Been working on my wife's machine, taking off ubuntu so she had enough
space for her files on windows. It's a Dell Inspiron laptop, a few
years old, had a few complaints but it's worked well until now. I was
in windows, reformatted the (used to be Ubuntu) space to NTFS, as a
place to store her files, and upon reboot got smacked with an 'Error
17" from GRUB over the missing OS (Ubuntu). The DVD-ROM drive has been
acting up and refuses to boot (it just spins aimlessly), and there is
no floppy drive, so we're really at a loss. I have all the appropriate
discs, and I know how to fix GRUB if I could access it....just can't
figure out how to access it...
Btw, I'm looking into Dell Support/replacing DVD drive. But in the
meanwhile, if anyone thinks of something I missed it'd be greatly
appreciated. Thanks
-jordan