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After automatic upgrade Ubuntu will not start

Asked by Violet Diamante

I have a dual boot Windows Vista and Ubuntu (I started with 9 but have been doing automatic upgrades and was at 10 something but can't look at the exact numbers now...) I think I used Wubi because I installed Ubuntu from XP.

After doing the automatic upgrades the other day it said it had a problem with Chrome during the installation but continued until it got to the point where it asks you to restart. If it means the google browser than I never had that installed on my Ubuntu side.

When I turn on my computer it gives me the options of choosing Windows or Ubuntu, however when I choose the Ubuntu option it immediately restarts the computer (shows the toshiba screen...) and brings me back to the options of Ubuntu or Windows.

How can I fix this? And how can I get to my Ubuntu files from the Windows side so that I can back them up? I am not an advanced computer user when it comes to operating systems but I can follow directions pretty well. =) I do not mind doing a clean install if I have to but would at least like to save my open office documents. =(

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Emre AYTAÇ (eaytac) said : 		#1

I don't have an idea what is the problem with your Ubuntu after updates but I have a good idea for your Open Office documents :)

You can use a live cd and mount your wubi root partition, then recover your files. The link explain how to do this

http://neosmart.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5004

Hope this helps...

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bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#2

The upgrade to 10.10 is known to corrupt c:\wubildr
Even some grub-pc 10.04.1 updates have done this. To fix, backup c:\wubildr first as a precaution, then copy c:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr over c:\wubildr
(change 'drive' letter if required)

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bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#3

PS the program ext2read (http://ext2read.blogspot.com/) gives read-only access to the virtual disk wubi uses (c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk)

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