Disk partition wiped out

[Thibault Dupuis]

  Le 20/03/2011 16:11, Goh Lip a écrit :
> On 03/20/2011 10:33 PM, Klaus VE3KR wrote:
>> I installed alongside my windows7 the ubuntu 10.10 like the installation
>> said it was going to do and now my windows7 laptop has lost both
>> windows7 and ubuntu and cannot boot at all.
>>
>> I get grub rescue>
>>
>> This is really bad news.
>>
>> How do I get my windows 7 back at least?
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Klaus Rung
>> ve3kr
>>
>>
>
>
> Klaus, at grub rescue type the following to get to normal grub>
>
> grub rescue> set prefix=(hdX,Y)/boot/grub
> grub rescue> insmod (hdX,Y)/boot/grub/normal.mod
> rescue:grub> normal
>
> note (hdX,Y) is where your ubuntu partition is, if you don't know, 
> type this first
> grub rescue> ls /boot
> and the output will give you an idea.
>
> After you get the normal grub prompt ie., grub>
> type
> grub> set root=(hdX,Y)
> grub> configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
> You will then be presented with the grub menu of the ubuntu that you 
> installed. Boot into ubuntu and at terminal, type this...
> sudo grub-install /dev/sda
>
> You should be able to boot into windows and ubuntu then.
>
>
> However.....if you cannot boot even to ubuntu by above method,.....
> you may have a blotched ubuntu installation and you can still get back 
> your windows by the usual method of using the windows installation cd 
> the method of which I am not too clear, either fixmbr or fixboot
>
> Regards - Goh Lip
>
>
Next time, resize your windows partition with the disk utility in Windows 7.
Use "ntfsfix" for repair the windows partition also ;)