Possible Repost (Sorry) Windows 7 vs Ubuntu

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Author: Carlton Brooks
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Possible Repost (Sorry) Windows 7 vs Ubuntu
I have 3 HARD DRIVES. Drive 1 (sda) is a Windows 7 Drive. Drive 2 (sdb)
is a data drive. Drive 3 (sdc) is an Ubuntu 11.04 drive.

I just upgraded to 11.04 by disconnecting sda and sdb. I then installed
11.04. I then reconnect all the drives

After install I did a sudo update-grub. It displayed the following

Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda1
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sdb1
done

I have no idea why 2 Windows.

Then ran fdisk -l. It displayed the following

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000203804160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 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: 0xda607973

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1      121601   976759008+   b  W95 FAT32


Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000203804160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 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: 0xda607971

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1          13      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2              13      121601   976656384    7  HPFS/NTFS


Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 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: 0x0009ca99

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *           1      120558   968373248   83  Linux
/dev/sdc2          120558      121602     8386561    5  Extended
/dev/sdc5          120558      121602     8386560   82  Linux swap /
Solaris


Now when I boot up it shows the grub menu, and lists all the choices,
but when the Windows sda1 is picked it reboots. When sdb1 is picked it
says I have a windows error.

I beleive I have corrupted or destroyed the Windows MBR or Boot Record.
I have attempted to fix it using the Windows disk but still does not
work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Carlton Brooks



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