duel booted with ubuntu and windows 7, but windows 7 wont boot?

[jonathandawdy]

I recently duel booted with Ubuntu and windows 7. When i did i opend my windows 7 files drive and moved over some files. Now i did this for a week and then one day when i tried to open the partition it didnt mount the volume. Ubuntu says that the partition in allocated and is 391 gigs in size but it says its type is unknown and it should say NTFS.

-How do i fix this?
-How do i set the drive type without formatting it?

Other things you may want to know
-I already tried RIP and it says it cant open or effect a drive un till its type is configured.
-If it matters the windows 7 boot-loader is on a different partition(company decision don't ask me y)
-ALSO WINDOWS 7 DON'T WORK I WILL ADD THE LINK TO THAT THREAD AFTER I MAKE IT.

[jonathandawdy]

I have successfully duel booted Ubuntu on my windows 7 computer. But after i did this the windows 7 boot wont work it comes up with an error saying that the windows 7 boot-loader drive could be inaccessible.

Things you may wont to know.
-windows 7 on my computer has 2 partitions unusually one is 213(MB) drive with 180.2(MB) free. This is the windows 7 boot-loader. The other drive is a 391(GIG) with unknown amount free. This drive is the all my files and folders storage.

-I WILL PUT PICTURE IN THE THREAD OF ALL THE STATUS,INFORMATIVE,SCANS EXT. ANYTHING I THINK MAY BE HELPFULLY ON BOTH DRIVES.

I UPLOADED SOME PICTURES of tests and informative things please look at these before you comment or answer

[Bucky Ball]

Could you open a terminal and paste this in, please:

sudo update-grub

Hit enter and restart when that is finished and you are back at the cursor.

Also, just post the output of:

sudo blkid

... or open up Gparted partition manager and take a screenshot of that or both. Attach the screenshot rather than inserting it in the body of the post, thanks.

[oldfred]

This will not fix most Windows issues, but may show us details that can suggest a solution.

Post the link to the BootInfo report that this creates.

Boot Repair -Also handles LVM, GPT, separate /boot and UEFI dual boot.:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
You can repair many boot issues with this or 'Create BootInfo' report (Other Options) & post the link it creates, so we can see your exact configuration and diagnose advanced problems.
Full RepairCD with Boot-Repair (for newer computers)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuSecureRemix

[Mark Phelps]

Saw the error messages about misalignment -- so I have to ask, did you use the "slider" in the Ubuntu installer to SHRINK the Win7 OS partition to make room? That has a history of sometimes causing corruption in the Win7 OS, resulting in Win7 NOT being able to boot anymore.

[jonathandawdy]

Saw the error messages about misalignment -- so I have to ask, did you use the "slider" in the Ubuntu installer to SHRINK the Win7 OS partition to make room? That has a history of sometimes causing corruption in the Win7 OS, resulting in Win7 NOT being able to boot anymore.

/sda/dev1 is the windows 7 boot-loader according to Ubuntu
/sda/dev2 is the files and folders this is the misaligned partition and according to Ubuntu is irrelevant when booting in windows

ALSO GO HERE ITS A THREAD ABOUT THE MISALIGNED PARTITION. basically a thread i posted for it [UNSOLVED] though

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...3#post12337543

[oldfred]

Threads merged. Please do not create duplicate threads on the same issue.

[jonathandawdy]

This will not fix most Windows issues, but may show us details that can suggest a solution.

Post the link to the BootInfo report that this creates.

Boot Repair -Also handles LVM, GPT, separate /boot and UEFI dual boot.:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
You can repair many boot issues with this or 'Create BootInfo' report (Other Options) & post the link it creates, so we can see your exact configuration and diagnose advanced problems.
Full RepairCD with Boot-Repair (for newer computers)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuSecureRemix

OH i have a storiyfor you.
-first i posted a post insulting you because i though you deleted my other thread.

-then i edited it saying that i was sorry for misunderstanding the word merge.

-then I got a Private Massage form UROCK(Ubuntu-Forems-CEO) saying that i got a strike for insulting staff even after i changed the massage apologizing.

Some story hey Alfred. By the way im trying what you said to
do..... useing boot repair to get
diagnostics.but i don't know what to do
with the .iso, do i install it to a
live boot?

[lisati]

@jonathandawdy: You can put the ISO file on a CD or USB stick, the same way as you would with an installation ISO.

More information can be found here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...n/FromUSBStick
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

An alternative to using the ISO file is found on the "Boot Repair" page, in the section "2nd option : install Boot-Repair in Ubuntu"

[oldfred]

To install boot repair into your Ubuntu install you just have to copy & paste the two commands in link on Boot Repair.

If you downloaded the full ISO, you have to burn it to a CD or install to flash drive. Do not overwrite your Ubuntu flash if it is the only one you have.

All boot ISOs are installed this way. There are several installers that will correctly convert an ISO file to a bootable device and not just copy it.
Also instructions for CD or USB
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
Write image or burn image not copy ISO as one large file to CD.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/...-cd-on-windows
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...n/FromUSBStick
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions


Until we see all the details of your system we do not know what the issue(s) are. And both threads were asking for similar information, so solution is likely to be one issue, even if it may seem like more than one.

Since we all are volunteers we want to know what others have already contributed, so we do not duplicate the instructions wasting our time when we could be helping someone else, or perhaps giving conflicting instructions.

Flying off the handle at volunteers trying to help you usually does not get more help. And most of the admins are pretty strict as there just is no reason for issues to evolve into even larger issues.