Grub error 17 doesn't mean it destroyed your data. There are some known problems (similar to yours) when using an Award Bios in combination with some drives.
Can you tell us which kind of Bios you're using, how many harddisks you have and the output of "sudo fdisk -lu" -- Hibernate ruins disk partition, destroys install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201022 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
