Comment 3 for bug 730225
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| bsfmig (bigslowfat) wrote Re: grub-install trashes ntfs partition when sector 32 of the hard disk is occupied by Adobe FlexNet | #3 |
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NTFS maintains two copies of MFT, so recovering the first sector of the partition is enough to let it finish bootstrapping and self-recovery through chdksk.exe "fsck" utility.
Users already encountered with the issue can boot up their computer with a Windows 7 installation DVD, launch Command Prompt, and run chkdsk c: /f to have the partition fixed.
This will NOT overwrite the MBR so you can still boot into Ubuntu, and running update-grub will also put Windows back into the Grub menu.
ps.dd is dangerous to normal users and since not only one sector is trashed it's still recommended to perform a thorough check using tools released by Microsoft itself.