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I fear I've messed up and hope this can be resolved. Here is the video of what happens what I boot my computer. The boot sequence gets to the Windows logo and then crashes with the error shown above in the title.

I tried the solutions on HowToGeek however, none of the commands bootrec /fixmbr & bootrec /fixboot worked. I have tried safe mode, repair on local & USB Windows 7, yet still no fix. The additional issue is that when I load up Windows 7 Bootable USB, the OS fails to find any hard drive!

The following image shows that the system recovery doesn't find any Windows installation either.

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Notes:
I was fiddling with the Windows 7 Disk Management making space for Ubuntu before this happened. I initially shrunk the C (primary) drive partition, then later remerged (extended) the C partition to include the newly created empty partition.

I really do not want to lose the data on C !

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  • Check SATA Mode in BIOS. Should be set to AHCI
    – clhy
    Commented May 22, 2016 at 13:24
  • @The_IT_Guy_You_Don't_Like Im browsing through the BIOS right now & cant seem to find any such settings. Under 'Drives', under 'SATA-0', my HD is as followings : controller = Serial ATA, port = SATA-0, BIOS : This device is controller by the RAID BIOS. I can only turn it On / Off, & its currently 'On'.
    – Kayote
    Commented May 22, 2016 at 13:35
  • Which computer do you have ?
    – clhy
    Commented May 22, 2016 at 14:30
  • its a Dell XPS820, Core2Duo, 2GB Ram. A true powerhouse during its time :)
    – Kayote
    Commented May 22, 2016 at 15:24
  • Quite unlikely you don't have that option but cannot find a screenshot or emulators to show you. Neither i have this computer model
    – clhy
    Commented May 23, 2016 at 7:35

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I had this same problem. Changed SATA Mode in BIOS from AHCI to ATA, and it booted right up. Dell XPS M1300.

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