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[ubuntu] GRUB 2 rescue can't boot into windows 7

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I tried to delete old ubuntu on dual-boot via win7 to get more win space (partition had non-ajacent NTFS free disk partitions and woldn't allow me to move in either gparted or win) and reinstalled ubuntu with alongside windows selected. I left about 1/2 NTFS and 1/2 ext3 before reinstalling ubuntu. Somehow it seemed to make all sda1 and sda2 to NTFS. Now I have grub rescue and it is fubar. I got this info from boot-repair and use SSD drive 128Gig as primary which had dual WIn7/ubuntu 11.04 boot and J: 1T is for data storage only. Any help is greatly appreciated! Tried boot-repair default but (Hardware)

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I'm new to Ubuntu and I've installed Ubuntu desktop 12.10 in my Satellite L300D, alongside with Win7. While the Ubuntu installation seems to be just fine, I can't boot Win7. When I choose the "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" it changes to a black screen for 1 second and then it returns to GRUB.

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Upon reboot there is no entry for Win XP.

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