Fixing windows MBR without Vista Recovery CD

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Published on 2010-03-30T14:58:38Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 15:03 UTC
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I had Windows Vista + Ubuntu running on my system. I deleted the ubuntu partitions from Windows. However, when I start the system, GRUB throws up an Error 22 (missing partition) and does not let me boot into Windows.

The CD ROM on my laptop is fried and therefore I tried installing Ubuntu again using a USB install. However, the version Ubuntu 9.10 justs hangs in the load screen and does nothing. I do not have windows Vista Recovery CD (as it was a recovery partition in my laptop).

What are the options I have? How do I fix this?

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Fixing windows MBR without Vista Recovery CD

Posted by Aditya Sehgal on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Aditya Sehgal
Published on 2010-03-30T17:36:03Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 17:43 UTC
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I had Windows Vista + Ubuntu running on my system. I deleted the ubuntu partitions from Windows. However, when I start the system, GRUB throws up an Error 22 (missing partition) and does not let me boot into Windows.

The CD ROM on my laptop is fried and therefore I tried installing Ubuntu again using a USB install. However, the version Ubuntu 9.10 justs hangs in the load screen and does nothing. I do not have windows Vista Recovery CD (as it was a recovery partition in my laptop).

What are the options I have? How do I fix this?

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