Installing Windows from an ISO file

You can create an ISO image to repair your existing installation. You can either put the image onto a CD or a thumb drive (similar to the way you have your Ubuntu installation).

I've done it myself a couple times, I'll see if I can find the directions I used....

 

You can try the directions here (these assume you have access to another working windows installation)
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/geek-repair-create-your-own-ultimate-recovery-cd/

If you dont have the installation cd, you can also possibly get the needed files off your hard disk, you will want to boot with your Ubuntu live USB and mount your hard disk and copy the contents of the C:\\i386 folder (if you have it)

Basically your end goal is just to create a bootable recovery disc (cd or USB) and use the repair function to replace your corrupted files.

BartPE can come in handy too;
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

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Have you tried pressing F8 right after the bios check and seeing if it would let you boot up into safe mode? maybe a corrupt driver? or you need to run a disk check.

 

Theres no such thing. A live cd or live usb means you can boot and use the OS from the media without installation. Windows doesn't do this. All you can do is make bootable installation cd or usb.

That's dead easy. Using Nero or other cd cloning technology, use "burn ISO to disk" or comparable option.

For usb, there is a tool that unpacks the setup files and builds a bootable install. Forget the name but works well.

 

To go along with Lunatic on this my best advice is to really invest a hundred bucks into a terabyte drive. Store all your personal documents, music,etc... on that and leave the other drive for the system files. I have always had 2 physical drives ever since my first computer got a virus and I lost everything. I went out the next day got a new hard drive installed it and put all my personal files on that. I have highly recommended it ever since.

 

this is what your thinking of i believe

WinToFlash - Install Windows from usb - Home page

 

then there is always this nice little tool to have which is a live environment of Windows with the Geo Shell UBCD4WIN

no one has worked on it in a few years though so use at ones own risk.

 

it's basically a WinPE-type of install, as opposed to just copying the install files to the USB thumb drive. Whichever will be easiest for the user is probably the best route to go. when performing a repair, either will be able to do it upon boot, but the former method, using something like UBCD / Bart's PE will allow for the installation of other things, like slipstreaming service packs (which, I think, can also be done after you use the ISO to USB method) and also additional software, like AV software, etc. so that the created PE environment can also be used in the future for things like malware scans.

 

Might want ot read this:

Can ubuntu help me diagnose my hard drive? - ubuntu harddrive utilities | Ask MetaFilter

 

That is not what a live cd is. A live cd is a fully bootable operating system that loads into RAM from removable media.

This is not what the windows recovery console is. My first post was completely accurate.

 

Yes, that's it

 

What is the disk you have? have you tried going to the manufacturers web site and seeing what they offer? Many Company's have their own versions of disk checkers that they offer that can check many aspects of the drive. Some can even do low level formats.(Something Best Left to the Advanced User) At point these would be my steps

1. get my personal data transfered over to another physically hard drive

2. prepare to get my disk checked by which ever method I needed to. -This includes downloading the correct tools, making the necessary disk, etc

3. Remove all other drives from the system except the problematic drive. Just HDD not opticals

4. Reboot and go to which ever method I chose to go with and allow it to start. I would select the slowest check. Takes longer but is generally more accurate. IF just a regular checkdisk then I would run
chkdsk c: /f /r
/f automatically fixes file system errors
/r checks free space on the drive. (It will mark bad sectors bad) General rule of thumb if 1% or higher you should replace.