Urgent! I tried to uninstall Linux Mint and keep Windows 7 intact...but holy!!!!!!!

Guys, I am really screwed.

I used to dual boot Linux Mint 7 and Windows 7 Professional on my laptop then I decide to get rid of Mint. Grub (Linux) was my default bootloader then, not the Windows one.

So I deleted the Mint 7 partition using computer management from Windows 7' Control Panel and reinstalled the Windows bootloader using EasyCD before I restarted my laptop.

Upon restart, everything was fine then I proceeded to wipe out the unallocated space that Min7 used to occupy using Partition Wizard Home Edition. In order to do so, I had to restart my machine so Partition Wizard can start wiping out the unallocated space.

Everything seemed to be fine until my laptop restarted again...It went into directly into Windows 7 and then the error message occurs:

pwNative not found - skipping autocheck
autochek not found - skipping autocheck

Then it was BSOD....

I tried running the startup recovery tool which was unsuccessful...including running the commands "bootrec.exe/fixmbr" followed by "bootrec.exe/fixboot".

I tried everything possible way I could think of...still no luck. The Windows 7 DVD that I made from the media I downloaded from MSDNAA is apparently not bootable since I couldn't get it to start at startup to perform a clean install. The only option I have left is a Vista DVD that I had made before...which would take 2 hours to install...not to mention the time that I have to spend to install Windows 7 once I have Vista.

Having said that I am currently typing in another Linux distro and I can see that my 115 Gig of Windows ntfs partition is still intact. How do I fix this?

Please help!!! Thank you!!!!

 

There is a command called - sfc /scannow - in cmd that checks for errors in the actual system files.

If you were able to run a command line tool then that may be your best bet - alternatively, burn a new bootable CD (there is a special option for it in Nero but it should bepart of the .iso information) in Lnux and do a repair.

Have you tried safe mode by the way?

 

I finally decided to use my Vista DVD to boot into Windows after 1 hour or so of Vista and performed a custom install of Windows 7 using that Windows 7 DVD that won't boot at startup. A clean install of Windows 7 still took more than an hour.

Anyway, it's all good now. I am never touching Linux again. Thank you very much for your prompt response which I appreciated a lot.

BTW, is my Windows 7 DVD pretty much useless since it doesn't display the setup window at startup like my Windows Vista DVD does? I should burn another one ASAP.

 

Well, it may be worth trying to burn a bootable DVD - it should be in theory.
So no, its not worthless, but its a disadvantage if you cannot boot from it.

 

This might be helpful. Download Windows 7 Recovery Disc, 32 or 64 bit flavors.

http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/