Windows 8 boot problem

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I was trying to recover a partition on my laptop and accidentally I deleted my boot partition which had windows 8 in it. I have been trying to boot ubuntu from my external hard drive which I made bootable using USB installer by pendrivelinux.com- but it has been to no use. Whenever I powerup the laptop it shows "boot device not found, please install an operation system on your hard disk."

What are the possible solutions to resolve my problems? I am currently in a foreign country and have nobody to help me around.

PS. it now shows "no bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key."

Posted 16-Aug-13 0:21am

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Updated 16-Aug-13 1:15am

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Richard MacCutchan 16-Aug-13 7:26am

You need to check the BIOS to see what order it looks for boot devices. Look closely at the screen when you power on, and press the appropriate key (commonly F2 or DEL) to get to the BIOS menu.

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User 10060665 · Answer 1 · 2013-08-19T18:16:00

Solution 1

First check your boot order and make usb flash as first boot device...

I was having the same problem but if you are having OS MBR on that partition you must backup your data and then reinstall win 8...

You can run ubuntu from disk also and the CD will boot properly....

Posted 19-Aug-13 18:16pm

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Updated 19-Aug-13 18:17pm

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