Thread: Can't boot into Ubuntu after deleting Windows

hello everyone,

foolishly deleted windows partition installed along ubuntu. had copied files on windows home (pics, music, documents) , figured erase windows partiton free space since wasn't going use anymore. can't see ubuntu partition unless open program such testdisk. have found files copied on through testdisk located on ubuntu extended partition.

ran boot info script here log:

boot info script 0.61 [1 april 2012]


============================= boot info summary: ===============================

=> windows installed in mbr of /dev/sda.

sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

file system: extended partition
boot sector type: -
boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ ________________________

file system: swap
boot sector type: -
boot sector info:

============================ drive/partition info: =============================

drive: sda __________________________________________________ ___________________

disk /dev/sda: 500.1 gb, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

partition boot start sector end sector # of sectors id system

/dev/sda1 599,650,302 976,771,071 377,120,770 5 extended
/dev/sda5 969,080,832 976,771,071 7,690,240 82 linux swap / solaris


"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________

device uuid type label

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda5 4090ec97-913a-4639-98af-9dac5e7d960b swap
/dev/sr0 iso9660 ubuntu 12.04 lts i386

================================ mount points: =================================

device mount_point type options

/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)

took screen shot testdisk showing partition:

imgur.com/pz4pudd

there anyway of recovering partition detectable? appreciated.

forgot mention, tried running boot-repair, doesn't give me option repair. log shows "error: can't have partition outside disk!"

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