minimal bash line editing error in ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Question

I tried this link but I got the following errors:

Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair'.
Please check that the PPA name or format is correct.

and even this doesn't seem to work,

nano /etc/apt/source.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-saucy.list

I got the following error,

[ Error writing /etc/apt/source.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-saucy.list: No such file or directory ]

Is there any other alternative like adding the repository with other distribution of ubuntu?

Update: Report of boot-repair link

Unfortunately Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) is no longer supported, and the yannubuntu PPA does not include packages for it. You may find some helpful information in How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release? however I suspect you will have more success running boot-repair from a Ubuntu live disk or a dedicated boot-repair-disk — steeldriver, Jul 20 '16 at 20:18
@steeldriver I used boot-repair disk, and I have the following report. Yet ubuntu didn't boot up, I got the same minimal bash-like... error. The report is updated in the question — , Jul 20 '16 at 20:39
I suck at interpreting boot-repair reports - however, AFAIK you don't appear to have a Linux system on the disk (1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 0 Linux, 0 MacOS, 1 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.) Was this perhaps a WUBI installation? — steeldriver, Jul 20 '16 at 22:16
@steeldriver oops!, now I realise, I have formatted the partition which had ubuntu installed, but I have the backup of the most of the stuff, what shall I do? — , Jul 21 '16 at 03:28
Probably best to start with a clean install of a currently-supported release, and restore your files from the backup — steeldriver, Jul 21 '16 at 07:31

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