Thread: Can't boot Windows, trying to repair from Ubuntu

here happened:

• don't have enough space on windows partition
• delete stock "recovery" partition make space
• enlarge win partition
• software messes windows boot
• go under ubuntu fix problem
• try fix win7 mbr ms-sys
• upgrade natty @ same time
• flush old grub, in process, put new one
• grub-mkconfig doesn't detect windows
• make windows booting entry
• try booting windows
• receive error "invalid partition table"

results of bis:

code:

                  boot info script 0.60    17 may 2011      ============================= boot info summary: ===============================     => grub2 (v1.99) installed in mbr of /dev/sda , looks @ sector 1 of       same hard drive core.img. core.img @ location , looks       (,msdos5)/boot/grub on drive.    sda1: __________________________________________________________________________        file system:             boot sector type:  unknown      boot sector info:        mounting failed:   mount: unknown filesystem type ''    sda2: __________________________________________________________________________        file system:       ntfs      boot sector type:  windows vista/7      boot sector info:   no errors found in boot parameter block.      operating system:        boot files:            sda3: __________________________________________________________________________        file system:       extended partition      boot sector type:  unknown      boot sector info:      sda5: __________________________________________________________________________        file system:       ext4      boot sector type:  -      boot sector info:        operating system:  ubuntu 11.04      boot files:        /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img    sda6: __________________________________________________________________________        file system:       swap      boot sector type:  -      boot sector info:      ============================ drive/partition info: =============================    drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________    disk /dev/sda: 120.0 gb, 120034123776 bytes  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors  units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes  sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes    partition  boot  start sector    end sector  # of sectors  id system    /dev/sda1    *         16,128   127,700,684   127,684,557   7 ntfs / exfat / hpfs  /dev/sda2         127,713,280   189,162,421    61,449,142   7 ntfs / exfat / hpfs  /dev/sda3         189,163,518   217,165,823    28,002,306   f w95 extended (lba)  /dev/sda5         189,163,520   215,891,967    26,728,448  83 linux  /dev/sda6         215,894,016   217,165,823     1,271,808  82 linux swap / solaris      "blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________    device           uuid                                   type       label    /dev/sda2        78684c52684c1174                       ntfs       donald  /dev/sda5        7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db   ext4         /dev/sda6        a4736c60-bbf7-41a1-b5bc-61d915e41b9c   swap           ================================ mount points: =================================    device           mount_point              type       options    /dev/sda5        /                        ext4       (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)      =========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  #  # not edit file  #  # automatically generated grub-mkconfig using templates  # /etc/grub.d , settings /etc/default/grub  #    ### begin /etc/grub.d/00_header ###  if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ];    set have_grubenv=true    load_env  fi  set default="0"  if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ];    set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"    save_env saved_entry    set prev_saved_entry=    save_env prev_saved_entry    set boot_once=true  fi    function savedefault {    if [ -z "${boot_once}" ];      saved_entry="${chosen}"      save_env saved_entry    fi  }    function recordfail {    set recordfail=1    if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; save_env recordfail; fi; fi  }    function load_video {    insmod vbe    insmod vga    insmod video_bochs    insmod video_cirrus  }    insmod part_msdos  insmod ext2  set root='(/dev/sda,msdos5)'  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db  if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ;    