Comment 165 for bug 1289977

I fixed this problem, but FYI I have BIOS (MBR) on my computer, not EFI, so my solution might not work for devices with (U)EFI. The solution was very simple. I just downloaded boot-repair-disk at http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/ and burned it to a CD (on another computer, of course, since I couldn't access any operating system on my laptop). I then did the following:

1. Booted my laptop. It automatically took me to the grub rescue screen.
2. Inserted boot-repair-disk and then hit control+alt+delete so the computer could reboot from the grub rescue screen.
3. Once the CD booted up, I hit F6 for "other"
4. Hit Escape
5. Typed "boot-repair" (without the quotes) at the end of the command that appeared toward the bottom of the screen
6. Brightened the screen (At this point for some reason, the actual program appeared really dark, so had to brighten screen)
7. Selected the "Recommended Repair" option
8. Rebooted the computercomputer

This got Grub working, and not just once, but RELIABLY after doing several restarts and shutdowns. Hopefully this will work for you.