Windows 7 boot loader

[Caboose]

Hi, I have a little problem.
I have installed linux mint 13 „alongside” (actually is a dual boot) with windows 7. In the first i have installed windows and the linux mint 12 kde, and after that I replaced 12 kde with 13 cinnamon. I have followed this tutorial in both of the cases http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/06/06/ho ... -windows-7. But I have lost the windows 7 boot option. I did had it in the easy bcd and the windows and the linux options. In the final I can boot only in linux.
Is there any way to recover or place back there that boot option?

[oobetimer]

You can restore windows boot record using MS-SYS program, and after that you need to re-install and update grub (there are many different methods for that).

MS-SYS : viewtopic.php?f=42&t=108274

A video about using MS-SYS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XUGHbeg-Ng&feature=plcp

[viking777]

oobetimer is quite right if you insist that you want only a windows boot loader, but since it looks like you have a grub boot loader anyway then why not use that? I think what has happened here is that you have installed the linux boot loader onto the master boot record instead of the partition boot record as required by EasyBCD - it is a very easy mistake to make. Anyway there should be a Win entry in the Linux boot loader, if there isn't just boot into linux and run

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sudo update-grub

In a terminal.

Hopefully it picks up your windows installation and adds it to the grub menu. It might not be what you set out to achieve, but it will still work. Otherwise follow oobetimer's excellent advice.

BTW Thanks for that tutorial oobetimer I have not heard of this utility before (and have no need of it myself since I don't run windows) but it looks excellent and I have bookmarked it and will no doubt refer to it in many answers that I give to distraught windows users in the future. If we had a smilie for 'Thumbs Up' you would get a double one viking777

[sithwarrior]

Thank you viking777 that terminal command did the trick for me.

I have 1 HDD with win 7 and 2nd HDD with dual boot Linux mint 13 Xfce and cinnamon

[Caboose]

Thanks for responses. the final answer was to put the windows cd and repair the computer.
I have followed the oobetimer tutorial, I have in GRUB the windows launcher, but i was talking about the other launcher that in a dual-boot is comming first.