For the record, I fixed my problem finally using the "Ultimate Boot CD" (UBCD): http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
The tool I used was well hidden: HDD -> Partition Management -> Partition Saving On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Krister <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the advice Jordan. > I followed your instructions and things looks better: > > " > sda3: > __________________________________________________________________________ > > File system: ntfs > Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7 > Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. > Operating System: Windows Vista > Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe > " > > It did not resolve the problem as I expected. > Before the machine would just hang when I try to boot into Vista. > Now the machine will just reboot when I try to boot into Vista. > I reinstalled GRUB but that didn't seem to help. > > Do you have any more advice for me? > > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Jordan Uggla <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Krister <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello folks, >>> >>> I just got a bigger harddrive and cloned over my partitions. >>> After the clone I am happy to see that ubuntu still runs happily. >>> >>> Windows will not boot however. I reinstalled GRUB, but to no avail. >>> I think it has to do with the following output from boot_info_script: >>> >>> " >>> sda3: >>> __________________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> File system: ntfs >>> Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7 >>> Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda3 starts >>> at sector 21196800. But according to the info from >>> fdisk, sda3 starts at sector 21829632. >>> Operating System: Windows Vista >>> Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe >>> " >>> >>> >>> Not surprising but I'm not sure how to update the "info in the boot sector". >>> Could someone give me a hint? >> >> Follow this guide: >> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:Boot_Sector >> with the exception that on the sixth screen you need to select >> "Rebuild BS" rather than "Backup BS" (because in your case rather than >> the boot sector being clobbered while having a valid backup, both the >> current boot sector and the backup are based on your previous setup's >> starting sector for the partition). >> >> -- >> Jordan Uggla (Jordan_U on irc.freenode.net) _______________________________________________ Help-grub mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
