Lost my Windows 7 OC four days after installing Ubuntu.

No as you will have a backup of your important data.

Can you give the output of:

uname -a; dpkg -l | grep linux-image

Thanks

Not sure how I do that.  Do I plug that into the Terminal and send you a copy of what comes up in the Terminal?  I am very new to this.  Thank You

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No as you will have a backup of your important data.

Can you give the output of:

uname -a; dpkg -l | grep linux-image

Thanks

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Yes, press CTRL+ALT+T and paste the command into the terminal and hit ENTER

This is what it reveals:

pjmatvey@pjmatvey-AO722:~$ uname -a; dpkg -l | grep linux-image

Linux pjmatvey-AO722 3.2.0-29-generic-pae #46-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 27 17:25:43 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae       3.2.0-23.36
   Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-29-generic-pae       3.2.0-29.46
   Linux kernel image for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-generic-pae                       3.2.0.29.31
   Generic Linux kernel image

pjmatvey@pjmatvey-AO722:~$

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Yes, press CTRL+ALT+T and paste the command into the terminal and hit
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Try:

sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

HTH

This came up:

pjmatvey@pjmatvey-AO722:~$ sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
[sudo] password for pjmatvey:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for pjmatvey:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 113 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 178006 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae ...
Examining /etc/kernel/prerm.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/prerm.d/dkms 3.2.0-23-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-23-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae
update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-23-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-29-generic-pae
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done
The link /vmlinuz is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link vmlinuz
 you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
The link /initrd.img is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link initrd.img
 you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
The link /initrd.img.old is a damaged link
Removing symbolic link initrd.img.old
 you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
Purging configuration files for linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-23-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-23-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae
Setting up alsa-hda-dkms (0.1) ...
Removing old alsa-hda-0.1 DKMS files...

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 0.1
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new alsa-hda-0.1 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.2.0-29-generic-pae
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.2.0-29-generic-pae
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic-pae (i686)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/alsa-hda/0.1/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing alsa-hda-dkms (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 alsa-hda-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up alsa-hda-dkms (0.1) ...
Removing old alsa-hda-0.1 DKMS files...

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 0.1
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new alsa-hda-0.1 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 3.2.0-29-generic-pae
Building for architecture i686
Building initial module for 3.2.0-29-generic-pae
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic-pae (i686)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/alsa-hda/0.1/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing alsa-hda-dkms (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 alsa-hda-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

pjmatvey@pjmatvey-AO722:~$

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ok run:

sudo update-grub

If you see windows in the output, reboot to test

No Windows in the output.  Just this:

pjmatvey@pjmatvey-AO722:~$ sudo update-grub
[sudo] password for pjmatvey:
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-29-generic-pae
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done
pjmatvey@pjmatvey-AO722:~$

So this concludes that Ubuntu destroyed my new notebook's Windows 7 OS and all my data and files are gone forever?

What is the output of:

sudo fdisk -l

Thanks

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000712fb

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 585939547 292968750 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 617322494 625141759 3909633 5 Extended
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5 617322496 625141759 3909632 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Looks like you selected the wrong install option. The installer has used all the available space to install with

Thanks for your effort.

How could that happen? My Windows 7 and Ubutu eached worked for 3-4 days then Windows 7 disappeared.

Not sure, if you run:

df -h

Does it occupy the full space?