ZeroDay said:
Of course he can get into recovery without a windows cd/dvd My instructions work I'm not guessing at anything.
I don't think so. After you choose Windows 7 from the Linux bootloader, you press F8 to get the Advanced boot options.
maaster said:
How to restore windows bootloader?
I hope you didn't delete the Linux partitions, did you?
If you did, you need another Windows 7 PC to make a recovery disc, as you said you don't have a Windows 7 Disc. And of course you need an empty CD/DVD.
1: Create a system repair disc:
This disc has the ability to do the repair operations that can be done by the Full Windows 7 CD but, of course you can't use it to reinstall Windows.
To create a recovery disk, Open the Start Menu and type
create system repair disc, and open the result that appears.
After that you have to choose the drive that has the CD/DVD that you want to burn the repair disc to and click on
Create Disc
You will need this disc to repair the bootloader after the deletion of the Linux partitions. You may also want to see if the disc boots before we proceed to the next step.
2. Delete the Linux partition(s) (skip this step if you did it):
Open the start menu and type
create and format hard disk partitions in the search box and open the result that appears.
The disk management will open. You will most probably find a partition or more with no label (They have no name next to their icon) as they are unrecognized by Windows, because of the different file systems. Most probably there will be 2 partitions without label, but there may be more or it may be one. Right click on the partitions and click on Delete volume.
You have now deleted the partitions, the bootloader is now corrupted. We will repair it in step 3.
3: Repairing the bootloader:
Now insert the CD that we created and restart the computer. Now when you find a screen similar to the one below saying
Press any key to boot from CD or DVD, so do what it says.
Wait until the files are loaded and you will have to select the language and click Next, You will then be asked to select the option of System recovery that you want. Select the first one and then the installation that you want to repair.
You will then be asked to choose the recovery option that you want, choose
Command Prompt.
Then type these two commands:
Bootrec /fixmbr
Bootrec /fixboot
Now your PC should boot normally again after the restart. Be sure not to boot from CD/DVD.
4: Making use of the unallocated space:
Now after deleting the Linux partitions, they become unused and you will not be able to see them in my Computer. Now you should open the Disk management again.
In the lower part of the window of Disk management, you will find a part of the disk which is unallocated similar to the picture below. Right click on it and click on New Simple Volume. Complete the wizard and you are done!
Hope this helps
