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[steve]

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steve wrote:

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| well for starters lets get ubuntu back first...  when you boot you
| should see a list of kernels you can boot, choose the "recovery" mode on
| one of them.  if you dont immediately see the kernel list watch closely
| after post, it will flash at the bottom of the screen "press some key
| for blah blah blah"  press the key for the list.  after recovery boots,
| it will give you 3 options.  choose drop to root shell.  then give the
| command
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| useradd
|
| followed by the username you want to add.  it will then ask you for a
| password.  write it down if you cant easily remember it.  then isuue the
| command
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| reboot
|
| and login with your new name and password.
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|

then to repair your windows partition see this
http://www.reillyblog.com/archives/24-Re-install-Grub-to-hard-drive-on-Ubuntu.html

theres easier ways, but this explains every step along the way.






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Steve Reilly

http://reillyblog.com


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