7 is not working after dual boot with ubuntu part 1

vikrantsjs

i have dual boot windows 7 with ubuntu, but after that ubuntu run well but it is not displaying any drive. then i restart windows,
it shows 5 boot option 2 of ubuntu, 2 of memtest, and 1 of windows 7 loader(on\devsda2\) something. when i click on it
it shows 2 option:
1. launch startup repair
2. start window normally
when i click on " start window normally" it restart after displaying a blue screen for 1 second.
launch startup repair is also not working.

then i finally decided to start a fresh copy of windows 7, but on partition manager it shows no drive when i boot it from windows 7 DVD.

help me to correct this problem without any data loss.

Bare Foot Kid

Hello vikrantsjs.



The first thing to do would be to make backups of the data you need to save to external media using the method out-lined in this tutorial at the link below, it works very well, I've used it myself.

Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Bare Foot Kid

Hello vikrantsjs.



The first thing to do would be to make backups of the data you need to save to external media using the method out-lined in this tutorial at the link below, it works very well, I've used it myself.

Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

i dont want to recover my data of my c drive but i want that the data of my other drives remains safe, hope u understand
by the way when i click on load drivers >my computer,

then it show me a partition named X. which is only of 31.5 MB.

help me.

Dinesh

Boot from the Windows DVD and Select Launch Startup Repair.

If it still doesnt work then, Boot from the windows DVD and enter the recovery environment.
Open command prompt and type the following commands.

Code:

bootrec /rebuildbcd bootrec /fixboot bootrec /fixmbr

Remove the DVD and restart your computer.

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh

Select Launch Startup Repair.

i try , it is also not working

Dinesh

�� Quote: Originally Posted by vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh

Select Launch Startup Repair.

i try , it is also not working

Please re-read my post.

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Dinesh

Boot from the Windows DVD and Select Launch Startup Repair.

If it still doesnt work then, Boot from the windows DVD and enter the recovery environment.
Open command prompt and type the following commands.

Code:

bootrec /rebuildbcd  bootrec /fixboot  bootrec /fixmbr

Remove the DVD and restart your computer.

first command run successfully.
when i run second command it says
"THE VOLUME DOES NOT CONTAIN A RECOGNIZED FILE SYSTEM.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALL REQUIRED FILE SYSTEM DRIVERS ARE LOADED AND THAT VOLUME IS NOT CORRUPTED."
when i run 3rd command it run successfully.
now tell

brianzion

hi all this may be worth having a read of quote "SystemRescueCd is a Linux Live CD operating system that offers an easy and quick way to repair systems and recover data after serious crashes."

SystemRescueCd 1.6.3
SystemRescueCd 1.6.3 Incorporates GParted 0.7.0 - Softpedia

http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Syste...ueCd-188.shtml

brianzion

extra links for you
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...tallingWindows

Ubuntu Data Recovery | eHow.com

Ubuntu 10.04 rescue disk sites - all ubuntu 10.04 rescue disk of the web

http://ubuntu-rescue-remix.org/About

http://www.ubuntu.com/support

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

extra links for you
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...tallingWindows

Ubuntu Data Recovery | eHow.com

Ubuntu 10.04 rescue disk sites - all ubuntu 10.04 rescue disk of the web

Free Data Recovery software | Ubuntu Rescue Remix

Support | Ubuntu

i m checking them all.

brianzion

one more
SystemRescueCd

vikrantsjs

now i want to remove UBUNTU and recover windows.

brianzion

�� Quote: Originally Posted by vikrantsjs

now i want to remove UBUNTU and recover windows.

Remove Ubuntu (& Restore Windows)
HowTo: Remove Ubuntu (& Restore Windows) - Ubuntu Forums

Dinesh

Looks like you'll have to delete all partitions and reinstall windows 7. Of course the windows 7 dvd wont be able to detect the partitions (as you said).

Boot from Linux Live CD, go to System>Administration>Disk Utility.

Now on the left side, select your Hard Disk.



Then click on Format Volume. From the dropdown menu, select GUID partition.



Once the drive is formatted, boot into the Win7 DVD and see if it lets you format the partition and install windows on it.

Dinesh

If the above method fails, then repeat the same steps but this time from the dropdown menu, select Dont Partition.

vikrantsjs

hi, dinesh , you have tell me 3 commands of which 1st and 3rd run successfully.
now i boot then there is no option of booting ubuntu, but there is option to boot windows which is same as before and is not working.

Dinesh

Hi, you'll need to boot from Linux Live CD.

brianzion

did you install ubuntu with wubi along side windows or straight from a live distro ?