set gfxmode=auto    load_video    insmod gfxterm  fi  terminal_output gfxterm  insmod part_msdos  insmod ext2  set root='(/dev/sda,msdos5)'  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db  set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale  set lang=en_us  insmod gettext  if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ];    set timeout=-1  else    set timeout=10  fi  ### end /etc/grub.d/00_header ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###  set menu_color_normal=white/black  set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray  if background_color 44,0,30;    clear  fi  ### end /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###  if [ ${recordfail} != 1 ];    if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ];      if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3;        if [ ${match} = 0 ];          set linux_gfx_mode=keep        else          set linux_gfx_mode=text        fi      else        set linux_gfx_mode=text      fi    else      set linux_gfx_mode=keep    fi  else    set linux_gfx_mode=text  fi  export linux_gfx_mode  if [ "$linux_gfx_mode" != "text" ]; load_video; fi  menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.38-8-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {  	recordfail  	set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode  	insmod part_msdos  	insmod ext2  	set root='(/dev/sda,msdos5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=uuid=7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db ro vga=792 splash  quiet splash vt.handoff=7  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic  }  menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.38-8-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {  	recordfail  	set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode  	insmod part_msdos  	insmod ext2  	set root='(/dev/sda,msdos5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db  	echo	'loading linux 2.6.38-8-generic ...'  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=uuid=7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db ro single vga=792 splash  	echo	'loading initial ramdisk ...'  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic  }  submenu "previous linux versions" {  menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.35-22-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {  	recordfail  	set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode  	insmod part_msdos  	insmod ext2  	set root='(/dev/sda,msdos5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=uuid=7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db ro vga=792 splash  quiet splash vt.handoff=7  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic  }  menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.35-22-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {  	recordfail  	set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode  	insmod part_msdos  	insmod ext2  	set root='(/dev/sda,msdos5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db  	echo	'loading linux 2.6.35-22-generic ...'  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=uuid=7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db ro single vga=792 splash  	echo	'loading initial ramdisk ...'  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic  }  menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.32-24-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {  	recordfail  	set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode  	insmod part_msdos  	insmod ext2  	set root='(/dev/sda,msdos5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=uuid=7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db ro vga=792 splash  quiet splash vt.handoff=7  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic  }  menuentry 'ubuntu, linux 2.6.32-24-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {  	recordfail  	set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode  	insmod part_msdos  	insmod ext2  	set root='(/dev/sda,msdos5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db  	echo	'loading linux 2.6.32-24-generic ...'  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=uuid=7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db ro single vga=792 splash  	echo	'loading initial ramdisk ...'  