Solved Windows does not boot anymore - winload.exe could not be loaded

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Sorry I didn't see your message...

Now that it seems okay (cf edit of my last post), do you still want me to do that?
 

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"last good known configuration".=> I don't know what it exactly does. It was better if you ust did "system restore" to fix it and go back 1 or 2 days.

But it's working now? So you have windows bootmanager instead of grub as main manager?

How did you add linux to windows bootmenu ...
bcdedit /create /d “Linux” /application BOOTSECTOR
or was it already there (sounds impossible if you didn't have win7 bootmanager before)
linux is working as well?

forget the post about bootrec/fixmbr and fixboot
 

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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601...Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz4,00 GBATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
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ACER ASPIRE 5742G
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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4,00 GB
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ACER ASPIRE 5742G
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory
4,00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
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WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
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Well no it's still grub boot manager, but at least both windows and linux start...

Is it possible to switch to windows bootmanager without any risk, knowing that I don't want to reinstall linux... Because if I do the commands you posted at the top of page #2, how will this remove grub?

I mean, I understand that it can add linux to windows bootloader, but after that, I don't know too well what I should do, and wouldn't risk having big troubles again (I haven't much "free time" these days). I saw in the link posted by gregrocker that we should start from a windows install, so I'll use this method next time I'll set up a machine, but for now, is there any other way?


Edit: Well I don't know, after the second run of reparation (which takes a lot of time), instead of saying it found nothing like the first time, it proposed to restore to a preivous configuration (I can't remember the exact terms), I just clicked yes.

I'm posting the output of the command in a few minutes...
 
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So here it is (it's in French ;-) )
Code:
Microsoft Windows [version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Tous droits réservés.

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /enum all

Gestionnaire de démarrage Windows
---------------------------------
identificateur          {bootmgr}
device                  boot
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
displayorder            {current}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30

Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
device                  ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\winre.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa
0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
path                    \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
description             Windows Recovery Environment
osdevice                ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\winre.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa
0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
detecthal               Yes
winpe                   Yes

Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {current}
device                  boot
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows 7
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                boot
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
nx                      OptIn

Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
device                  ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fe
fa\Winre.wim,{8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
path                    \windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows Recovery Environment
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
osdevice                ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fe
fa\Winre.wim,{8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
winpe                   Yes

Reprendre à partir de la mise en veille prolongée
-------------------------------------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
device                  boot
path                    \Windows\system32\winresume.exe
description             Windows Resume Application
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {resumeloadersettings}
filedevice              partition=C:
filepath                \hiberfil.sys
debugoptionenabled      No

Testeur de mémoire Windows
--------------------------
identificateur          {memdiag}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \boot\memtest.exe
description             Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess         Yes

Paramètres EMS
--------------
identificateur          {emssettings}
bootems                 Yes

Paramètres du débogueur
-----------------------
identificateur          {dbgsettings}
debugtype               Serial
debugport               1
baudrate                115200

Erreurs de mémoire RAM
----------------------
identificateur          {badmemory}

Paramètres globaux
------------------
identificateur          {globalsettings}
inherit                 {dbgsettings}
                        {emssettings}
                        {badmemory}

Paramètres du chargeur de démarrage
-----------------------------------
identificateur          {bootloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}
                        {hypervisorsettings}

Paramètres de l'hyperviseur
-------------------
identificateur          {hypervisorsettings}
hypervisordebugtype     Serial
hypervisordebugport     1
hypervisorbaudrate      115200

Paramètres du chargeur de reprise
---------------------------------
identificateur          {resumeloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}

Options de périphérique
-----------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
description             Ramdisk Options
ramdisksdidevice        partition=C:
ramdisksdipath          \Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa\boot.sdi

Options de périphérique
-----------------------
identificateur          {ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
description             Ramdisk Device Options
ramdisksdidevice        partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
ramdisksdipath          \boot.sdi

C:\Windows\system32>
 

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So here it is (it's in French ;-) )
Code:
Microsoft Windows [version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Tous droits réservés.
 
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /enum all
 
Gestionnaire de démarrage Windows
---------------------------------
identificateur          {bootmgr}
device                  boot
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
displayorder            {current}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30
 
Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
device                  ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\winre.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa
0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
path                    \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
description             Windows Recovery Environment
osdevice                ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\winre.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa
0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
detecthal               Yes
winpe                   Yes
 
Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {current}
device                  boot
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows 7
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                boot
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
nx                      OptIn
 
Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
device                  ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fe
fa\Winre.wim,{8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
path                    \windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows Recovery Environment
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
osdevice                ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fe
fa\Winre.wim,{8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
winpe                   Yes
 
Reprendre à partir de la mise en veille prolongée
-------------------------------------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
device                  boot
path                    \Windows\system32\winresume.exe
description             Windows Resume Application
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {resumeloadersettings}
filedevice              partition=C:
filepath                \hiberfil.sys
debugoptionenabled      No
 
