Thread: Can't boot into Windows after install

i've been using ubuntu 11.04 via wubi installer month now. had problems , ended deleting full install. have ubuntu on usb drive (just in case)


anyway, after numerous problems (my laptop seems follow murphy's law quite strictly), able complete install. unfortunately, grub not work. boot right windows vista. after following advice @ least 10 different threads, still nothing worked.

so after failing install/reinstall/update grub, restarted computer find now, boots straight ubuntu, , don't have option vista.

ideas? laptop has never been able without hours of troubleshooting...


reference, here's terminal output:


sudo fdisk -l:

disk /dev/sda: 60.0 gb, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
i/o size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
disk identifier: 0xf54413eb

device boot start end blocks id system
/dev/sda1 * 1 6515 52330713+ 7 hpfs/ntfs
/dev/sda2 6516 7296 6272001 5 extended
/dev/sda5 6516 7053 4316160 83 linux
/dev/sda6 7053 7296 1954816 82 linux swap / solaris



sudo grub:

sudo: grub: command not found (tried /sbin/grub , others, can't find grub launcher)



sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sda (after mounting /dev/sda5):

/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: sector 5 in use zisd; avoiding it. software may cause boot or other problems in future. please ask authors not store data in boot track.
installation finished. no error reported.

in ubuntu run
sudo update-grub
should detect vista , add menu.

grub warning zisd because grub uses unallocated sectors on disk app has used. not causing vista absence.

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