I have managed to establish that the disk containing my Windows 7 installation is listed as RAW, and that no volume is associated with it. Tried various other commands in diskpart (perhaps recklessly, but I think I have mainly been using descriptive commands and never actually succeeded with any operations) that I have found on websites and forums. Used diskpart from the Command Line to make sure the correct partition is set to Active.
So no automatic repair tool appears to work. The partition is designated as Unmountable Volume in Easy Recovery Essentials. Used Boot-Repair, MBRWizard, EasyBCD, Easy Recovery Essentials for Windows (NeoSmart Technologies) - but all of them return with no results at all, or inform me that the partition is corrupted and cannot be accessed. The requested system device cannot be found. Boot using the Windows installation CD, and in the Command Prompt tried to repeat the whole sequence from the beginning, this time not forgetting to include the first command. Result: Fail, because the existing Windows 7 installation is not recognised by the installer. Boot using the Windows installation CD in order to run the automatic Startup Repair option. This issue persists still today after all my attempted solutions below. After that, I rebooted and found myself staring at a blank screen with a blinking cursor, in other words no GRUB menu, and no Win7 boot. Instead, I started the whole process fromīcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup. I am pretty sure that the whole problem arose when I forgot to execute the first of the commands: In the Command Prompt (X:\Sources>), type the following, in order to restore the Windows boot manager in place of GRUB: In the System Recovery Options menu, open the Command Prompt.Ĥ. In Windows installation program, select Repair Your Computer option in the dialogue prompt.ģ. Insert Windows 7 installation/recovery CD in disc drive and boot from CD drive in BIOS.Ģ. Yesterday, I decided that I wanted to remove my partition containing Ubuntu Studio and extend my Windows 7 installation onto it - in other words, I wanted to get rid of my dual-OS setup by removing Ubuntu but keep Windows 7 Home Premium intact.
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Any help much appreciated! I really do not want to lose the existing Windows installation, because it contains several important pieces of licensed software that I use for work on a daily basis. Here follows a description of i) what I intended to do, then ii) what I actually did, and, finally, iii) what I have tried so far and iv) where I am at now. It seems that none of the existing threads work for me. I spent about 10 hours last night trying all possible solutions I could find on this and other forums, so if this has already been solved elsewhere and I have not found it, I sincerely apologies for the double.