Part 3: How to recover data from the unbootable computer if the above methods fail?.Part 2: Ways to Fix Boot Manager Failed to Find OS Loader.Part 1: Reasons why the Boot Manager fails to find the OS loader?.I can't find that function from the LiveCD. No boot manager only the all black screen with the message: "Missing operating system_"Ĭould you please post a GParted screenshot which illustrates the current disk layout.
Which boot manager do you see when booting the machine? The Windows 7 boot manager or the Linux Mint Grub boot manager? I suspect that if I run Testdisk(Gparted) LiveCD and undo the Boot flag, Windows 7 will boot, but will not recognise the Mint13 partition. I had already a ext4 partition on the HDD for that purpose.Ībout the recreated Windows 7 disk partition: Windows 7 can be booted normally now? Or can't you boot either of the 2 operating systems? I run the installation normally from the LiveCD.
I started using Testdisk when after atempting to install a second partition of Windows 7, the Mint partition went missing but that's another story.Ībout the Linux Mint 13 installation: Is this a normal installation which has got its own dedicated disk partition? Or has this Mint 13 installation been done by running Mint4win?
I didn't use Testdisk to create partitions by that time, I used Gparted from the Mint OS on the same HDD. Yes, I used to have three partitions (Mint13/Ubuntu12.04/Windows7) running on this same HDD (and computer), all running ok - I would turn on the computer and would have the three choices of OS to boot from. You used to dual boot Windows 7 and Mint 13, correct? Just before this happened, I had one partition with Mint 13 (Mate version newly installed) and created a new NTFS partition to install Windows 7 (Windows is installed on /dev/sda2 and Mint on /dev/sda1) for a dual boot. You are using a dual boot system, correct?