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Thread: "Windows failed to start" after accidential grub delete

  1. #1
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    "Windows failed to start" after accidential grub delete

    Hi,
    Everything was working fine to me with Dual-boot Windwos 7 and UBuntu 13.04 on GRUB, but I think I accidentially deleted my loader files on the first partition on my single drive "sda1"
    windows is on sda2 and ubuntu on sda3.

    I successfully restored Ubuntu using boot-repair using 'purge grub before reinstalling it' option

    WINDOWS still appears on the list but when i click it it gives me this error :

    "
    Windows Boot Manager:
    Windows failed to start. A recent harware or software change might be the issue.
    ....

    status: 0xc000000f
    info : the boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible.
    "

    my fdisk -l reads :
    Code:
    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
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x000031eb
    
       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
    /dev/sda1            2048      409599      203776    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
    /dev/sda2   *      409600   948848639   474219520    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
    /dev/sda3       948848640   976768561    13959961   83  Linux
    
    Disk /dev/sdb: 4051 MB, 4051697664 bytes
    128 heads, 42 sectors/track, 1472 cylinders, total 7913472 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x000d8bfc
    What can I do ? Thank you

  2. #2
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    Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish

    Re: "Windows failed to start" after accidential grub delete

    Please stop posting duplicates.

    Your open thread is here:

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2195756

    Thread closed.
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