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#1

hi Guys, I am new to linux. I tried installing mint 16 alongside windows 8 but i messed up. Now i cant boot neither mint nor windows 8. I've tried boot repair but it made the situation worse. Now even the boot screen is gone. . Please guide me linux gurus. Thanks

Here is the info http://paste.ubuntu.com/7051799/

#2

Moved to other OS since Windows & Mint.

You converted your Windows to dynamic partitions, shown as SFS in fdisk. That does not work with Linux nor some Windows tools as it is a logical partition scheme over the physical partitions.

Microsofts offical policy is a full backup, erase dynamic partitions and create new basic partitions. There is no undo. Dynamic volume is a Microsoft proprietary format developed together with Veritas (now acquired by Symantec) for logical volumes. You may be use a third-party tool, such as Partition Wizard MiniTool or EASEUS to convert a convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk without having to delete or format them. I've never used any of these and so I can't be sure they will work.Be sure to have good backups as any major partition change has risks. Dynamic also on gpt as LDM http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365449%28v=vs.85%29.aspx http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26829-convert-dynamic-disk-basic-disk.html From Linux view LDM http://mika.soup.io/post/304505086/ldmtool-accessing-Microsoft-Windows-dynamic-disks-from

Used EASEUS Partition Master - free version used to include conversion http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1692248 EASEUS Partition Master - The free home edition converted both dynamic partitions into basic partitions in less than 5 minutes!! http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

Several users have used this, it has a liveCD download to use but you have to use the non-free version: MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition 5.2 to convert without loss of data the disk from dynamic disk to a basic disk. also used Partition Wizard to set an existing partition logical instead of primary Converted from dynamic with MiniTool, & repaired windows http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1779529 http://www.partitionwizard.com/convertpartition/convert-to-basic-disk.html Partition wizard repaired NTFS partition table that gparted could not see with disk label error http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2112005

EASEUS Partition Master http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm Partition Wizard http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html