Urgent help- windows 7

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  1. Posts : 6
    windows 7 home premium x64
       #1

    Urgent help- windows 7


    Hi ,

    I recently bought a new computer that came with windows 7 home premium installed . I was playing around on the internet and I came accross Ubuntu free OS and thought I would check it , I installed it on my vitual drive and after the computer re-started it went to the Ubuntu start menu . After I was done I restarted the computer but its still keeps going to Ubuntu . Please help me how to i get windows to start up again ? ... I tried a few things but its not working .
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #2

    Ubuntu clobbered your Windows bootmgr which you have to fix: Bootmgr is missing - Fix

    Make sure the Windows boot partition (the system partition or C) is set as 'active'.
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  3. Posts : 475
    Windows 7 Pro x64 -- PCLinuxOS KDE4 FullMonty 2011
       #3

    Sounds like you have installed the grub to the hard drive.

    This should get it going again.
    MBR - Restore Windows 7 Master Boot Record

    When you come to the section of using cmd I had to replace SYS with my drive letter, F:.

    Anyway give it (give both a go) a go & if you get stuck post back.
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  4. Posts : 6
    windows 7 home premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    no recovery cd


    Hi guys ,

    Thanks for the feedback , my laptop never came with a software CD or recovery disk . Is there any way to work around this ?
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  5. Posts : 170
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #5

    Well, if you have a HP laptop, there's something which is called "Startup Repair" or "Recovery Mode". It automatically fixes any startup problems. Try hitting F11 as soon as your laptop starts up.

    Good Luck!
    Martin
    Last edited by Martin Dendev; 11 Jan 2012 at 16:24. Reason: grammar mistake
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  6. Posts : 6
    windows 7 home premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    whs said:
    Ubuntu clobbered your Windows bootmgr which you have to fix: Bootmgr is missing - Fix

    Make sure the Windows boot partition (the system partition or C) is set as 'active'.
    Hi,

    Thanks for your reply . it is not giving me a bootmgr error . When i Boot the laptop up it goes straight to Ubuntu , if i hit the ESC button then it goes to a blank black screen with the the word "boot" blinking , I tried to type in C:/ or wstindows but noting happens .

    Just a wild guess but is they maybe a command promt that I need to type in for it to start windows up ? or is they anyway of changing the start up settings from the BIOS menu .
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  7. Posts : 6
    windows 7 home premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Hipster Doofus said:
    Sounds like you have installed the grub to the hard drive.

    This should get it going again.
    MBR - Restore Windows 7 Master Boot Record

    When you come to the section of using cmd I had to replace SYS with my drive letter, F:.

    Anyway give it (give both a go) a go & if you get stuck post back.

    Hi there , thanks so much for your quick reply .
    When i start up the computer it goes straight to the ubuntu menu , if I hit the ESC button it goes to a blank screen with the word "boot" blinking , I tried to type in C:/ and windows but it keeps saying cannot find kernal . Is they maybe a code or command that I can type in that will make it boot windows up ?
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  8. Posts : 6
    windows 7 home premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Martin Dendev said:
    Well, if you have a HP laptop, there's something which is called "Startup Repair" or "Recovery Mode". It automatically fixes any startup problems. Try hitting F11 as soon as your laptop starts up.

    Good Luck!
    Martin
    Hi ,

    Thanks for your reply . it is a HP Laptop and i do have those options , problem is I did not back up my hard drive and i cannot afford to loose to info . Any suggestions ? I can by a stuck of disks and upload it there . will this work ?
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  9. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       #9

    Try creating a system repair disc, as this tutorial shows: System Repair Disc - Create

    It doesn't re-install Windows, but it does get you into the recovery environment, from where you can run a startup repair.

    You may need to run the startup repair three times with a reboot between each one.

    Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times

    A startup repair will not affect your personal data or applications.
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  10. Posts : 475
    Windows 7 Pro x64 -- PCLinuxOS KDE4 FullMonty 2011
       #10

    Another way if you have a bit of download data to go for the month download Boot Repair.

    I've used it to repair the mbr after ubuntu.
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