How do I force grub menu on boot?
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Booting into recovery mode
- Switch on your computer.
- Wait until the UEFI/BIOS has finished loading, or has almost finished.
- With BIOS, quickly press and hold the Shift key, which will bring up the GNU GRUB menu.
- Select the line which starts with “Advanced options”.
If you don’t see a menu with a list of boot options appear, the GRUB boot loader may have been overwritten, preventing Ubuntu from booting. This can happen if you install Windows on a drive after installing Ubuntu or another Linux distribution on it.
How do I restore grub menu?
The graphical way
- Insert your Ubuntu CD, reboot your computer and set it to boot from CD in the BIOS and boot into a live session. You can also use a LiveUSB if you have created one in the past.
- Install and run Boot-Repair.
- Click “Recommended Repair”.
- Now reboot your system. The usual GRUB boot menu should appear.
Does Ubuntu use grub?
GRUB 2 is the default boot loader and manager for Ubuntu since version 9.10 (Karmic Koala). As the computer starts, GRUB 2 either presents a menu and awaits user input or automatically transfers control to an operating system kernel. GRUB 2 is a descendant of GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader).
How do I restore Ubuntu to factory settings?
There is no such thing as factory reset in ubuntu. You have to run a live disk/usb drive of any linux distro and backup your data and then reinstall ubuntu.
How do I fix grub error in Linux?
How To Fix: error: no such partition grub rescue
- Step 1: Know you root partition. Boot from live CD, DVD or USB drive.
- Step 2: Mount the root partition.
- Step 3: Be the CHROOT.
- Step 4: Purge Grub 2 packages.
- Step 5: Re-install Grub packages.
- Step 6: Unmount the partition: