Error after error after error

[Marat]

System info:

ASUS eee PC, Atom 1.8GHz dual processor, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium 
installed at factory, Ubuntu 11.10 post-installed in dual-boot.

Problem:  Have tried five installs with fresh formats each time.  
Without fail, the dual boot works fine until powered off.  Upon restart, 
I get "no such partition...grub rescue" and am unable to boot into 
either installed OS.  I have tried using Live CDs (BartPE, ERD 
Commander, DSL, Knoppix, Puppy,  Slax)  to fix this with no luck.

I have attempted hundreds of dual-boot scenarios, and the only times I 
have issues is when Grub is used as the bootloader.  Fail rate in my 
experience is 80%.

At this point, I just want to get access to my system and get rid of 
Grub and Ubuntu and chalk it up as a learning experience.  BTW, when I 
try to access my recovery partition, I also get the "no such 
partition...grub rescue" \message.

Worse than a virus.  Far worse.