<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div> </div><div> </div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> From: Colin Law <clanlaw@googlemail.com> To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 8:09 PM Subject: Re: Windows7 and Ubuntu12.04 together </div> <div class="y_msg_container"> On 10 August 2013 16:25, Babak Hashemian <<a ymailto="mailto:cleverboby_bh@yahoo.com" href="mailto:cleverboby_bh@yahoo.com">cleverboby_bh@yahoo.com</a>> wrote: > Dear Pete > > I tried the tool, it brought back my Win 7 option in the grub menu but it > couldn't repair my win 7 boot problem. It is somehow strange, when I tried > to repair my windows boot problem via a bootable windows 7 USB flash, I > recognized I have a corrupted windows, It even told me that it would repair > it and when I read the details, they were exactly my problem and solution > but it said that it can not write the necessary options on my partitions. I > suspect whether grub is preventing it from writing on it. But thank you > anyway, I wrote down the boot-repair url. If you think there are other ways > to repair this please inform me. Thank you. Grub cannot stop it writing. What is the exact error message you are getting? If you boot into Ubuntu and run the Disk Utility (I think that is what it is called in 12.04, but it might just be Disks) from the Dash it will show you the SMART data. Make sure there are no problems shown. By the way, it is preferred that you don't top post on this list. Insert your replies at appropriate point(s) in the previous message, it makes it easier to follow the thread. Thanks Colin Here are repair details: "The following startup option will be repaired: Name:{bootmgr} Identifier:{9DEA862C-5CDD-4E70-ACC1-F32B344D4795} The following startup options will be added: Name:Windows 7 Professional (recovered) Path: Windows Windows Device: Partition=F: (182580 MB) Name: Windows recovery environment (recovered) Path: Recovery\WindowsRE\winre\wim Windows Device: Partition=G: (12815 MB) A copy of the current boot configuration data will be saved as: C:\Boot\BCD.Backup.0002" Error Message was: "Failed to save startup options." By the way, did I replied correctly to this one ? I am new to the mail-list and I dont know the rules. > > Babak > > > ________________________________ > From: pete smout <<a ymailto="mailto:psmouty@live.com" href="mailto:psmouty@live.com">psmouty@live.com</a>> > To: <a ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 6:57 PM > > Subject: Re: Windows7 and Ubuntu12.04 together > > On 10/08/13 15:06, Babak Hashemian wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> I have a VAIO laptop with Intel Core i5 CPU which had a Windows 7 >> bundled with it. For sometime, I had a Ubuntu 12.04 Lts on another >> partition because of my modeling works. 3 days ago, my friend connected >> his laptop HDD to my system as an external device (which had a bootable >> win 7 on one of its partitions). I currently have a GNU Grub menu to >> choose on startup between my OSs. It looks like my system tried to boot >> from his HDD instead of my own HDD (My boot prioraties might ha ve been >> on external device !) and so my Windows 7 boot files have been corrupted >> and after 2 or 3 times power up, the Grub has omitted it from the list. >> I just have a windows recover boot on the list. I tried to repair my >> windows via a bootable windows installation, but it did not recognize my >> windows 7 on its partition. Because of thesis works and projects, I do >> not want to loose my windows, and more importantly i do not want to >> loose my Ubuntu. I fear if I try to recover my windows via recover media >> it may destroy my Ubuntu boot paths. Does anyone have an idea on what >> should I do ? How can I repair my system ? Do I have a chance to repair >> or bring back or install windows 7 without loosing my ubuntu ? I >> appreciate your helps, Thank you. >> >> Babak Hashemian >> >> > Hi, > > Boot Repair from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair/</a> > Worked for me on numerous occasions hope it does for you as well! > Note It should repair both Win 7 & Linux and Grub and leave your system > booting normally > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list > <a ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> > -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>