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[ubuntu] Windows 7 and Ubuntu image , dual boot not working

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I use clonezilla to restore images.I had a Mint12 and Ubuntu server 10.04 set up as a multiboot on single disk using grub2. I restored WIndows 7 image on the first partition , then Grub did not recognize Linux partitions, I restored 10.04. server on the disk booted from it and did #update-grub. It recognized all partitions and I could boot all distros. But now Windows will not boot. The error is:status 0xc000000e boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible. (Hardware)

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