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My ubuntu 11.10 got corrupted today. I had installed it using wubi installer I copied root.disk file from there.

Now I installed ubuntu 11.10 using wubi on different computer.Can I use my older root.disk under this wubi install on my new computer.

I replaced my newer root.disk with older one but it doesn't work. Help me fast.

Aathaarv Singh
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Is the root.disk backed up from before the corruption? If not it won't work. It it is (a good copy), then you need to change the UUID to boot. So the first time, hit C to get to a Grub command prompt and enter:

search -s -f -n /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
probe --set=diskuuid -u $root
loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
set root=(loop0)
linux /vmlinuz root=UUID=$diskuuid loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash
initrd /initrd.img
boot

This will boot the Wubi install (provided it's good, as I mentioned). Then you just need to update the grub.cfg to get it working normally:

sudo update-grub
bcbc
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  • how i can get the UUID of older root.disk.... – Aathaarv Singh Apr 08 '13 at 13:49
  • It's the UUID of the old NTFS partition. But grub.cfg within the root.disk uses it to boot and it needs to refer to the new partition. – bcbc Apr 08 '13 at 15:09
  • Is there any command in grub command prompt to get UUID of my older root.disk. – Aathaarv Singh Apr 08 '13 at 15:33
  • I got error "no device found:OEA2FFODA2FEF853" on my new computer after I replaced newer root.disk file with older one. Is that the UUID of my older root.disk file. – Aathaarv Singh Apr 08 '13 at 15:39
  • It's not the UUID of the root.disk. It's the UUID of the old partition that is stored on the root.disk. – bcbc Apr 08 '13 at 16:20
  • Thanks @bcbc for your precious time...but I am still there, ok as you said it is the UUID of old partition stored under root.disk. So my question is how can I find the UUID of my old partition stored under root.disk. My root.disk is healthy and is of 19.2 GB. – Aathaarv Singh Apr 10 '13 at 11:19
  • @AathaarvSingh you find it by loop mounting it and looking in the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file. But if you want to change it, it's easier to boot as I showed in my answer and run sudo update-grub. – bcbc Apr 10 '13 at 18:22