Problems starting Win 7 after ArchLinux install

silje85 · 2010-01-23 22:32:56

Hello.
I was installing Arch linux on my desktop, on the D drive so it should't affect the Windows 7 installation I allready have. Everything seemed to work fine, I restarted after installation and booted from Arch Linux. So when I tried to boot from Windows again, it took me straight to the recovery mode, and I couln'd start Windows. I have recovery discs that I made when I first got the computer, but after recovery disc nr 2 I get this error: It is not enough space for the temporary files to continue, so it stops. When the computer reboots, I get this error: missing boot mgr.
What do I do? The recovery discs dosn't work, I can boot linux if I install it again, but I can't access Windows 7, which is the OS I want to use.. Linux was only for school purposes. Thank you for the help!

graysky · 2010-01-23 22:35:26

I'm assuming that you're chainloading windows? Post your /boot/grub/menu.lst To my knowledge, installing grub on the mbr shouldn't delete your windows bootloader.

Last edited by graysky (2010-01-23 22:36:24)

silje85 · 2010-01-23 23:22:14

This is how the setup looks like when it comes to harddrive and partitions:
(I just have to write it cause I have to work from an other computer since I can't start the computer I have problems with):
Unusable: 1,05 MB
sda 1 Boot Primary NTFS [<A] 13958 MB
sda 2 Primary NTFS 104,86 MB
sda 3 Primary NTFS [9] 49275 MB
sda 5 Boot Logical Linux Ext2 98,71 MB
sda 6 Logical Linux swap/solaris 8003 MB
sda 7 Logical Linux ext 3 8000 MB
sda 8 Logical Linux ext 3 8000 MB
Logical Free Space 469234 MB

I installed GRUB in sda1. I might have made a mistake here myself.. But how do I fix it?

Is there something specific in the boot/grub/meny.lst that you need to see? I can't copy it...
In the beginning it says:
Linux Grub
/dev/fd0 (fd0)
/dev/sda (hd0)
/dev/sdb2 (hd1, 1)
/dev/sda3 (hd0,2)

I've deleted the # in front of title Windows so it should be able to boot from both.. It says:
# (2) Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0, 0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

theapodan · 2010-01-24 00:44:11

Sounds like you hosed part of the Windows Bootloader. Try what's mentioned in this article:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4836283_repair-mbr-windows.html

graysky · 2010-01-24 10:28:32

Boot from your Arch live CD and reinstall grub to the mbr (hd 0,0) so that grub is called before anything else. I dunno how the win7 loader works, but I don't think that installing grub to the first partition would hose it.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub

Klepper · 2010-01-24 10:57:23

maybe try booting the 100MB partition,i.e. sda2, i.e. (hd0,1) in grub.

On my installation I need to load from the small partition that's automatically created by win7 for Win to start.

Although in my case the layout is like:
sda1 100MB partition
sda2 "real" Win7 partition
sda5-? Linux stuff

silje85 · 2010-01-24 21:18:05

Is mgr and mbr the same thing? And if it is, how can I boot the mbrfix exe? Is it a file I can burn to a Cd and boot from? I can't access anything on the computer where the problem is.
I tried installing grub to the mbr but I just get an error message.
I can just delete linux, I need Windows to work again. But when I run the recovery Dvd's, after recovery disc 2 I get this error:
"There is insufficient space on the disk for the temporary files required for this operation".
I'm really new to this.. Is there something that can help me so I can run the recovery disks?

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#1 2010-01-23 22:32:56

Problems starting Win 7 after ArchLinux install

#2 2010-01-23 22:35:26

Re: Problems starting Win 7 after ArchLinux install

#3 2010-01-23 23:22:14

Re: Problems starting Win 7 after ArchLinux install

#4 2010-01-24 00:44:11

Re: Problems starting Win 7 after ArchLinux install

#5 2010-01-24 10:28:32

Re: Problems starting Win 7 after ArchLinux install

#6 2010-01-24 10:57:23

Re: Problems starting Win 7 after ArchLinux install

#7 2010-01-24 21:18:05

Re: Problems starting Win 7 after ArchLinux install

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