windows 8 cannot boot - cannot run system recovery

hax

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Hi,

i attempted a dual boot of ubuntu and windows 8 yesterday, on a lenovo laptop. this is where ive come a cropper as i think ive installed grub into the windows partition - and thus now it cannot boot windows.

i have a recovery disk, but i want lose my data on my windows 8 section.

so i search in google and i found these tut :How can I repair the Windows 8 EFI Bootloader? - Super User

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but it's corrupt my recovery mode.

How Can i restore what i done before and make my recovery work again ?

# sorry foy my bad English :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8, ubuntu 12.04
Your best bet is to Restore the last System Image you made before installing Linux.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
Did you install Ubuntu as Legacy or as UEFI? If it is UEFI, there should be a boot loader for each version of the OS that can be chosen from a Boot Device Menu or set as first priority in the bios.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Grown
    CPU
    i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77 -v Pro, Z87-Expert
    Memory
    16 G
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 680 Classified (2)
    Hard Drives
    Kingston SSD 240 GB
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