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic  }  }  ### end /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###  ### end /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###  menuentry "memory test (memtest86+)" {  	insmod part_msdos  	insmod ext2  	set root='(/dev/sda,msdos5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db  	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin  }  menuentry "memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {  	insmod part_msdos  	insmod ext2  	set root='(/dev/sda,msdos5)'  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db  	linux16	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttys0,115200n8  }  ### end /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###  ### end /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###  # file provides easy way add custom menu entries.  type  # menu entries want add after comment.  careful not change  # 'exec tail' line above.  ### end /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###    ### begin /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###  if [ -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ];    source $prefix/custom.cfg;  fi  ### end /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------    =============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ================================    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  # /etc/fstab: static file system information.  #  # use 'blkid -o value -s uuid' print universally unique identifier  # device; may used uuid= more robust way name  # devices works if disks added , removed. see fstab(5).  #  # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>  proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0  # / on /dev/sda7 during installation  uuid=7a6bea1f-5a24-406b-a42c-f978a66d47db /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1  # swap on /dev/sda8 during installation  uuid=a4736c60-bbf7-41a1-b5bc-61d915e41b9c none            swap    sw              0       0  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------    =================== sda5: location of files loaded grub: ====================               gib - gb             file                                 fragment(s)      92.353298187 = 99.163598848   boot/grub/core.img                             1    94.732089996 = 101.717807104  boot/grub/grub.cfg                             1    95.661132812 = 102.715359232  boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-24-generic              2    99.336074829 = 106.661298176  boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic              2    95.622070312 = 102.673416192  boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic               2    94.150630951 = 101.093470208  boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic                 1    95.710212708 = 102.768058368  boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic                 1    99.376281738 = 106.704470016  boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic                  1    95.622070312 = 102.673416192  initrd.img                                     2    99.336074829 = 106.661298176  initrd.img.old                                 2    99.376281738 = 106.704470016  vmlinuz                                        1    95.710212708 = 102.768058368  vmlinuz.old                                    1    ======================== unknown mbrs/boot sectors/etc: ========================    unknown bootloader on sda1    00000000  33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c 8e  c0 8e d8 00 7c bf 00  |3.....|......|..|  00000010  06 b9 00 02 fc f3 a4 50  68 1c 06 cb fb b9 04 00  |.......ph.......|  00000020  bd 07 80 7e 00 00 7c  0b 0f 85 0e 01 83 c5 10  |....~..|........|  00000030  e2 f1 cd 18 88 56 00 55  c6 46 11 05 c6 46 10 00  |.....v.u.f...f..|  00000040  b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5d  72 0f 81 fb 55 aa 75 09  |.a..u..]r...u.u.|  00000050  f7 c1 01 00 74 03 fe 46  10 66 60 80 7e 10 00 74  |....t..f.f`.~..t|  00000060  26 66 68 00 00 00 00 66  ff 76 08 68 00 00 68 00  |&fh....f.v.h..h.|  00000070  7c 68 01 00 68 10 00 b4  42 8a 56 00 8b f4 cd 13  ||h..h...b.v.....|  00000080  9f 83 c4 10 9e eb 14 b8  01 02 bb 00 7c 8a 56 00  |............|.v.|  00000090  8a 76 01 8a 4e 02 8a 6e  03 cd 13 66 61 73 1c fe  |.v..n..n...fas..|  000000a0  4e 11 75 0c 80 7e 00 80  0f 84 8a 00 b2 80 eb 84  |n.u..~..........|  000000b0  55 32 e4 8a 56 00 cd 13  5d eb 9e 81 3e fe 7d 55  |u2..v...]...>.}u|  000000c0  aa 75 6e ff 76 00 e8 8d  00 75 17 fa b0 d1 e6 64  |.un.v....u.....d|  000000d0  e8 83 00 b0 df e6 60 e8  7c 00 b0 ff e6 64 e8 75  |......`.