[vox-tech] grub blunder

[Charles McLaughlin]

Bob Mullan wrote:
> I installed Debain i86 with Grub on C:\ for dual boot. (Windows XP pro, 
> NFTS hard drive). The Debain itself was installed on an external hard 
> drive connected via USB2. This was probably not the right thing to do 
> but no use crying over spilt milk.
> 
>  
> 
> When I tried to boot up I got…
> 
>  
> 
> “GRUB loading stage 1.5
> 
> GRUB loading, please wait…
> 
> Error 21”
> 
>  
> 
> I have tried;
> 
> Two Our Fathers and seven Hail Mary’s for penance, (no use);
> 
> Buying My wife chocolates, (its her PC and she is pissed);
> 
> Reinstall  Debain saying no to grub, (same error message on reboot);
> 
> Windows boot disc to get me to the recovery console but it doesn’t want 
> to accept my password as the “administrator password” and I’ve tried 
> every password I’ve ever used and can’t get in;
> 
> Knopixx bootable Linux which shows me the partitions but I am told that 
> one should not make a NFTS writeable and therefore this is useless.
> 
>  
> 
> Does anyone know if there is a way to use Knoppix to fix the MBR on 
> NFTS? Anybody have any other ideas? Know a good divorce lawyer?

If you just want to get back to your Windows install, you could use this 
tool to reset the administrator password:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Then you'd be able to use the recovery console.

Charles