Dualboot problems (Dude, where is my windows!?)

Doom666 · 2018-01-05 20:11:32

I know this is being asked over and over and over, yet I must say that I have been using all the free time I got since 48 hours ago to solve this, I checked out endless answers, and I just dont know what to do anymore...
lets see:

-There is Windows 7 'W7' and Windows 10 'W10' in (hd0).
-W10 makes me gag so i decide to install BL there instead.
-Install bunsen labs. Obviously doing something ridiculously wrong even though i ve done this a gazzilion time years ago.
-Grub only shows bunsenlabs.
-2 days of reinstalling, online investigation enless console writting and a mild nervous breakdown laterthis is how my partitions look:

https://preview.ibb.co/g3v2HG/Screensho … _30_PM.png

NFTS "W7" is the partition where windows is at, I can mount it an see and acces the files
here are the details of W7:

https://image.ibb.co/fu4h2G/info_sda3.png

both of those unalocated parts i dont know why are there...

this is what happens when I run grub-update:

https://image.ibb.co/gQ64hG/Screenshot_ … _23_PM.png

grub-probe error just appeared today, have no idea anymore...
i have grub-install and reinstalled...
what else....

I tried to add the entry manually with /etc/grub.d/40_custom:

I made several different entries to see if any of the different possibilities might work:

https://preview.ibb.co/feP4Gb/40_custom.png

all of them leading to the bautifull:

https://image.ibb.co/dhJ9hG/image15.png

so, all I want is windows to appear in grub, like it should (or im used to) and just load so I casn work with my music etc.
Thanks a million in advance for your time and lets see if any of you can help me out with this, I honestly never been so stuck with this...
ill be here untill it gets fixed so ill be able to reply soon.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2018-01-06 12:32:49)

PackRat · 2018-01-05 20:24:50

-2 days of reinstalling,

Did you try re-installing Win 7 as well?

From your gparted shot, it looks like you deleted the partition Windows 7 (8,10) used to store it's boot files.

sda1, sda2 in this scrot:

Pretty sure you'll need to do a clean install of Windows 7 to fix that.

For a dual boot on a single drive, clean install of WIndows 7 first then BL.

Doom666 · 2018-01-05 20:35:49

PackRat wrote:

-2 days of reinstalling,
Did you try re-installing Win 7 as well?
From your gparted shot, it looks like you deleted the partition Windows 7 (8,10) used to store it's boot files.
sda1, sda2 in this scrot:
https://cdn.scrot.moe/images/2018/01/05/scrot-shot-January_-5_1515183462.th.png
Pretty sure you'll need to do a clean install of Windows 7 to fix that.
For a dual boot on a single drive, clean install of WIndows 7 first then BL.

didnt reinstalled W7, I dont even have W7disc or nothing lik that

I have an endless amount of stuff i wouldnt like to lose, software projects and pffffffff no please no!!!!, lets see, not posible to just make that boot partition anew?

Last edited by Doom666 (2018-01-05 20:37:41)

PackRat · 2018-01-05 20:55:44

not posible to just make that boot partition anew?

Never tried; after you create the partition, you would somehow have to get the Windows 7 boot files onto it - need the Win7 DVD for that - and register it with the installed W7.

Doom666 · 2018-01-05 21:01:40

would boot repair cd work?
as in https://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-r … p_redirect

Doom666 · 2018-01-05 21:02:58

PackRat wrote:

not posible to just make that boot partition anew?
Never tried; after you create the partition, you would somehow have to get the Windows 7 boot files onto it - need the Win7 DVD for that - and register it with the installed W7.

ok ill be looking into that, meanwhile, any more ideas, even long shots might help.
Ill be updating if any progress

Doom666 · 2018-01-05 21:41:59

update, Im trying to maque a boot-repair live usb and it dosnt seem to work (surprise)
i used this comand

sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/odemark/Downloads/boot-repair-disk-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb1 conv=fdatasync
have i done something wrong now?
it just dosnt boot at all

vinzv · 2018-01-05 22:23:54

Doom666, on their website they tell to use unetbootin: https://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd/home/Home/
Maybe try that, as some live discs don't have proper bootloaders.

beaker · 2018-01-06 08:31:29

Doom666 wrote:

of=/dev/sdb1

should be /dev/sdb i.e without the 1 on the end. You dd to the device, not a partition on the device

Head_on_a_Stick · 2018-01-06 12:35:06

Doom666 wrote:

-W10 makes me gag so i decide to install BL there instead.