Testeur de mémoire Windows
--------------------------
identificateur          {memdiag}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \boot\memtest.exe
description             Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess         Yes
 
Paramètres EMS
--------------
identificateur          {emssettings}
bootems                 Yes
 
Paramètres du débogueur
-----------------------
identificateur          {dbgsettings}
debugtype               Serial
debugport               1
baudrate                115200
 
Erreurs de mémoire RAM
----------------------
identificateur          {badmemory}
 
Paramètres globaux
------------------
identificateur          {globalsettings}
inherit                 {dbgsettings}
                        {emssettings}
                        {badmemory}
 
Paramètres du chargeur de démarrage
-----------------------------------
identificateur          {bootloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}
                        {hypervisorsettings}
 
Paramètres de l'hyperviseur
-------------------
identificateur          {hypervisorsettings}
hypervisordebugtype     Serial
hypervisordebugport     1
hypervisorbaudrate      115200
 
Paramètres du chargeur de reprise
---------------------------------
identificateur          {resumeloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}
 
Options de périphérique
-----------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
description             Ramdisk Options
ramdisksdidevice        partition=C:
ramdisksdipath          \Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa\boot.sdi
 
Options de périphérique
-----------------------
identificateur          {ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
description             Ramdisk Device Options
ramdisksdidevice        partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
ramdisksdipath          \boot.sdi
 
C:\Windows\system32>

Do winre.wim and boot.sdi exist in C:\
Do winre.wim and boot.sdi exist in C:\Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa

Both are hidden/system files so enable visibility! Are both files in both folders?
 

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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601...Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz4,00 GBATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ACER ASPIRE 5742G
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory
4,00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
device ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\winre.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa
0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
path \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
description Windows Recovery Environment
osdevice ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\winre.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa
0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
systemroot \windows
nx OptIn
detecthal Yes
winpe Yes
===============
I don't know how it comes here but I think C:\winre.wim doesn't exist!! it's a hidden system file. And \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe isn't in it as well it should be \windows\system32\winload.exe

Please confirm if C:\winre.wim is on disk or not
 

My Computer My Computer

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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601...Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz4,00 GBATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ACER ASPIRE 5742G
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory
4,00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
Edit: Well I don't know, after the second run of reparation (which takes a lot of time), instead of saying it found nothing like the first time, it proposed to restore to a preivous configuration (I can't remember the exact terms), I just clicked yes.
...
I don't know either what it did of course. Next time read carefully.

What I think confiuration is now:
  • You didn't fix MBR. MBR has code loaded and jumps to linux partition. There's teh grub menu
  • grub menu has 2 options 1 for 1 linux and 1 for win7 if you select win7 it starts C:\bootmgr which displays C:\boot\bcd (bcdedit /enum all gives you the content)
What do you want me to do?
  • make windows bootmgr the main bootloader and at linux as a menu item
??
 

My Computer My Computer

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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601...Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz4,00 GBATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ACER ASPIRE 5742G
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory
4,00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
I did not see these files in C: after activating the hidden and system files.

When trying to click on the recovery folder, I get an error message saying it is not accessible.

Edit: well this is out of my knowledge, I cannot say if something is wrong as long as everything seems to work normally.

As for your proposition, yes, if that's not too hard, and besides that I don't know since I don't have visible troubles at the moment.
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7 64 bitsIntel Core i5Ati Mobility Radeaon HD 5470
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus X72J Series
OS
Windows 7 64 bits
CPU
Intel Core i5
Graphics Card(s)
Ati Mobility Radeaon HD 5470
So here it is (it's in French ;-) )
Code:
Microsoft Windows [version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Tous droits réservés.
 
C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /enum all
 
Gestionnaire de démarrage Windows
---------------------------------
identificateur          {bootmgr}
device                  boot
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
displayorder            {current}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30
 
Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
device                  ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\winre.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa
0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
path                    \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
description             Windows Recovery Environment
osdevice                ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\winre.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa
0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
detecthal               Yes
winpe                   Yes
 
Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {current}
device                  boot
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows 7
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                boot
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
nx                      OptIn
 
Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
device                  ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fe
fa\Winre.wim,{8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
path                    \windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows Recovery Environment
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
osdevice                ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fe
fa\Winre.wim,{8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
winpe                   Yes
 
Reprendre à partir de la mise en veille prolongée
-------------------------------------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
device                  boot
path                    \Windows\system32\winresume.exe
description             Windows Resume Application
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {resumeloadersettings}
filedevice              partition=C:
filepath                \hiberfil.sys
debugoptionenabled      No
 
Testeur de mémoire Windows
--------------------------
identificateur          {memdiag}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \boot\memtest.exe
description             Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess         Yes
 
