Help, I screwed up my Windows boot manager!

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  1. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Help, I screwed up my Windows boot manager!


    Hello, I know this is my first time posting on this forum but I have a serious error.

    Yesterday I decided I was going to download Unbutu, it successfully installed I restarted my computer to find that it didn't tell me what Os to boot into (windows 7 defualt) so I decided to look around on the internet for a boot loader. I found one called Easy BCD I followed a tutorial and everything looked great. HOWEVER now when I start my laptop up, it tells me something about /boot/easybcd corrupt boot manager file 0x0000000093 sorry I can't remember the complete error. I've just reinstalled unbutu so I could get on the try without installing mode i'm pretty sure I backed up the boot manager file but when I access my hard drive it gives me:

    No object for D-Bus interface. I really don't want to reboot my computer because it will give me the error again and I wont be able to get onto Unbutu again. I tried fixing boot manager by pressing f8 at startup it didn't work, I held it down, it have me a really horrible noise and the error just loaded slowly. I can't make a disk because I can't burn disks on unbutu if I remove the installation disc. Please help me!


    PS, I have a western digital blue 350gb HDD (laptop size)
    My laptop is a Packard Bell: Easynote TM80
    Customisations:
    8GB RAM
    New hard drive (see above)
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  2. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    I will be constantly checking this thread
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  3. Posts : 1,660
    Windows 8 Pro (32-bit)
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    Since you will be using your Ubuntu installer disk (which should be a Live CD) to repair the MBR, I'd recommend looking at Ubuntu forums.

    After that: maybe these will help:
    Fixing the Windows MBR using a Ubuntu Live CD or USB « Thameera's MicroBlog
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
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  4. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    FuturDreamz said:
    Since you will be using your Ubuntu installer disk to repair the MBR, I'd reccomend looking at Ubuntu forums.

    After that: maybe these will help:
    Fixing the Windows MBR using a Ubuntu Live CD or USB « Thameera's MicroBlog
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
    Okay, I can't burn .iso's though...
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  5. Posts : 1,379
    Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win8 Pro 32-bit
       #5

    What MIGHT work -- if you're willing to try it -- is that Ubuntu's default CD/DVD app is Brasero. IF you boot using their CD into a live desktop, and have an Internet connection, you should be able to use the Software Center to install Brasero.

    Then, with the Ubuntu CD still in the drive, launch Brasero. This will load the app into memory.

    Once Brasero is up and running, remove the Ubuntu CD and insert a blank CD. You might then be able to burn that CD using Braser -- because the app is running from memory, not being loaded from the CD.

    Might NOT work (don't use LiveCD mode myself), but it's worth trying.
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  6. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Mark Phelps said:
    What MIGHT work -- if you're willing to try it -- is that Ubuntu's default CD/DVD app is Brasero. IF you boot using their CD into a live desktop, and have an Internet connection, you should be able to use the Software Center to install Brasero.

    Then, with the Ubuntu CD still in the drive, launch Brasero. This will load the app into memory.

    Once Brasero is up and running, remove the Ubuntu CD and insert a blank CD. You might then be able to burn that CD using Braser -- because the app is running from memory, not being loaded from the CD.

    Might NOT work (don't use LiveCD mode myself), but it's worth trying.
    I belive I have already tried that (got stuck at the first thing) but I will try again, trying to figure how to install .deb files now.
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  7. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
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    FuturDreamz said:
    Since you will be using your Ubuntu installer disk (which should be a Live CD) to repair the MBR, I'd recommend looking at Ubuntu forums.

    After that: maybe these will help:
    Fixing the Windows MBR using a Ubuntu Live CD or USB « Thameera's MicroBlog
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
    I tried the first link and it said it's been updated but i'm not sure I want to restart.
    I'l try the other link first.
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  8. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Okay I did both of the links, both sucessful. I restarted and got a GNU GRUB menu I didn't realise it had a timer and it booted into the full version of Unbuntu, I did see a vista option there, is that Windows 7 too?
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  9. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
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    Okay tried to boot into "vista" and got that error, here is it in full.
    File /boot/BCD
    Status: 0xc0000098
    Info: The Windows boot configuration data does not contain a valid OS entry

    Carries on to tell me to insert disk, blablabla...
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  10. Posts : 22
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Edit: I CAN now access my hard drive (with windows on ect...)
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