I think that I installed Ubuntu over my Windows 8 partitions

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I wanted to reinstall Ubuntu 13.10, and I chose to do it over the old 13.10 Ubuntu because it had some problems. Now I can't boot Windows 8 or find it in the boot menu. And Ubuntu has all partitions of my PC. Can I recover Windows or at least recover the files I had on Windows?

You need data recovery tools. Also see http://askubuntu.com/questions/286181/how-do-i-recover-my-accidentally-lost-windows-partitions-after-installing-ubuntu/286206#286206 — Takkat, Nov 23 '13 at 18:37

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 23 '13 at 13:50

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Boot into ubuntu os and open the terminal by pressing ctrl+alt+t and run the below commands on it,

sudo update-grub
sudo shutdown -r now

After restarting,your grub will display windows os and you can select and boot it.The above commands will reinstall your grub to display both windows and ubuntu os's.

answered Nov 23 '13 at 13:50

Avinash Raj

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Doesn't work :s – sofboy Nov 23 '13 at 14:37
try boot-repair disk – Avinash Raj Nov 23 '13 at 14:44
Already did, got this http://paste.ubuntu.com/6463867/ – sofboy Nov 23 '13 at 14:59
plz upload gparted screenshot to imgur.com and paste the link here. – Avinash Raj Nov 23 '13 at 15:01
there was no ntfs partition.I think your your windows os will be deleted.Anyways upload gparted screenshot. – Avinash Raj Nov 23 '13 at 15:04
http://i.imgur.com/rICXvah.png – sofboy Nov 23 '13 at 15:06
what was the other option in top right corner of gparted? – Avinash Raj Nov 23 '13 at 15:08
I don't think there is one – sofboy Nov 23 '13 at 15:10
from the gparted screenshot,your windows os was accidentally deleted(there was no ntfs partition). – Avinash Raj Nov 23 '13 at 15:15
And is there a way that I could recover (some of) my files? – sofboy Nov 23 '13 at 15:16
try testdisk it could recover files from the deleted partition. – Avinash Raj Nov 23 '13 at 15:17
Do I need to put this in the terminal? – sofboy Nov 23 '13 at 15:20
see this link http://askubuntu.com/questions/171163/how-to-recover-a-deleted-ntfs-partition-with-data – Avinash Raj Nov 23 '13 at 15:22
It's analysing, I'll let you know if it worked – sofboy Nov 23 '13 at 15:38
SOrry, didn't work.. – sofboy Nov 23 '13 at 17:10
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@sofboy, your Question is a bit broad. Instead of adding new information here in Comments, edit the Question to clarify it. – brasofilo Nov 24 '13 at 02:26

I think that I installed Ubuntu over my Windows 8 partitions

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