[Help Needed] PC will not boot into Windows.

[thprince]

Hey guys,

 

So I have attempted to make my system a dual-boot and failed. Pretty badly. I started off by downloading Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and just made a bootable USB and install it. Everything went smoothly until I was making the boot-repair stuff. I couldn't install boot-repair so I just restarted my computer. On the restart, a lot of text came up on the screen and the fonts of the text changes after a while and boots into the login screen. 

 

In the login screen, I couldn't move my cursor for some reason and I just pressed the Reset button on my PC. This continued for awhile and for some reason, I managed to boot into Windows. In Windows, I opened up Disk Management and deleted the partitions I created earlier while installing Linux(I didn't know I wasn't supposed to do that). Upon deletion, the partitions became " Free Space " instead of " Unallocated " . I attempted to delete the volume but it shows a message that I will make it inaccessible. I tried creating a New Simple Volume ( with and without assigning a drive letter ) but I just wouldn't work as well. 

 

So now, I'm stuck with a screen showing " error : no such partition. Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> " It's something like a command prompt.

I have tried solutions like using a Win8 recovery disk to get into command prompt and use commands like /fixboot etc and it didn't work. I've also tried commands on the Grub rescue like :

grub rescue > ls

(hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1) (hd1) (hd1,msdos1)
grub rescue > ls (hd0,msdos1) # try to recognize which partition is this
grub rescue > ls (hd0,msdos2) # let's assume this is the linux partition
grub rescue > set root=(hd0,msdos2) 

 

and it just won't work as well. 

 

Any answers or help provided will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you for your time

 

EDIT : Will changing the internal HDD that both Ubuntu and Win8 is installed on it help ?

[ohJey]

you're going to have to boot into a Windows 8 CD and fix the MBR (master boot record)

[thprince]

you're going to have to boot into a Windows 8 CD and fix the MBR (master boot record)

Tried that method. It does not help.

[dom1310df]

I take it you didn't make a backup before installing Ubuntu?

[ohJey]

Tried that method. It does not help.

Boot into the ubuntu live CD and update grub.  It should pick up windows.

[thprince]

I take it you didn't make a backup before installing Ubuntu?

What kind of backup ? 

I have a backup of all my work documents and important files.

[Phinocio]

Boot-repair might be able to help. Not sure if it will though, I've only used it to fix Windows not showing up in Grub for me.. 

[dom1310df]

What kind of backup ? 

I have a backup of all my work documents and important files.

In which case, if all else fails, you can start again with a fresh install of windows without losing your files. 

 

Try the suggestions on this thread first though:  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2109828

[thprince]

In which case, if all else fails, you can start again with a fresh install of windows without losing your files. 

 

Try the suggestions on this thread first though:  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2109828

Nope, seems like I need to remove the " Free Space " partition before I can do anything.