Blkid does not return uuid of windows, windows is not in fstab, and windows is hibernated so it cannot be mounted

Question

So the windows partition for windows 7 while running dual boot 14.10 does appear when fdisk is run. However, it does not appear when blkid runs and there is no way for me to check the uuid because the drive has disappeared from fstab. The windows boot is also gone from grub. Any help from anybody would be appreciated?

Answer 1

Warning, this will delete any unsaved data in from your hibernated windows session!

Assuming the device is /dev/sda1:

sudo mkdir /media/windows


sudo mount -t ntfs-3g -o remove_hiberfile /dev/sda1 /media/windows

Now, you should be able to run:

sudo update-grub

and windows should be recognized.