Cannot boot to original OS from HDD

[helmut]

After creating the boot USB with Porteus I might have carelessly applied Porteus Installer for Windows on the actual HDD with Win 7 OS.

So when I want to boot from HDD I get syslinux message 'SYSLINUX 4.06 EDD ...' with 'boot failure : No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!' and prompt starting with 'boot: '.

Is it possible to do something to revert this and restore it back to windows boot loader?

Thanks

[fanthom]

you will have to boot Win 7 disc and follow advices from this thread:
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[brokenman]

Regarding url tag ... dunno. Something weird indeed. URL's under 55 characters don't need the url tag. It prevents the magic shortening of a URL but for some reason doesn't work on this short url. I removed the tag and the link works. Will look into why it didnt with the url tag. Thanks.

[Ed_P]

I think I recall this problem on a link awhile back, the solution was to remove the "/" at the end of the URL The URL works fine with or without the "/" at the end but the url tags function doesn't like it.

hth

[tome]

maybe you need only set bootable flag on proper partition e.g. sda3
eventually connect your pendrive and modify syslinux (add grub legacy) and set for grub's menu.lst these lines

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title BOOTMGR of Windows VISTA/WIN7/WIN2008
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /bootmgr
chainloader /bootmgr

more about dual booting:
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=2808

[oneheart]

Hello, guys, have the same problem. Could you, please, specify, how to repair boot flag to right partition?

[tome]

Could you, please, specify, how to repair boot flag to right partition?

On Linux open terminal as root or switch to root (su command) and execute

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parted /dev/sdxY set 1 boot on

or set boot flag via fdisk, cfdisk or graphical gparted.
On Windows there are somewhere Administrative Tools and submenu Disks (I don't remember name) - here you can set active flag on chosen partition.