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Question

Grub/Bootloaded/MBR got deleted or corrupt. Install Win7

Feb 3, 2015 2:26PM PST

I know too little about computers, maybe thats why I am going through this tragedy Happy ... Need urgent help !

I have a Sony VAIO laptop (Model: VPCEB32EN) which had Windows 7 installed. Recently I installed UBUNTU (alongside Win 7) so that I could heal the laptop of virus infections. Till that point everything was OK. Then the fault in my stars played out and I became a member of idiotland. What happened is I tried installing Linux Mint too alongside the previous two OS's, and it stopped installing midway due to some error.

Maybe then the grub or bootloaded or MBR or whatever got deleted or corrupted by that divine process.

Everything was gone and my computer would not boot.

I tried installing Windows again from the Recovery Disk but to no avail. So I installed UBUNTU. That worked. I am going to name my son UBUNTU to honor this awesome OS.

Now, the softwares that I actually work on have only the Windows version.

Can anybody please guide me how to install Win7 again on my beautiful laptop?

NB: I am more joer than the regular Joe. Step by step instruction would be heartily appreciated.

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I've had issues like this too
Feb 3, 2015 7:53PM PST

and, with my PC, install Linux and Windows on separate hard drives with neither being permitted to see the other while installation takes place. That being said, you can't do it that way with a laptop unless you use separate drives and plug in the one you want each time. You need to create a dual boot system. The main thing you need to know is that Windows must be installed first and Linux later. I'd recommend creating your partitions first. Start with an uninitialized disk and install Windows. Create the Windows partition with the Windows installation disk. You determine the size of your hard drive and how much to give to each. Once Windows is installed and happy, you boot the Linux CD/DVD and install that. It will see Windows and add it to Grub allowing you to select which to run each time you boot. In any event, it's the installation sequence that's critical. Windows first...Ubuntu next. Good luck.

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Feb 3, 2015 7:55PM PST
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For Sony I would try 2 things.
Feb 3, 2015 11:28PM PST

1. Go get EASYBCD (the free one is fine) to repair that damage.
2. Reinstalling Win7 is done like the first time you installed it. Your post didn't share if it was preinstalled but if so, you use the restore media you created when you got your laptop. If you elected not to create that media you order it now.
Bob