General :: Grub2 - Can't Boot Into Windows Anymore - How To Get Windows To Reappear

Mar 14, 2011

I just installed CrunchBang Linux and it's great! But I can't boot into windows anymore. I'm sure it didn't delete my Windows partition-it's mounted. My linux partition is /dev/sda1 Windows is /dev/sda2

Code:

sudo update-grub
Found linux image: ....
Found initrd image: ....
Found linux image: ....
Found initrd image: ....
done

how I can get Windows to reappear? I've had bad luck with Grub in the past and I don't want to fight it on my own...

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I have Linux Mint and Windows 7 installed on my laptop, and recently tried tinkering with EasyBCD, to use the Windows multi-boot loader instead of grub. Well, that didn't work out too well, because I ended up with the Windows boot loader with two options, Windows 7 and Linux Mint, however the Linux Mint entry just redirected me to grub, which wasn't what I intended.

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EDIT: I tried the suggested approach to add a new file to /etc/grub.d, which generated an entry in grub.cfg, but it does not appear in the grub menu on boot :(

I have this:
grzes:/home/ga# cat /etc/grub.d/11_Windows
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echo Adding Windows >&2
cat << EOF
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Code:
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This is automatically generated after installed ubuntu 10.10. It shows black screen with a flashing cursor after press enter.
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title win7
fallback 2
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chainloader /bootmgr
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I have tried chkdsk c: /f /c Restoring windows 7 boot, and then grub menu Creating a custom menu entry. Nothing works.

Here is my boot info script, results:

Code:
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============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================
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Code:
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