An update, I followed the steps here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5726832&postcount=4
What has happened now is that GRUB2 is once again seeing Windows 7 automatically (although for some reason it thinks Windows 7 is actually Windows Vista) and I am able to boot into Win7 and Ubuntu.
My question is regarding the boot sector recovery. When I was following the instructions listed on the link above I was not able to copy the boot files over to the Win7 System Reserved 100MB partition (dev/sda1). It kept saying access denied so instead I copied them over to my main Win7 partition (dev/sda2) and now I have a C:\BOOT folder on /dev/sda1. What I am wondering is, did I do this correctly? Even though it works right now am I setting myself up for some problem in the future (i.e. next time I do an Ubuntu kernel update)? Is the boot supposed to be installed in the 100MB Win7 System Reserve partition instead? And if that is how it is supposed to be, how can I go about doing this?
THANK YOU!
Here is an updated boot info:
Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #5 for (,msdos5)/boot/grub.
sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system:
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''
sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 7
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /BOOT/bcd /Windows/System32/winload.exe
sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Partition Boot Start End Size Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 206,848 955,799,551 955,592,704 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 955,801,598 976,771,071 20,969,474 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 955,801,600 976,771,071 20,969,472 83 Linux
blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/sda2 A638CB6038CB2E5D ntfs Enterprise
/dev/sda3: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 4327abda-28ae-4c0c-894d-d40ca872912d ext4
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"
error: /dev/sda1: No such file or directory
============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/sda5 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,commit=0)
/dev/sda2 /media/Enterprise fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_ permissions)
/dev/sr0 /media/Repair disc Windows 7 64-bit udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000, iocharset=utf8,umask=0077)
=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="${saved_entry}"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4327abda-28ae-4c0c-894d-d40ca872912d
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1280x1024
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4327abda-28ae-4c0c-894d-d40ca872912d
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4327abda-28ae-4c0c-894d-d40ca872912d
insmod tga
if background_image /usr/share/images/grub/02510_home_1920x1080.tga ; then
set color_normal=white/black
set color_highlight=light-blue/black
else
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/11_os-prober_proxy ###
menuentry "Microsoft - Windows Ultimate 7" {
savedefault
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set a638cb6038cb2e5d
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/11_os-prober_proxy ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_proxy ###
menuentry "Ubuntu - Maverick Meerkat" --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
savedefault
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4327abda-28ae-4c0c-894d-d40ca872912d
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic root=UUID=4327abda-28ae-4c0c-894d-d40ca872912d ro splash vga=795 quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-28-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_proxy ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ===============================
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sda5 :
UUID=4327abda-28ae-4c0c-894d-d40ca872912d / ext4 errors=remount-ro,user_xattr 0 1
#Entry for /dev/sda2 :
UUID=A638CB6038CB2E5D /media/Enterprise ntfs-3g defaults,uid=1000,nodev,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sda1 : (System Reserved Win 7)
UUID=5ED26389D263646D /dev/null/ ntfs noauto,nosuid,nodev,nls=utf8,umask=0222 0 0
=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================
498.2GB: boot/grub/core.img
498.3GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
492.1GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-28-generic
490.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic
492.1GB: initrd.img
490.5GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================
Unknown BootLoader on sda1
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
hexdump: /dev/sda1: No such file or directory
hexdump: /dev/sda1: No such file or directory