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Before even bothering to try to restore the bootloader, it may be a good idea to run fdisk and see how the disk is actually partitioned after the windows install. It may save you some pointless hassle. Sadly, Windows installs have a habit of assuming that the entire disk is their playground and can clobber more than just the bootloader (which is why when setting up a dual-boot machine it's best to install windows first).

If you don't know how to interpret fdisk's information, you can paste it here and someone can probably tell you if your ubuntu partitions are still there.

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