How to create windows 8 boot partition on drive that never had one So 3 months ago I built a PC, but had the opportunity to borrow an SSD from my place of employment. I originally installed windows 7 trial mode on that SSD, and then after a few weeks upgraded to windows 8, but installed it on a second hard drive. I then wiped the SSD at least I thought i did the whole drive, and used it as a data drive in windows 8. Today I took the SSD out of my system to take back to work, and immediately formatted the whole thing to put ubuntu server on it for work. Now Im back home and the windows 8 drive cant boot anymore. Windows-8-triple-boot-with-Windows-7-and-Ubuntu.jpg' alt='Boot Manager Windows 8 Ubuntu' title='Boot Manager Windows 8 Ubuntu' />Apparently when windows 8 was installed, it just replaced windows 7s boot loader with its own, but on the ssd. So For the past 2. Ive been booting to the ssd, which has then been forwarding to the hard drives OS sector. Now that the SSD is gone and completely wiped, the chain is broken and I dont have a boot sector. How do I create one without re installing windows entirelyHow to Boot to Advanced Startup Options in Windows 8 and 8. Information Using advanced startup, you can start up from a device or disc. I have a windows 8 installation USB key that I can get into recovery mode with. Heres some stuff from diskpart that ive transposed from photos DISKPART LIST VOL. Volume Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info. Volume 0 NTFS Partition 4. Stardock Object Desktop Crack Download. GB Healthy. Volume 1 C ESD USB FAT3. Removable 1. 4 GB Healthy. DISKPART LIST DISK. Disk Status Size Free Dyn Gpt. Disk 0 Online 4. GB 0 B. Disk 1 Online 1. GB 0 B. DISKPART LIST PARTITION. Partition Type Size Offset. Im absolutely new to Linux. I would like to know how to install Ubuntu alongside the preinstalled Windows 8 OS. Should I do it with Wubi, or through the Live USBDVD
This page is part of the documentation for the rEFInd boot manager. If a Web search has brought you here, you may want to start at the main page. At the next screen you can choose the Installation Type. If Windows Boot manager is automatically detected you can choose to Install Linux Mint alongside Windows. This tutorial will guide you on how to perform installation of Ubuntu 16. Windows 10 or 8 in dual. Partition 1 Reserved 1. MB 1. 02. 4 KB. Partition 2 Primary 4. GB 1. 28 MB. DISKPART ACTIVE. The selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk. The ACTIVE command can only be used on fixed MBR disks. It looks like theres space for a boot sector there, but I cant assign that reserved partition a drive letter, which is as far as I could get with https superuser. I cant set that partition as active either, cus the drive table isnt mbt.