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cant get into my built in system restore

Asked by bloodlust

i ended up getting a laptop so i put ubuntu on it and now i want to put my desktop back to windows i have a hp pavilion with windows install partitioned on it but when i hit F10 on start up for my system restore the normal screen does not come up i get an ubuntu screen with 3 options all ubuntu

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

sudo fdisk -l

Thanks

Sounds like you have wiped your recovery partition using the installer but we will see.

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bloodlust (disturbed935) said : 		#2

this is what comes up

stephen@stephen-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcab10bee

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 23972 192555058+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 23973 24321 2803342+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 23973 24321 2803311 82 Linux swap / Solaris
stephen@stephen-desktop:~$

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bloodlust (disturbed935) said : 		#3

this is what comes up

stephen@stephen-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcab10bee

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 23972 192555058+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 23973 24321 2803342+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 23973 24321 2803311 82 Linux swap / Solaris
stephen@stephen-desktop:~$

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inurneck (inurneck) said : 		#4

I do not see any windows partitions. Looked like you nuked windows.

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inurneck (inurneck) said : 		#5

I have windows 7 on one disk and ubuntu on the second. here's what it looks like for me;

 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 2934 23567323+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 2935 9729 54580837+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 2935 6247 26611641 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 6248 9729 27969133+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 30.8 GB, 30750031872 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3738 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x73b1d417

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 122 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 123 3738 29045520 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 123 219 779121 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 220 280 489951 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 281 888 4883728+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb8 889 949 489951 83 Linux
/dev/sdb9 950 1071 979933+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb10 1072 3738 21422646 83 Linux
root@linuxhackbox:/#

What is your /dev/sda2 run df and post it here. Try mounting /dev/sda2 "mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/windows (make the /mnt/windows directory first) and tell me what you get. That "extended partition" might be windows. I dont know.

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bloodlust (disturbed935) said : 		#6

how do i make the /mnt/windows directory sorry still new to Ubuntu

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

You don't have to apologise, just ask

sudo mkdir /mnt/windows

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