Code:
harry@biker:~
$ inxi -M
Machine: System: Hewlett-Packard product: Presario CQ57 Notebook PC v: 068C110003204910000620100
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 3577 v: 24.48
Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.42 date: 11/07/2011
harry@biker:~
$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for harry:
Disk /dev/sda: 250 GB, 250056737280 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 26 208813 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 26 27983 224564602 f Extended LBA
/dev/sda5 26 15862 127202670 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 15862 17168 10490445 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 17168 27367 81923467 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 27367 27983 4948020 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 27983 29884 15269782 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4 29884 30402 4160835 c FAT32 LBA
harry@biker:~
$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda1: LABEL="SYSTEM" UUID="10703818703806CE" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="Recovery" UUID="EE34B6F134B6BBC1" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda4: LABEL="HP_TOOLS" UUID="E4C1-BF34" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda5: UUID="01CF54DDED227E00" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda6: LABEL="/" UUID="e04a6a3e-1446-4b49-9d77-be0631ab4db2" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda7: LABEL="/home" UUID="11f34a48-8ae9-4ef6-ad1f-09a8414d6c52" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda8: UUID="0cc96d73-6c68-4b68-b8a9-e7d8c03ed16e" TYPE="swap"
On my Compaq Cq-57. There is a restore partition and also Compaq tools
http://postmyimage.com/img2/211_gparted.png
No. I don't think Linux will restore your Windows. A previous backup made using the recovery tool included in Windows would have though. So I guess
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/h...l#.U6T7ZqQkXvw That is your only hope since it is only a Windows problem. I made recovery disks on this as soon as I inherited it from the wife.
Here is another suggestion for you. Join
http://www.computerhope.com/forum/
and post your problem there. They may give you better help than here for a Windows problem.