Paramètres EMS
--------------
identificateur          {emssettings}
bootems                 Yes
 
Paramètres du débogueur
-----------------------
identificateur          {dbgsettings}
debugtype               Serial
debugport               1
baudrate                115200
 
Erreurs de mémoire RAM
----------------------
identificateur          {badmemory}
 
Paramètres globaux
------------------
identificateur          {globalsettings}
inherit                 {dbgsettings}
                        {emssettings}
                        {badmemory}
 
Paramètres du chargeur de démarrage
-----------------------------------
identificateur          {bootloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}
                        {hypervisorsettings}
 
Paramètres de l'hyperviseur
-------------------
identificateur          {hypervisorsettings}
hypervisordebugtype     Serial
hypervisordebugport     1
hypervisorbaudrate      115200
 
Paramètres du chargeur de reprise
---------------------------------
identificateur          {resumeloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}
 
Options de périphérique
-----------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
description             Ramdisk Options
ramdisksdidevice        partition=C:
ramdisksdipath          \Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa\boot.sdi
 
Options de périphérique
-----------------------
identificateur          {ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
description             Ramdisk Device Options
ramdisksdidevice        partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
ramdisksdipath          \boot.sdi
 
C:\Windows\system32>

Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
device ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\winre.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa
0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
path \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe
description Windows Recovery Environment
osdevice ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume1]\winre.wim,{ad6c7bc8-fa
0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}
systemroot \windows
nx OptIn
detecthal Yes
winpe Yes

Nothing points to {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d} and C:\winre.wim doesn's exits.
Same for {ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}

bcdedit /export C:\bcdout (just to get a backup)
bcdedit /delete {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
bcdedit /delete {ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}

post bcdedit /enum all
again and reboot
 

My Computer My Computer

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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601...Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz4,00 GBATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ACER ASPIRE 5742G
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Acer Aspire 5742G
Memory
4,00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
Sound Card
(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
Screen Resolution
1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
Have you confirmed the Win7 partition is marked Active and run Startup Repair 3 separate times with reboots? It sounds like you quit after second repair attempt which was starting to make headway.

I'm not sure what all this file nitpicking is about - maybe you could clue the rest of us? All repair commands including System File Checker are automated in Startup Repair.

Again, Linux can corrupt Win7 beyond Repair. You may need to reinstall using your Recovery Partition, Recov Disks you made when you set up your computer, or a Win7 installation DVD for your bit rate and version which you fail to list: Reinstalling Windows 7

Please mark your thread Not Solved at top so others will contribute.
 
Have you confirmed the Win7 partition is marked Active and run Startup Repair 3 separate times with reboots? It sounds like you quit after second repair attempt which was starting to make headway.

I'm not sure what all this file nitpicking is about - maybe you could clue the rest of us? All repair commands including System File Checker are automated in Startup Repair.

Again, Linux can corrupt Win7 beyond Repair. You may need to reinstall using your Recovery Partition, Recov Disks you made when you set up your computer, or a Win7 installation DVD for your bit rate and version which you fail to list: Reinstalling Windows 7

Please mark your thread Not Solved at top so others will contribute.
His BCD store is a little strange and I advised him to cleanup.

bootrec/fixmbr and bootrec/fixboot are run automatically in recovery environment I know. But he still has GRUB as main bootloader .. sounds impossible if MBR has been fixed by recovery environment
 

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Have you confirmed the Win7 partition is marked Active and run Startup Repair 3 separate times with reboots? It sounds like you quit after second repair attempt which was starting to make headway.

I'm not sure what all this file nitpicking is about - maybe you could clue the rest of us? All repair commands including System File Checker are automated in Startup Repair.

Again, Linux can corrupt Win7 beyond Repair. You may need to reinstall using your Recovery Partition, Recov Disks you made when you set up your computer, or a Win7 installation DVD for your bit rate and version which you fail to list: Reinstalling Windows 7

Please mark your thread Not Solved at top so others will contribute.
Sorry to say but I don't understand you.
  • Recovery Env can rebuild MBR
  • Recovery Env can rebuild bootsector
  • Recovery Env can update BCD store
  • Recovery Enc can rebuild BCD from scratch
So how can linux corrupt Win7 beyond repair? Just curious what you mean
 

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Over the past 2+ years we have seen repeated cases where when GRUB is on the HD it makes Win7 irreparable by normal methods requiring reinstall - preferably to separate HD's booted via BIOS so there is not GRUB corruption. Dual boot Ubuntu-Win7

To even reinstall Win7 when GRUB is present often requires wiping the HD with Diskpart Clean command to clear the boot sector.

What about Startup Repair?

If it won't repair you may need to clean reinstall after wiping the HD first:
SSD - HDD Optimize for Windows Reinstallation
Dual-Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu in Perfect Harmony
Reinstalling Windows 7
 
I'm a little lost about what I should do or not...

