Ubuntu 16.04 and Win 8 can't dual booting

[Liam Proven]

On 30 October 2017 at 18:27, J. L. <jl.ffm at gmx.net> wrote:

> Most likely but i'm not absolutely sure as i do not know how Your system
> was exactly configured beforen the Linux-installation the cause for Your
> problems is that You deleted the _first_ Windows-partition with Windows-7.
>
> "Usually" one would assume that Windows 7 has been installed before
> Windows 8. And Windows usually places its boot-loader in the first
> Windows-partition which in Your case unfortunately has been changed and
> lost to EXT4.
>
> You should try to (semi-)-"automatically" recover Your
> Windows-8-installation by booting from the DVD and to "repair an
> existing Windows-installation".
>
> Hopefully You did not have any relevant data in Your first partition as
> after EXT4-ing it most probably all existing data on this partition has
> been lost.

This.

If the OP installed Win8 _after_ Win7, they'd have shared a boot
loader. Win8 could have been removed OK but removing Win7 would render
Win8 non-bootable.

It _might_ be possible to fix the Win8 installation using Startup
Recovery from a Windows boot disk.

If the OP does not have a Windows boot disk, MS makes Win8 freely downloadable.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO

That should enable them to fix Win8 -- and if desired upgrade it to Win8.1 too.

After it is working again, the free upgrade to Win10 is still
available if you just enable an accessibility tool such as Windows
Narrator or Windows Magnifier.

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