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Boot-Repair
Boot-Repair is a simple tool to repair frequent boot issues you may encounter in
Ubuntu like when you can't boot Ubuntu after installing Windows or another Linux
distribution, or when you can't boot Windows after installing Ubuntu, or when GRUB is
not displayed anymore, some upgrade breaks GRUB, etc.
Boot-Repair lets you fix these issues with a simple click, which (generally reinstalls
GRUB and) restores access to the operating systems you had installed before the
issue.
Boot-Repair also has advanced options to backup table partitions, backup
bootsectors, create a Boot-Info (to get help by email or forum), or change the default
repair parameters: configure GRUB, add kernel options (acpi=off ...), purge GRUB,
change the default OS, restore a Windows-compatible MBR, repair a broken
filesystem, specify the disk where GRUB should be installed, etc.

Contents
1. Getting Boot-Repair
1. 1st option : get a CD including Boot-Repair
2. 2nd option : install Boot-Repair in Ubuntu
2. Using Boot-Repair
1. Recommended repair
2. Advanced options
3. External Links

Boot-Repair is a free software, licensed under GNU-GPL. Boot-Repair should be soon included in Ubuntu official repositories, until then use it at
your own risks.

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Getting Boot-Repair
1st option : get a CD including Boot-Repair
The easiest way to use Boot-Repair is to burn one of the following disks and boot on it.
1. Boot-Repair-Disk is a CD starting Boot-Repair automatically.
2. Boot-Repair is also included in Linux-Secure-Remix.
Remark : you can also install the ISO on a live-USB (eg via UnetBootin or LiliUSB or Universal USB Installer).

2nd option : install Boot-Repair in Ubuntu

- boot your computer on a Ubuntu live-CD or live-USB.
- choose "Try Ubuntu"
- connect internet
- open a new Terminal, then type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair && sudo apt-get update

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- Press Enter.
- Then type:
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && (boot-repair &)
- Press Enter

Using Boot-Repair
Recommended repair
1. launch Boot-Repair from either :
1. the Dash (the Ubuntu logo at the top-left of the screen)
2. or System->Administration->Boot-Repair menu (Ubuntu 10.04 only)
3. or by typing 'boot-repair' in a terminal
2. Then click the "Recommended repair" button. When repair is finished, note the URL (paste.ubuntu.com/XXXXX) that appeared on a paper,
then reboot and check if you recovered access to your OSs.
3. If the repair did not succeed, indicate the URL to people who help you by email or forum.

Advanced options
Warning: the default settings are the ones used by the "Recommended Repair". Changing them may worsen your problem. Don't modify them
before creating a BootInfo URL, and asking advice on this thread.

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External Links
1. Official website of Boot-Repair
2. Topic "Boot-repair: Graphical tool to repair the PC boot in 1 click !" - on Ubuntu forum, for any questions/comments.
3. HOWTO : easily create a Boot-Info summary
Boot-Repair (last edited 2013-06-25 19:08:49 by y annubuntu)

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