Hi everyone!
I found a similiar thread, but i’m concerned my situation is more complicated. I hope not! :@
So, i found an old hard drive, and thought it would be amazing to install linux on a seperate hard drive and dual boot between Netrunner and Windows 7.
So i installed Netrunner, and right after that i wanted to boot into windows. I got this: error: no such device grub error.
I immediately went to bios and as my first boot device i put the old hard drive containing Netrunner. And that didn’t boot either.
So then i really freaked out. I disconntected the hard drive containing Netrunner. Still couldnt boot into windows.
What to do now? I found somewhere i need to make a bootable USB containing windows 7. and run repair mode.
I downloaded " startup disk creator" but seems as though i cant use my windows iso file with it. Is there a programe in linux i can make a bootable windows usb?
I still want to continue using windows 7, and the stuff i have on my primary hard drive is very important.
But if i resolve this issue, i still want to use the old drive i found for running netrunner.
Anyway…sorry i went on a babbling spree, but very anxious to fix this.
As you might have already thought, i am a complete noob lol.
First make sure that when you can boot into netrunner that all the data on the windows partition is still accessable.
This might be also a good point to do a backup of your important data if you not already did this.
Is there a particulary reason you can’t use the dvd of windows to restore the bootloader ?
I would at least try the Super Grub Disk [now called rescatux] ( http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ ) which has a windows entry which allows you to ‘fix boot of Windows’(also called restore windows MBR).
Thankfully, i see my drives, and everything is there. I backep up some of it to another usb stick, but unfortunately dont have anywhere else to put anymore.
Problem is i dont have a cd/dvd drive. Don’t really use it anymore, so got rid of them over time.
I downladed the super grub disk, now i have to make a bootable usb ouf of it?
Yes exactly. If you don’t have a cd/dvd drive thats the only way to boot it.
You can try unetbootin or one of the other recommends methods described on the supergrubdisk site