Windows partition not booting

Question

Using Clonezilla, I cloned a Windows 7 installation from the first partition on one drive to the first partition on a second larger drive and then installed Ubuntu into the second partition (same configuration as the original drive, just newer version instead of old).

Ubuntu detected the Windows 7 partition properly and added it to the grub menu. However, when I choose the win7 option in grub, I just get a black screen and blinking cursor. How can I fix this?

@CentaurusA: Here is the output of boot info script output http://pastebin.com/778RP7Lp

@Mark: Original drive is no longer present. @Takkat, I'm trying to find out if there is a way to do this without having to reinstall grub / ubuntu. — bumbling fool, Mar 21 '11 at 21:36

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '11 at 15:31

Try running Boot Info Script (http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/). This will produce the file RESULTS.txt that describes each disk/partition on your system. Check that GRUB2 is identifying the partitions correctly by comparing the descriptors used in the menuentries in /boot/grub/grub.cfg match those in the results file. I have an issue where GRUB2 mis-identifies my Vista and Windows' recovery partitions and doesn't boot correctly as a result. The fix was to create a custom boot menu (see http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html)

Thanks for your answer. My inexperienced eyes don't see anything wrong in the output. There are no recovery partitions of any sort either :/ — bumbling fool, Mar 21 '11 at 21:53

era878 · Answer 2 · 2011-03-06T09:12:27.540

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1. Boot from Windows Recovery CD, Windows Recovery Partition, or Installation CD

2. Click on "Repair your computer"

3. Click on "Startup Repair"

4. Windows should now boot properly

edited Mar 06 '11 at 09:12

answered Mar 06 '11 at 09:06

era878

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I was look for a solution that would not entail reinstalling grub again after repairing Windows. – bumbling fool Mar 18 '11 at 19:13

Windows partition not booting

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