[Bug 1079482] Re: Windows 7 Not Booting after Grub installed to bootsector

[Michael]

I have tried using the FIXMBR command in the windows recovery disc but,
as described in an above post, it did not work. Could you point me to a
source that can instruct on how to properly use this command instead of
arguing about how a post was unrelated? I did happen to find one of the
links helpful for suggesting another way to fix the MBR. A month has
gone by and I am still no closer to fixing the problem. I am grateful
for any help I can get.

Is the problem that the ubuntu grub can't boot windows from hibernation
mode? Would replacing the origional windows mbr work, or would simply
moving the grub to a different partition solve the problem? Could we
decide on what would be the best solution to my problem, and could you
give me more in-depth instructions on how to fix the problem. Thanks for
the help.

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Title:
  Windows 7 Not Booting after Grub installed to bootsector

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  My computer came with Windows 7 installed on it. I wanted to try
  Ubuntu, so I installed it alongside Windows 7 and everything was fine.
  I needed more space on my Windows 7 partition, so I deleted the Ubuntu
  partition from the hard drive. When I went to restart I got a blank
  screen. I reinstalled Ubuntu allongside Windows 7 and was able to
  restart and boot Windows. The next day I got the same blank screen, so
  I reinstalled Ubuntu over Ubuntu, leaving the Windows 7 partition
  alone. After that, when I try to boot Windows 7 it keeps sending me
  back to the select an OS page. I get an error that says:

  The NTFS partition is hibernated. Please resume and shutdown Windows
  properly, or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option, or
  mount the volume read-write with the 'remove_hiberfile' mount option.
  For example type on the command line:

              mount -t ntfs-3g -o remove_hiberfile /dev/sda3 /media/OS

  whenever I try to access the Windows OS portion of the hard drive.

  When I try the command it does not work and I get a message saying
  that "only root can do that"

  I can not resume Windows to shut it down properly though, because I
  must first unhibernate Windows.

  I believe this may be a bug.

  This is what the bootinfoscript reports, showing that Grub has overwritten the bootsector, which prevents Windows from booting:
  sda2: __________________________________________________________________________

      File system: ntfs
      Boot sector type: Grub2 (v1.99)
      Boot sector info: Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the boot sector of sda2
                         and looks at sector 1456312560 of the same hard drive
                         for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
                         for (,msdos6)/boot/grub on this drive. No errors found
                         in the Boot Parameter Block.
      Operating System:
      Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

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