|....d.u|  000000e0  00 fb b8 00 bb cd 1a 66  23 c0 75 3b 66 81 fb 54  |.......f#.u;f..t|  000000f0  43 50 41 75 32 81 f9 02  01 72 2c 66 68 07 bb 00  |cpau2....r,fh...|  00000100  00 66 68 00 02 00 00 66  68 08 00 00 00 66 53 66  |.fh....fh....fsf|  00000110  53 66 55 66 68 00 00 00  00 66 68 00 7c 00 00 66  |sfufh....fh.|..f|  00000120  61 68 00 00 07 cd 1a 5a  32 f6 ea 00 7c 00 00 cd  |ah.....z2...|...|  00000130  18 a0 b7 07 eb 08 a0 b6  07 eb 03 a0 b5 07 32 e4  |..............2.|  00000140  05 00 07 8b f0 ac 3c 00  74 09 bb 07 00 b4 0e cd  |......<.t.......|  00000150  10 eb f2 f4 eb fd 2b c9  e4 64 eb 00 24 02 e0 f8  |......+..d..$...|  00000160  24 02 c3 49 6e 76 61 6c  69 64 20 70 61 72 74 69  |$..invalid parti|  00000170  74 69 6f 6e 20 74 61 62  6c 65 00 45 72 72 6f 72  |tion table.error|  00000180  20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e 67  20 6f 70 65 72 61 74 69  | loading operati|  00000190  6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 65  6d 00 4d 69 73 73 69 6e  |ng system.missin|  000001a0  67 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74  69 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74  |g operating syst|  000001b0  65 6d 00 00 00 63 7b 9a  73 73 69 6e 67 00 0d 0a  |em...c{.ssing...|  000001c0  44 5a 51 4b 43 20 20 20  69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 72  |dzqkc   compr|  000001d0  65 73 73 65 64 00 0d 0a  50 72 65 73 73 20 43 74  |essed...press ct|  000001e0  72 6c 2b 41 6c 74 2b 44  65 6c 20 74 6f 20 72 65  |rl+alt+del re|  000001f0  73 74 61 72 74 0d 0a 00  8c a9 d6 00 00 55 aa  |start.........u.|  00000200    unknown bootloader on sda3    00000000  32 28 87 80 a6 81 71 87  25 9c 20 7b 6f c7 77 7f  |2(....q.%. {o.w.|  00000010  fe bd 28 ef 08 15 03  0f 95 50 61 f0 fa aa 54  |...(......pa...t|  00000020  5f 4b ff 5b 56 af bf 1a  9d b5 bc 83 55 1a db c2  |_k.[v.......u...|  00000030  98 58 60 61 d7 a7 6a b4  87 b1 47 ae aa f2 5b f3  |.x`a..j...g...[.|  00000040  b7 c7 7f 87 3e a5 63 9e  51 a6 c0 da 34 43 4b f4  |....>.c.q...4ck.|  00000050  6d ed 19 bc c2 79 e1 ff  af 93 fb 19 95 1a 99 d3  |m....y..........|  00000060  83 10 63 f2 0c 16 85 c5  8e 0d 66 92 bd 30 e3 82  |..c.......f..0..|  00000070  1f cb ff fa ae 7d 52 ad  ce 79 56 49 8b 38 ba 81  |.....}r..yvi.8..|  00000080  f8 d6 60 5a e3 c3 1a 3f  80 e9 20 66 db de 54 53  |..`z...?.. f..ts|  00000090  7b de e6 19 ad ef 61 12  c6 1f ea ad 71 b1 16 98  |{.....a.....q...|  000000a0  02 9a 35 a8 8a af 4f a8  f9 cb 6a 88 9e f1 c4 ed  |..5...o...j.....|  000000b0  13 b8 0a 74 ef 9c f9 37  a9 7f a1 3e a5 16 8b 68  |...t...7...>...h|  000000c0  b8 14 a9 fe 46 f0 4f 77  1a dd 1a 18 26 66 c4 c6  |....f.ow....&f..|  000000d0  5e 8f 1d da bf 0c d7 96  6a af 8c 98 ea 49 60 19  |^.......j....i`.|  000000e0  11 c1 89 7d 3d 47 76 17  fd 81 e1 70 33 0a 86 07  |...}=gv....p3...|  000000f0  82 c4 d0 8a 27 ff bb 26  78 45 de 24 5e 8d 5a 96  |....'..&xe.$^.z.|  00000100  cb 64 67 28 8e 34 a9 ea  e7 f9 3b b2 5a 77 21  |.dg(.4....;.z.w!|  00000110  80 28 91 34 52 29 cf 7f  e5 ea 7e 3f c2 f2 ff 28  |.(.4r)....~?...(|  00000120  07 83 80 4f c2 2d 4c f0  61 26 f8 10 82 02 95 61  |...o.-l.a&.....a|  00000130  00 78 08 60 6a 7f aa fc  e2 0e e3 0f 02 9b 09 e1  |.x.`j...........|  00000140  70 d0 4e 06 2f 12 06 45  f7 41 9f 7d 9e 39 1f d3  |p.n./..e.a.}.9..|  00000150  c0 46 3f 2f 57 08 46 8d  a5 2b 40 bc 59 e3 82 f4  |.f?/w.f..+@.y...|  00000160  bb da ba 0b d7 1c 61 4b  35 c1 50 71 21 f0 29 c7  |......ak5.pq!.).|  00000170  ea 78 eb 87 82 05 36 a7  5c a4 e9 c7 8d c3 ce ad  |.x....6.\.......|  00000180  e5 ef 3a 16 4a 17 3d 4f  b9 e9 27 3c e8 79 7d 53  |..:.j.=o..'<.y}s|  00000190  a3 93 eb b4 32 fb 95 e9  f4 43 9e 1e 7c 3e 0a 7f  |....2....c..|>..|  000001a0  53 33 67 c1 8e a8 3a a5  cf 42 31 89 a5 7a 44 f1  |s3g...:..b1..zd.|  000001b0  d4 e3 91 05 9e e3 a9 cd  7a 73 89 47 04 a7 00 fe  |........zs.g....|  000001c0  ff ff 83 fe ff ff 02 00  00 00 00 d8 97 01 00 fe  |................|  000001d0  ff ff 05 fe ff ff 02 d8  97 01 00 70 13 00 00 00  |...........p....|  000001e0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|  000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa  |..............u.|  00000200      =============================== stderr messages: ===============================    unlzma: decoder error

before today, both dual-boot options worked. hopefully, should easy 1 folks more experienced me.

in advance!

well how space did give windows? if have gparted livecd suggest booting , looking windows partition , seeing looks like.

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