop to the rescue!!]. I have attempted to correct the fault using ultimate boot cd/ ubuntu live cd and super grub disc utilities. But alas nothing appears to recover my system. I'm now thinking that a total re-build of the system + drivers + software is required - given the amout of applications [plus online updates etc...] on my system I feel this will not be trivial. I'm wondering If anyone else has experienced this problem, and were there any solutions?

Regards

Paul

11-02-2008, 02:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
PaulM2008 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Vista 64 SP1	Dual Boot : Master Boot Record Corrputed[moved from h/drives] Good Morning, My First Post here...Hope you are well My problem is simple - but I cannot find a solution [which works]. I have 2 Western Digital 500GB HDD's. I had vista 64 bit installed on one, Ubuntu on the other. Unfortunatly for some reason while undertaking updates, via the update manager in ubuntu. When I re-rooted the system failed with a disc read error Ctrl-Alt-Del to re-start. Since then I have been unable to use my desktop [old laptop to the rescue!!]. I have attempted to correct the fault using ultimate boot cd/ ubuntu live cd and super grub disc utilities. But alas nothing appears to recover my system. I'm now thinking that a total re-build of the system + drivers + software is required - given the amout of applications [plus online updates etc...] on my system I feel this will not be trivial. I'm wondering If anyone else has experienced this problem, and were there any solutions? Regards Paul