Ubuntu 12.04 boot only when USB drive is connected

Posted by Ninad Kochkar on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Ninad Kochkar
Published on 2012-05-31T16:15:21Z Indexed on 2012/05/31 16:51 UTC
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I freshly installed "Ubuntu 12.04" on my Dell Lattitude D830. While I am able to work on it, there is a starange problem while booting my laptop. It doesn't boot unless the USB drive which was used to install it is connected. It looks like the OS is installed on hard drive, but the boot record is in USB. However, I am not sure on this. I am not able to figure out the problem and need your help in this regard.

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