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Windows 7 Pro won't load after installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTE

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http://askubuntu.com – So I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTE 64-bit using the DVD. I followed LinuxBSDos guide for dual booting Windows 7 (first installed) and Ubuntu 12.04 (second install) on 2 Separate Hard drives. I had Windows 7 Pro installed on /dev/sda1. I installed Ubuntu on /dev/sdb/ (I created separate partitions for root, home, boot, swap following that linuxbsdos guide). I boot into Ubuntu fine, but cannot boot into Windows 7. Here is what I've tried so far: Ran Boot-Repair and did Recommended Repair, but it said you need a Bios Boot partition and I should use Gparted. (Booinfo summary: http://paste.ubuntu (HowTos)

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Submitted by Songlist on 07/27/2012

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Pre-installed windows 7 then installed ubuntu 120.04 using live CD

Ubuntu did not boot so used boot-repair to fix this problem but it did not work Now it directly boots to BIOS

Here is the summary http://paste.ubuntu.com/1128869/

ANY help would be appreciated!

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Error: No such partition grub rescue>

I am a novice with ubuntu and any detailed instructions to the problem will be highly appreciated.

I ran boot repair as per the following:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair boo