Recover Windows 7
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:00 am
Hello all,
I consider myself pretty good with computers but I recently really screwed up my new Acer Aspire AS3810T-8501. I shrunk the C: drive b y 30GB with the intention of creating a partition for a Ubuntu install. After unsuccessfully being able to install Ubuntu from a USB installer, I went ahead and installed Ubuntu to the newly created 30GB partition using Wubi. All worked great except I couldn't hibernate the newly installed Ubuntu. I shrunk the 30GB partition to 27GB as I wanted to create a linux-swap drive within the same 30GB thinking that this might solve the hibernate problem. After doing this I didn't even get the option to select Ubuntu at the initial dual boot menu, only Windows 7 which still worked great. I rebooted Ubuntu from USB drive and used the Disk Utility in Ubuntu to check mark "make bootable" the 30GB partition. After doing this all I get is "no operating system found". All the original files, including windows, I can browse to and manipulate just find with a boot from Ubuntu USB. I'm not sure what is screwed up but I believe it can be fixed. I have a perfectly working USB load of Ultimate BootCD but don't know where to start. If anyone has any idea of which tools which could be used to attempt a boot repair from the Ultimate BootCD USB I would be forever in debt and would be greatly appreciated.
Thank very much,
Andy
I consider myself pretty good with computers but I recently really screwed up my new Acer Aspire AS3810T-8501. I shrunk the C: drive b y 30GB with the intention of creating a partition for a Ubuntu install. After unsuccessfully being able to install Ubuntu from a USB installer, I went ahead and installed Ubuntu to the newly created 30GB partition using Wubi. All worked great except I couldn't hibernate the newly installed Ubuntu. I shrunk the 30GB partition to 27GB as I wanted to create a linux-swap drive within the same 30GB thinking that this might solve the hibernate problem. After doing this I didn't even get the option to select Ubuntu at the initial dual boot menu, only Windows 7 which still worked great. I rebooted Ubuntu from USB drive and used the Disk Utility in Ubuntu to check mark "make bootable" the 30GB partition. After doing this all I get is "no operating system found". All the original files, including windows, I can browse to and manipulate just find with a boot from Ubuntu USB. I'm not sure what is screwed up but I believe it can be fixed. I have a perfectly working USB load of Ultimate BootCD but don't know where to start. If anyone has any idea of which tools which could be used to attempt a boot repair from the Ultimate BootCD USB I would be forever in debt and would be greatly appreciated.
Thank very much,
Andy