Windows 7 Not Booting

Can you give the output of:

sudo fdisk -l; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo update-grub

Thanks

Sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 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: 0xcceab8a2

Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System
/dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda2 * 81920 41627647 20772864 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 41627648 1086938758 522655555+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 1086939134 1953523711 433292289 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5 1936949248 1953523711 8287232 82 Linux swap / Solar
/dev/sda6 1086939136 1936949247 425005056 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributer ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

uname -a

Linux michael-Inspiron-5520 3.2.0-33-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:
29:15 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

sudo update-grub

Generating grub.cfg …
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-33-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-33-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-33-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-33-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot.memtest86+.bin
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda2
done

If you run it all as one command it's a lot easier for you, rather than breaking it up.

There is a Windows boot detected, if you hold SHIFT at boot, do you see the Windows boot option?

I will try now.

Thanks for the advice.

I held SHIFT and nothing different happened.

The Windows boot option has always been there, but it doesn't work.

what happens when you select Windows?

it goes back to the list asking me to chose the OS

I have discovered what the problem is but have not found how to fix it.

I left Windows 7 running overnight and it went into hibernation mode. When trying to access the Windows 7 partition I got this error:

"Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 14: Windows is hibernated, refused to mount."

It instructed me to type " Mount -t ntfs-3g-o remove_hiberfile /dev/sda3/media/OS " (without the quotes)

There were two problems I noticed with this.

1) The command didn't work, it replied: " mount: only root can do that "
2) The origional boot screen has Windows 7 on /dev/sda2 not on /dev/sda3

Might the command need to be changed to say "Mount -t ntfs-3g-o remove_hiberfile /dev/sda2/media/OS " or the boot screen need to be changed to say that Windows 7 is on /dev/sda3?

Does this help at all?

I have tried my two ideas of changing the mount command and changing the boot command and neither of them work.

Does anyone know how to have "root" mount the device to remove the hibernate from windows?

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