Indeed, I had run startup repair only twice; I just ran it three times with restarts between. They were very quick these times. And yes, the windows partition is active.

Also, why should I reinstall windows? If Linux had corrupted windows beyond repair, there would be some signs or something else I guess.

I'm not sure what's wrong by now (except Grub should have been replaced by windows bootloader, from what kaktussoft is saying).

My windows version is 6.1 (number 7601 sp1)
 

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nothing is wrong now!! Did you do:

bcdedit /export C:\bcdout (just to get a backup)
bcdedit /delete {572bcd56-ffa7-11d9-aae0-0007e994107d}
bcdedit /delete {ad6c7bc8-fa0f-11da-8ddf-0013200354d8}

These are just stupid entries. not used at all. an not working at all, because files are not there. You can leave entries if you wish
 

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ACER ASPIRE 5742G
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz
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Acer Aspire 5742G
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4,00 GB
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series
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(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
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1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
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WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
What edition of Win7? 32 or 64-bit?

Keep working with Kaktussoft as he has line commands to possibly recover Win7 to GRUB menu.
 
you have done nothing wrong!
situation now:

  1. you have a MBR which has code that jumps to linux partition and loads grub from it.
  2. GRUB list menu items like win7 and linux. In grub is win7 defined as an item to start from hd(0,0) [sort of] and "chainloader +1". So it runs bootsector from C-partition which is bootmgr the windows 7 bootloader
  3. it read the bcd store (bcdedit /enum all lists the contents)
What you can do as a test:
bcdedit /create /d “Linux this is just a description” /application BOOTSECTOR


BCDEdit will return an alphanumeric identifier for this entry that I will refer to as {ID} in the remaining steps. You’ll need to replace {ID} by the actual returned identifier. An example of {ID} is {d7294d4e-9837-11de-99ac-f3f3a79e3e93}. Write down ID somehwere. Next, let’s specify which partition hosts a copy of the linux.bin file:
bcdedit /set {ID} device partition=c:


The path to our linux.bin file:
bcdedit /set {ID} path \linux.bin


An entry to the displayed menu at boot time:
bcdedit /displayorder {ID} /addlast


and finally, let’s specify how long the menu choices will be displayed:
bcdedit /timeout 5
===============
now try to boot and select win7. linux is displayed in windows bootmanager? you can start it? most likely grub shows again but there you can select linux. Is this true?
================
bcdedit /delete {ID}
and linux is gone from windows boot menu. So it's save to test
 

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My windows 7 is a 64-bit version (it's written under my name on the left)

Yes I did the commands. New enum is:

Code:
Microsoft Windows [version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Tous droits réservés.

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /enum all

Gestionnaire de démarrage Windows
---------------------------------
identificateur          {bootmgr}
device                  boot
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
displayorder            {current}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30

Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {current}
device                  boot
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows 7
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                boot
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
nx                      OptIn

Chargeur de démarrage Windows
-----------------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
device                  ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fe
fa\Winre.wim,{8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
path                    \windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows Recovery Environment
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
osdevice                ramdisk=[C:]\Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fe
fa\Winre.wim,{8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
winpe                   Yes

Reprendre à partir de la mise en veille prolongée
-------------------------------------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b0-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
device                  boot
path                    \Windows\system32\winresume.exe
description             Windows Resume Application
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {resumeloadersettings}
filedevice              partition=C:
filepath                \hiberfil.sys
debugoptionenabled      No

Testeur de mémoire Windows
--------------------------
identificateur          {memdiag}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \boot\memtest.exe
description             Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale                  fr-FR
inherit                 {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess         Yes

Paramètres EMS
--------------
identificateur          {emssettings}
bootems                 Yes

Paramètres du débogueur
-----------------------
identificateur          {dbgsettings}
debugtype               Serial
debugport               1
baudrate                115200

Erreurs de mémoire RAM
----------------------
identificateur          {badmemory}

Paramètres globaux
------------------
identificateur          {globalsettings}
inherit                 {dbgsettings}
                        {emssettings}
                        {badmemory}

Paramètres du chargeur de démarrage
-----------------------------------
identificateur          {bootloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}
                        {hypervisorsettings}

Paramètres de l'hyperviseur
-------------------
identificateur          {hypervisorsettings}
hypervisordebugtype     Serial
hypervisordebugport     1
hypervisorbaudrate      115200

Paramètres du chargeur de reprise
---------------------------------
identificateur          {resumeloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}

Options de périphérique
-----------------------
identificateur          {8cb2d9b5-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa}
description             Ramdisk Options
ramdisksdidevice        partition=C:
ramdisksdipath          \Recovery\8cb2d9b4-7c05-11de-842e-b4611d44fefa\boot.sdi

C:\Windows\system32>

Edit: okay, I'll try that but tomorrow :-)

Thank you again.
 
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