recover from sudo rm -rf command

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Published on 2012-11-07T03:46:10Z Indexed on 2012/11/07 5:15 UTC
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By mistake, I ended up executing "rm -rf /" command from sudo on my laptop which erased many files before it stopped. Now when I restarted my system , it gives a GRUB rescue> prompt. I am having dual boot with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7

I request the help for following:

How do I fix the currently installed Ubuntu without overwriting/erasing the left over files (from rm -rf command)?

Is using Boot-Repair safe ?

Is there a way to directly go to Windows 7?

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