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Tamim Addari
Asked: 2016-06-26 22:38:26 +0800 CST

Accidentally deleted Ubuntu volume from Windows?

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I had Ubuntu dual booted with UEFI in my disk and I accidentally deleted that partition. I am still in Windows and haven't shut it down.

Is there any way to fix this?

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1 Answers

  1. Use EasyBCD: (http://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/)

    Under BCD backup/repair, go to BCD management option, and select Re-create/repair boot files and click perform action.

    This will wipe GRUB and doing this you cannot go to Ubuntu anymore.

    OPTION 2 (thx @NathanOsman): LIVECD/or USB

    1. You have to sign the waviers and leave Windows. Make sure you have a liveCD!

    2. Boot from it and select "Try ubuntu without installing."

    3. Now there are 2 steps

    STEP 1: if you have removed linux-swap partition

    1. Open Gparted: (if you dont have it sudo apt-get install gparted)
    2. Make a new linux-swap (size you say? please make it the same as your RAM size ex. I have 8 gb of ram (yes I am a ram hog) and the swap size is 8gb!

    STEP 2: Boot Repair (docs are here, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair) Open a freshly baked Terminal session and put this down.

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

    (one line before the other)

    Now the thingy should appear and click RECOMMENDED REPAIR.

    STEP 3: REINSTALL

    If else fails: try reinstalling Ubuntu. Easy as pie.

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