Windows – How to fix a “no such partition Grub Rescue” error?

formattinggrubiso-imageubuntu-10.04windows 7

Earlier I installed Ubuntu 10.04 from a USB flash drive.

Since the system was unable to detect Ubuntu in the initial menu that appears on reoboting, I deleted the partition onto which I had installed Ubuntu while in Windows 7.

I then installed PowerISO which prompted me to reboot the system.

Now however I get the following error:

error: no such partition
grub rescue>

How can I fix this?

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I've just had the same problem. I found this article which explains how to fix it:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/20864-mbr-restore-windows-7-master-boot-record.html

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Windows – Ubuntu grub rescue prompt

Cause: Grub2 is not supposed to replace the original bootloader.

Conditions: Windows 7, Netbook, no optical disc drive, no rescue CD, repair startup not found in Windows Rescue Environment (Press F8 before Windows logo appears), failed to uninstall Grub and restore Windows bootloader

Solutions:

Get SuperGrubDisk to boot into the Windows partition.
In Windows, get Mbrfix.exe to fix the MBR (run Mbrfix /drive 0 fixmbr /win7).

Do read the instructions in the documentation.

Error: no such partition grub rescue>

You have deleted the partition where grub was installed.

1) In case you want to install Ubuntu again you can proceed with a regular installation

2) If you want to keep just windows , you can boot your windows using this [you might need to use hd0,2 depending on where you have installed windows]

grub>root (hd0,1)
grub>chainloader +1
grub>boot

go into recovery mode and use "fixmbr" command to rewrite the boot sector

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