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

did you install ubuntu with wubi along side windows or straight from a live distro ?

i install it using ubuntu dvd without wubi.

brianzion

ah that's a shame its simpler to remove that's all. can you not get into windows to boot whatsoever, is it the grub boot menu that controls boot up? and ubuntu is on the same drive as windows?

brianzion

shows 5 boot option 2 of ubuntu, 2 of memtest, and 1 of windows 7 loader(on\devsda2\)

grub 2 i think
http://news.softpedia.com/news/GRUB-...0-113671.shtml

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

ah that's a shame its simpler to remove that's all. can you not get into windows to boot whatsoever, is it the grub boot menu that controls boot up? and ubuntu is on the same drive as windows?

read all my post line by line, then u will understand what my prob. is????????

brianzion

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

shows 5 boot option 2 of ubuntu, 2 of memtest, and 1 of windows 7 loader(on\devsda2\)

grub 2 i think
GRUB 2: the New Boot Loader in Ubuntu 9.10 - Softpedia

now they all 4 are missing when i run command tell by DINESH. now it is only boot from windows ,and windows not starting.

vikrantsjs

now i want to remove ubuntu and want to install windows 7. without losing data of my all drives except c.

Dinesh

�� Quote: Originally Posted by vikrantsjs

now i want to remove ubuntu and want to install windows 7. without losing data of my all drives except c.

No you cant remove ubuntu and install windows 7 without wiping the drive. Hence back up all your data and then follow the instructions I posted earlier. This will wipe out the entire HDD and then you can reinstall Windows 7.

brianzion

i have posted lots of links that should help you Dinesh knows his stuff i have to go to do a lecture so have to log out have a look at this link
How To Safely Uninstall Ubuntu From A Windows Dual-Boot PC
thanks Dinesh i will look back later

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

i have posted lots of links that should help you Dinesh knows his stuff i have to go to do a lecture so have to log out have a look at this link
How To Safely Uninstall Ubuntu From A Windows Dual-Boot PC
thanks Dinesh i will look back later

in this link it says backup ur ubuntu data and then boot from windows.
but in my laptop now i m not able to running windows as well as ubuntu

brianzion

there is a problem with your boot loader if it was me i would reinstall windows from the dvd and do a recovery make sure in bios you have boot from dvd/cd device enabled as first boot choice

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

there is a problem with your boot loader if it was me i would reinstall windows from the dvd and do a recovery

i try it , i boot from windows DVD but when drive option comes there is no drive shown.

help me.

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

there is a problem with your boot loader if it was me i would reinstall windows from the dvd and do a recovery make sure in bios you have boot from dvd/cd device enabled as first boot choice

i try it but there is no drive in drive option.??

brianzion

�� Quote: Originally Posted by vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

there is a problem with your boot loader if it was me i would reinstall windows from the dvd and do a recovery

i try it , i boot from windows DVD but when drive option comes there is no drive shown.

help me.

make sure in bios you have boot from dvd/cd device enabled as first boot choice

brianzion

Boot Order - How to Change the Boot Order in BIOS - BIOS Boot Order

have a look at above link

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

�� Quote: Originally Posted by vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

there is a problem with your boot loader if it was me i would reinstall windows from the dvd and do a recovery

i try it , i boot from windows DVD but when drive option comes there is no drive shown.

help me.

make sure in bios you have boot from dvd/cd device enabled as first boot choice

it is enabled.
you dont understand what i m saying
when i boot from windows dvd, setup runs, ok, and when there is option to select drive in which windows need to be install in a fresh install, there is no drives shown.ok

brianzion

can you boot into ubuntu using the grub boot loader menu?

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

�� Quote: Originally Posted by vikrantsjs

i try it , i boot from windows DVD but when drive option comes there is no drive shown.

help me.

make sure in bios you have boot from dvd/cd device enabled as first boot choice

it is enabled.
you dont understand what i m saying
when i boot from windows dvd, setup runs, ok, and when there is option to select drive in which windows need to be install in a fresh install, there is no drives shown.ok

What kind of HD is it? Windows may need to have its driver slipstreamed into the install.

Is it internal., external, etc.

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

can you boot into ubuntu using the grub boot loader menu?

no, dinesh have tell me 3 commands which i run in startup recovery in windows,
fixmbr& fixboot something after running them ubuntu also not running.

brianzion

�� Quote: Originally Posted by zigzag3143

�� Quote: Originally Posted by vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

make sure in bios you have boot from dvd/cd device enabled as first boot choice

it is enabled.
you dont understand what i m saying
when i boot from windows dvd, setup runs, ok, and when there is option to select drive in which windows need to be install in a fresh install, there is no drives shown.ok

What kind of HD is it? Windows may need to have its driver slipstreamed into the install.

Is it internal., external, etc.

it is internal, plz read from post 1 in this thread so that you can successfully understand my problem.ok hope u try it

vikrantsjs

i have to go sorry i could not help grub is not working for you and windows mbr is what i can establish on the ubuntu links i have posted they explain this in depth, best of luck.

