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I've had a problem with hdd space, as detailed here: No hdd space left

I've since tried to make more space using GParted. I've deleted partitions I thought were not being used, and expanded my Ubuntu partion. So my partitions are 1. Dell 2. OS Recovery 3. Windows 4. Ubuntu

Five and six were other things I didn't know, and there was some unallocated space. A long time ago I tried to expand Ubuntu backwards to take up Windows territory, but it couldn't be done. So today I thought I'd try the other direction. Now I get this message after restarting: error: no such partiion. grub rescue> How do I rescue grub? I have 12.04 on usb to use for gparted.

System: Dell Latitude E5520, Windows 7, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, total drive space was 300Gb, with about 200Gb free space in Windows, but could not use for Ubuntu.

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To add boot-repair to the repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair

To Update your repository

sudo apt-get update

To install boot-repair

sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair




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Alternatively, if you don't have access to an active internet connection, you can issue sudo grub-install /dev/sd(hard drive letter, usually a) from the terminal, and that will reinstall GRUB onto the bootloader. –  Sil Jan 23 at 8:06

Thanks so much for your help, it's really appreciated. I'm able to get back into both Windows and Ubuntu, again. The only hitch was I had to change my USB starter disk to 64bit (my fault). After that the instructions worked well.

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