Solved Stuck with a broken BIOS??

stlrfan

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I have a Samsung DP700A3D All-In-One. It came preinstalled with Windows 8. I remember it being version 6.2 (?). I always seem to try things above and beyond my skill set (Current Computer Science student). I installed Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit alongside Windows 8 with no problems. I aloud the Ubuntu to do the partioning. It used Grub2 for bootloader. I wasn't happy with that wanting to use Windows Boot Manager. After changing this and reloading that, somehow the windows 8 partition did a recovery. I can now not boot anything. I'm currently on Ubuntu live CD. I can see the drives from here. There are partitions labeled SAMSUNG_REC, SAMSUNG_REC2, 487 GB Volume(Windows files inside), Windows RE tools, and 481 GB Volume(Ubuntu files inside). When I boot the machine, I get the Install Boot Media ?? comment at attempted start-up. When I was setting up the Ubuntu alongside Windows I could access BIOS(?) with an F2 press at initial flash screen. Now I cannot. I can do nothing but run the Ubuntu Live CD. I don't want to try Fresh install of Ubuntu because there are files on Ubuntu partition because there are files that are too large for me to back-up else where that are very important. I KNOW .... BACK-UP BACK-UP BACK-UP!! It however is too late for that.... PLEASE HELP!!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 / ubuntu 13.04
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung all-in-one DP7003D-A01US
did have to originally run boot-repair in ubuntu to boot windows through a new .efi file in grub2 if that matters. Also used eazyBCD trying to get windows boot manager to show ubuntu. All of this worked however until the recovery. I assumed it would only affect c: (windows) and d: (ubuntu) would still boot ok... my mistake, butcould sure use help solving it. Nothing would make me happier to than to "Mark as Solved"! any suggestions for better title for post to get better support?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 / ubuntu 13.04
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung all-in-one DP7003D-A01US
Did another boot-repair. Can access eufi again, but still no booting. boot-repair says efi detected please check options.... still digging best I can.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 / ubuntu 13.04
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung all-in-one DP7003D-A01US
Repeated running of boot repair got me back into windows. now it can't mount the efi for ubuntu which keeps me out of the user account I need to get my files. Time to do some research...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 / ubuntu 13.04
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung all-in-one DP7003D-A01US
Good luck!!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 10 Pro 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built Intel i7-3770k-based system
    CPU
    Intel i7-3770k, Overclocked to 4.6GHz (46x100) with Corsair H110i GT cooler
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 OC Formula 2.30 BIOS
    Memory
    32GB DDR3 2133 Corsair Vengeance Pro
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce GTX 980ti SC ACS 6GB DDR5 by EVGA
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD, Corsair SP2500 speakers and subwoofer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 27EA33 [Monitor] (27.2"vis) HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (system drive)
    WD 6TB Red NAS hard drives x 2 in Storage Spaces (redundancy)
    PSU
    Corsair 750ax fully modular power supply with sleeved cables
    Case
    Corsair Air 540 with 7 x 140mm fans on front, rear and top panels
    Cooling
    Corsair H110i GT liquid cooled CPU with 4 x 140" Corsair SP "push-pull" and 3 x 140mm fans
    Keyboard
    Thermaltake Poseidon Z illuminated keyboard
    Mouse
    Corsair M65 wired
    Internet Speed
    85MBps DSL
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, MalwareBytes Pro and CCleaner Pro
    Other Info
    Client of Windows Server 2012 R2 10 PC's, laptops and smartphones on the WLAN.

    1GBps Ethernet ports
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