Guest

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

i have to go sorry i could not help grub is not working for you and windows mbr is what i can establish on the ubuntu links i have posted they explain this in depth, best of luck.

okay
thnx for ur effort

SIW2

Try partition Wizard free boot disc.

Partition Wizard Bootable CD allows user to boot computer directly ...


If it can see the drives - shrink one of the partitions a little, then click Apply.


Then try the windows 7 dvd startup repair options.

brianzion

hi again have you a recovery cd ?

brianzion

have a read of this link Download Windows 7 System Recovery Discs — The NeoSmart Files
have a read of brinks excellent tutorials System Repair Disc - Create

How to Boot to the Advanced Boot Options in Windows 7Advanced Boot Options

brianzion

one more rescue disc item to read Boot Problems Open Source Tools | Super Grub Disk, Super Grub2 Disk and Rescatux

SolarWind

Super grub is a good utility - Apparently you can boot into windows partitions with it but I am yet to try it.

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Another way:

Boot off Ubuntu live cd: Terminal

sudo apt-get install lilo

sudo lilo -M /dev/sda mbr

Now attempt to boot into your windows partition

brianzion

�� Quote: Originally Posted by SolarWind

Super grub is a good utility - Apparently you can boot into windows partitions with it but I am yet to try it.

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Another way:

Boot off Ubuntu live cd: Terminal

sudo apt-get install lilo

sudo lilo -M /dev/sda mbr

Now attempt to boot into your windows partition

nice post the op has so much advice for this thread he should get it up and working ok i hope he posts back to let us no how he is doing

SolarWind

Or maybe he brought a typewriter...

vikrantsjs

sorry , all members i have format all partition using systemrescuecd and then i install windows.
then there becomes 3 partition
1 is same as previous partition i.e. 40 gb
2 is of 150 GB.
and third is unallocated of 102 GB .
help me to recover my data .

SIW2

Did you format the actual partition you want to get the data from ?

Depending exactly what you did, the Partition Wizard boot disc I posted earlier has a partition recovery function.

Click "partition recovery" , do a quick scan of the whole disk.

Tick ALL the partitions you want to keep, then click Apply.

Depending on what you did with the system rescue cd - Partition Wizard might be able to resurrect the entire partition with everything intact.

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by SIW2

Did you format the actual partition you want to get the data from ?

when i boot from systemrescuecd there are 3 partition
1 is 40 gb which is same as before installing ubuntu.
2nd becomes 150 gb of which 2 gb is used
and 3rd becomes unallocated of 80 gb something.
yes i formatted first 2nd partition, then try, it does't work, then i formatted 40 gb partition.

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by SIW2

Did you format the actual partition you want to get the data from ?

Depending exactly what you did, the Partition Wizard boot disc I posted earlier has a partition recovery function.

Click "partition recovery" , do a quick scan of the whole disk.

Tick ALL the partitions you want to keep, then click Apply.

Depending on what you did with the system rescue cd - Partition Wizard might be able to resurrect the entire partition with everything intact.

i m trying this

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by SIW2

Did you format the actual partition you want to get the data from ?

Depending exactly what you did, the Partition Wizard boot disc I posted earlier has a partition recovery function.

Click "partition recovery" , do a quick scan of the whole disk.

Tick ALL the partitions you want to keep, then click Apply.

Depending on what you did with the system rescue cd - Partition Wizard might be able to resurrect the entire partition with everything intact.

give me the downloading link, i m confused there

Bare Foot Kid

I showed you an excellent way to recover the data at the very beginning of this thread and you did not take the advice, you just pushed ahead and did the formats; here is the link to the free Partition Wizard bootable disk.

Partition Wizard free boot disk

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Bare Foot Kid

Hello vikrantsjs.

The first thing to do would be to make backups of the data you need to save to external media using the method out-lined in this tutorial at the link below, it works very well, I've used it myself.

Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

brianzion

hi have you had any luck yet i have some steps here to help if it is of any help ok

Quick and easy fix to remove the dirty GRUB and get Windows again.

1. Put the Windows 7 installation disc in the disc drive, and power cycle your PC after setting it to boot from CD Drive in BIOS.

2. Press a any key when you are prompted & select [language, time, currency, keyboard etc.] & click Next . Select Repair Your Computer option in the dialog window.

3. In the �System Recovery Options� window Click the 1^st Option Startup Repair and let it do what it wants to do

IF UNSUCCESSFUL GO TO NEXT STEP

4. In the �System Recovery Options� dialog box, go to the last option i.e. Command Prompt .

5. Once in the command prompt (X:\Sources> ), type exactly the following commands in the same sequence

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
C:
CD Boot
Attrib bcd �s �h �r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /RebuildBcd

brianzion

hi any news on this thread have you had any success?

vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

hi any news on this thread have you had any success?

SOLVED

brianzion

�� Quote: Originally Posted by vikrantsjs

�� Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

hi any news on this thread have you had any success?

SOLVED

cool what method did you use?