windows and ubuntu won't boot after bsod, possible virus

both the windows and linux drives are active. startup repair three times didn't fix it. moving on to step 7 of the guide.

7. If no installation shows up to repair on an MBR (non-UEFI) install when booting into DVD System Recovery Options or Repair CD, or Startup Repair won't work after several tries, click through to System Recovery Options, open a Command Line to use the Bootrec.exe tool running each one of the commands shown. If ScanOS or RebuildBCD does not find an OS, be sure to do the final steps to export and delete the BCD store which often will find and correct it. Now try to reboot and if necessary run Startup Repair again.

Can you please post back a screenshot of Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image

Yes that is how I determined they were active. I never assigned a drive letter to my linux disk because I had no intention of using it with windows, I mistakenly referred to it as the D drive out of habit.

I'm on step 7 of the guide now. So far nothing has worked, I'm about to try bootsect /ntfs60 C:


"7. If no installation shows up to repair on an MBR (non-UEFI) install when booting into DVD System Recovery Options or Repair CD, or Startup Repair won't work after several tries, click through to System Recovery Options, open a Command Line to use the Bootrec.exe tool running each one of the commands shown. If ScanOS or RebuildBCD does not find an OS, be sure to do the final steps to export and delete the BCD store which often will find and correct it. Now try to reboot and if necessary run Startup Repair again.

If this isn't sufficient then add the command bootsect /ntfs60 C: (replace drive letter with your boot drive letter). How To Use Bootsect /nt60 To Update the Volume Boot Code to BOOTMGR"




If that doesn't work I may just call it quits and back up my files to an external HDD from an Ubuntu live cd (since there are a few files on linux to recover). I believe this would be ok since we determined there was no infection. I don't know what that vbcrypt was, maybe it was just a minor unrelated infection AVG took care of from safe mode. Let me know what you guys think.

edit: Disk management capture below for gregrocker

Yeah, sorry about that.

Only the System partition should be marked Active. I'd mark the other partition Inactive to make sure it doesn't interfere: Partition - Mark as Inactive - Windows 7 Forums

You are unplugging the second hard drive to try all repairs for Win7, correct?

If not I would do them over, or just go ahead and skip to the Clean Reinstall Windows 7
because if you stick with the steps, tools and methods given then you'll have the best install of Win7 one can have, as proven by over a million consumers who have followed those steps without a single complaint or even returning with a single problem when they stick with those tools and methods.