error unknown file system grub rescue

Yoloassswag

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Dec 11, 2015
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hi there i restarted my pc i was in windows 8 about to try and install windows xp on top along with zorin but when i turned my pc back on it came up with
error: unknown filesystem.
entering rescue mode...
grub rescue>
so then i went online on youtube and found how to fix it but it diden't work i put in ls the the partitions came up then i tryed one of them by typing ls (hd0,msdos4) then enter it said (hd0,msdos4): filesystem is ext2. then i put
set boot=(hd0,msdos4) then i hit enter then i put
set prefix=(hd0,msdos4)/boot/grub then i hit enter then i put
insmod normal and i hit enter and it came up with
error file `/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal. mod' not found
what can i do to fix it please
 
Solution
Do you have any windows install disk? If so boot from that disc and open advanced recovery options and find the command prompt. Once your in the command prompt run the command "bootrec /fixmbr"

dylan1951

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Aug 20, 2016
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Do you have any windows install disk? If so boot from that disc and open advanced recovery options and find the command prompt. Once your in the command prompt run the command "bootrec /fixmbr"
 
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