I think that at this point you removed a partition that Win7 needed to boot.

I've moved this thread to Help & Support (Other) as it is a Windows-related problem.

tknomanzr · 2018-01-06 17:05:25

If you can mount the partition and see the contents, then we know it is there. It just becomes a matter of finding it. Your grub bootloader has to be on /dev/sda1. Additionally, ensure that os-prober is installed. The last thing is, are you on a UEFI bios? Your Windows install appeared to be a legacy install to me.

Doom666 · 2018-01-06 18:51:21

tknomanzr wrote:

If you can mount the partition and see the contents, then we know it is there. It just becomes a matter of finding it.

all the data is there but people say that a very small partition should be there in order to boot it, i erased that partition somehow.

Your grub bootloader has to be on /dev/sda1.

I believe it to be installed on /dev/sda so lets see:

first i install it in sda:

odemark@Deuterium:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda
[sudo] password for odemark: 
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.

then install it in sda1:

odemark@Deuterium:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda1
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding.
grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.

scary enough... i dont know what that means

Additionally, ensure that os-prober is installed.

How?

The last thing is, are you on a UEFI bios? Your Windows install appeared to be a legacy install to me.

i dont think i install it UEFI (whatever that means) i chose the other version, but anywhay, how can i find out?

Doom666 · 2018-01-06 18:54:06

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

I think that at this point you removed a partition that Win7 needed to boot.

i think so too, how do i make a new one?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2018-01-06 18:59:45

Doom666 wrote:

how do i make a new one?

I seem to remember doing something very similar to my old Win7 system and the repair disk told me that a re-install was needed.

Do you have the original disks?

You can download a (3 month) "trial" version from Microsoft and activate it if you still have the code (I think).

Having said that, it has been _many_ years since I've run Windows full-time so I'm probably not the best person to ask

Doom666 · 2018-01-06 19:02:04

vinzv wrote:

Doom666, on their website they tell to use unetbootin: https://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd/home/Home/
Maybe try that, as some live discs don't have proper bootloaders.

i managed to make a live usb now but i noted that only boots on UEFI mode and dosent solve the problems with the automated one click fix. now, there is one option that says something like restore boot partition, but also asks to make a backup first, now how can i make a back up of W7 to an external hard drive i have?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2018-01-06 19:03:37

Doom666 wrote:

then install it in sda1:

odemark@Deuterium:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda1
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding.
grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.

scary enough... i dont know what that means

It means that GRUB will not proceed unless you force it (don't do that).

Doom666 wrote:

Additionally, ensure that os-prober is installed.
How?

apt-cache policy os-prober

It should already be installed though; it's not doing anything because there is no Windows bootloader on your disk (IMO).

Doom666 · 2018-01-06 19:05:51

os-prober:
  Installed: 1.65+deb8u1
  Candidate: 1.65+deb8u1
  Version table:
 *** 1.65+deb8u1 0
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2018-01-06 19:07:00)

Doom666 · 2018-01-06 19:10:12

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

Do you have the original disks?

nope

You can download a (3 month) "trial" version from Microsoft and activate it if you still have the code (I think).

hehe, bought the computer from second hand, where do i find that code? I can acces all windows files

its possible to dd the WHOLE W7 partition so i can install whatever ffree w7 and then back up everything?
is so, how?

Doom666 · 2018-01-06 19:11:40

Doom666 wrote:

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:
Do you have the original disks?
nope
You can download a (3 month) "trial" version from Microsoft and activate it if you still have the code (I think).
hehe, bought the computer from second hand, where do i find that code? I can acces all windows files

its possible to dd the WHOLE W7 partition so i can install whatever ffree w7 and then back up everything?
is so, how?

or Rsync

Head_on_a_Stick · 2018-01-06 19:12:45

Doom666 wrote:

bought the computer from second hand, where do i find that code?

My refurbished X201 has the code on a label on the underside, I've never tried using it though

I don't know about your other questions, sorry.

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