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GasAk

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hi there,

i recently tried to install kali on my pc but i abort the installation when it took so long time , then when restarted "grub file not found..."
I force quit (switch off button) then boot windows 7 , but the problem if restart it reboot one more time and do skip to final installation only if i eject the DVD boot

when press F12 , i see that the boot menu is not enabled(although it was before Kali installation abortion)

any idea please to reenable the boot menu and thanks in advance for any effort
 
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WyomingKnott

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If you have a backup of your system disk, restore it.

If you have a full Windows 7 disk, boot from it and do a Repair Installation. This will try to clean up your boot sector.

What boot menu are you talking about with F12? Sounds like the BIOS boot menu; no software that you can change will affect that. Maybe pictures would help us.
 
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GasAk

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hi Sir ,
thx for your reply but i think i forgot to say that i formatted all partitions (so have no back up ) , i meant the bios boot , i can't find how to provide you with a picture,

I still think the problem is with the damaged grub file ( NB : i was using Ubuntu and windows in dual boot before tempt use Kali and so ...)

may this help and thx for any help
 
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WyomingKnott

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Nothing that you can do in software can change the BIOS boot menu. The BIOS boot menu will allow you to select which DEVICE you are booting from - which hard drive, or the CD drive, or a USB drive. It does not select the OS unless, of course, you have complete OS installs on multiple drives. The BIOS menu will never show Windows 7 or Kali.
 
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GasAk

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Ok i know this Sir but even when i tried to boot from a USB (Ubuntu iso) the bios can't detect this( i mean USB) although before i used to boot from a USB with no problem , i did press F2 and tried to reach the boot menu from there but found that it is disabled ( cannot switch to USB neither HDD, nor CD/DVD...) :??:

my problem is when booting even the the window where the boot menu normally show up is no longer accessed
 
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