Help, I can't find windows 7

Hey guys, new to Linux and what I had was a dual boot windows 7 and windows 8 preview on a seperate partition. I "thought" I installed Ubuntu on the windows 8 version since I am not using that partition and now I cannot find out how to see my partitions and if I still have 7. I am not worried about losing any data on the 7 partition but it will be a big pain if I have to reinstall 7.

The reason I put Ubuntu on was because I had a SD card from a DSLR that was corrupt, luckily I was able to get most of my pics off the SD card but was not able to recover any movies at this point. It was a slow process but at least I did get most of my pics.

Please open a terminal and provide the output of the following command:
sudo fdisk -l

Got to the terminal, typed that in and now not sure what to do?

Copy and paste the output into this ticket after you enter your password. We will look at the output, and try to determine what's going on, and give you further instructions.

Ok, Thanks

Usage:
fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
fdisk [options] -l <disk> list partition table(s)
fdisk -s <partition> give partition size(s) in blocks

Options:
-b <size> sector size (512, 1024, 2048 or 4096)
-c[=<mode>] compatible mode: 'dos' or 'nondos' (default)
-h print this help text
-u[=<unit>] display units: 'cylinders' or 'sectors' (default)
-v print program version
-C <number> specify the number of cylinders
-H <number> specify the number of heads
-S <number> specify the number of sectors per track

Hello,

The command is
sudo fdisk -l

Make sure you are typing the -l part, as it's a lowercase L, not a 1 or capital i.

What options does machine show at startup? Does it display a menu having choices to boot up Ubuntu/Windows OS/Recovery etc.?

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sudo fdisk -l

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Its small L in fdisk -l.

Ok, got it. Here is what I have

Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000195dc

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 1456832511 728415232 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1456834558 1465147391 4156417 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1456834560 1465147391 4156416 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 15.9 GB, 15931539456 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1936 cylinders, total 31116288 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 8192 31116287 15554048 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
scott@scott-Inspiron-560:~$ ^C
scott@scott-Inspiron-560:~$

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Originally Posted by countryboy9799

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Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000195dc

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
/dev/sda1  *        2048  1456832511  728415232  83  Linux
/dev/sda2      1456834558  1465147391    4156417    5  Extended
/dev/sda5      1456834560  1465147391    4156416  82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 15.9 GB, 15931539456 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1936 cylinders, total 31116288 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System
/dev/sdb1            8192    31116287    15554048    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
scott@scott-Inspiron-560:~$ ^C
scott@scott-Inspiron-560:~$

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the first drive sda (750GB) has linux partitions only, the second drive sdb (16GB) has FAT32 only. You may have selected use whole drive while doing the install ... which drive had windows 7 on originally?

The 16 GB drive is the SD card from my camera. The partitions I had were in the 750 GB drive. Does that mean my 750 drive no longer contains windows 7?