Vista install not booting

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So please don't chastise me, but I wanted to experiment with Ubuntu, so I
installed it. However, afterwards my Vista installation went missing from the
OS selection screen. So I deleted the Ubuntu installation by deleting the
partition it was on.

When I went to reboot, Vista did not come back up, however, the partition
and the Vista files are still there. When I booted up the Vista media disc to
do a repair, it couldn't find a windows installation.

I tried the fixboot, fixmbr, recboot from the command prompt in the Vista
media disc, but none appear to work.

My Vista partition is not the boot partition, so I think I deleted my boot
file when installing Ubuntu.

Does anyone have any tips for how I can rescue my stranded Vista installation?

Thanks!!!
 
Boot from the vista DVD, and do a Startup Repair

You might have to do it a couple of times.
 
I did run the startup repair to no avail! But I did only run it once... So
you recommend running it a few times?

Thanks,

Jason
 
So please don't chastise me, but I wanted to experiment with Ubuntu, so I
installed it. However, afterwards my Vista installation went missing from the
OS selection screen. So I deleted the Ubuntu installation by deleting the
partition it was on.

When I went to reboot, Vista did not come back up, however, the partition
and the Vista files are still there. When I booted up the Vista media disc to
do a repair, it couldn't find a windows installation.

I tried the fixboot, fixmbr, recboot from the command prompt in the Vista
media disc, but none appear to work.

My Vista partition is not the boot partition, so I think I deleted my boot
file when installing Ubuntu.

Does anyone have any tips for how I can rescue my stranded Vista installation?
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Make sure the Vista partition is set active. Then run Vista startup
repair.
 
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