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I have been using a Dell laptop which has Ubuntu for over a year now. Today, when I opened it, I'm stuck on this screen with this message:

GNU GRUB version 2.04
Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions.
grub>

Now, I have tried multiple solutions from the web, StackOverflow, Askubuntu, etc. but nothing solves it.

Now, I don't know what the issue is but these are some of the roadblocks I faced:

  1. If I type

    ls /

all I get is

backenddb.xml

which is very different than what is here - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Troubleshooting#Search_.26_Set

  1. A lot of solutions mention to "set root" and "set prefix" based on where the grub.cfg file is. I think I had found and done this. A little digging showed that the grub.cfg file is at:

    ls (hd0,1)/efi/ubuntu/

Output was:

grubx64.efi shimx64.efi mx64.efi bootx64.csv grub.cfg

So I tried this:

grub> set root=(hd0,1)
grub> set prefix=(hd0,1)/efi/ubuntu
grub> insmod normal
grub> normal

After this, the screen got cleared and it just left me with a grub> on the top-left. I don't know what to do after this since I didn't find anything where this happened.

I don't really know what else to do. Please help me.

Update 1:

Used a live USB to finally access Ubuntu and open the terminal. Then I tried using Boot Repair, but I didn't get the "Recommended Repair" option. The only option I have is to consult online forums. Here, is my pastebin link - https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/bgtJPTq8wk/

UnluckyToe
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