I recently installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 7 on my laptop (500 Gb hdd). In the partition step there were 3 partitions (recovery partition, hp tools, and the one I had Windows on it).
I selected on "new partition table", as a result I got one partition (of 500 GB free space). Then I created a new partition (of 25000 GB,type: logical, ext4 journaling file system).
The installation went perfectly and Ubuntu is running perfectly.
However, when I reboot it goes to Ubuntu, and I can't find my Windows 7 option on the GRUB menu. Also, I can't find my recovery and Windows partitions. I don't have my Windows installation on a DVD, only the recovery partition.
I am afraid that my data on Windows are gone. Is there a way to boot to Windows without losing my data?