Fixing Grub 2 dual boot issue with windows 7 - Fedora 17
Pc is configured dual boot with windows 7 and fedora 17. Windows boot manger got corrupted and unable to boot. Grub2 boot loader comes up with windows 7 boot entry but selecting to boot to windows 7 started giving boot mgr error. I fixed windows boot issue first with win 7 cd then reinstalled grub2 using Fedora 17 live cd Fix windows 7 boot mgr Use windows 7 installation cd to fix the win 7 boot issue Boot from the windows 7 cd Repair Your Computer Select User Recovery tools Startup Repair This will find the installed windows and fix windows 7 boot issue. Windows 7 will erase grub 2 boot loader and install windows 7 boot manager so we will not be able to access fedora. Now we have to install grub again to be able to dual boot properly. 2. Reconfigure Grub 2 for dual boot Start the pc with fedora 17 live cd Start a terminal Change user to root su - root Mount the root partition mount /dev/sda2 /mnt