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grub2 - Dual-boot Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8: Windows doesn't boot

I have installed Ubuntu with dual boot to a preinstalled windows 8 on a Lenovo E-135. I disabled fast start in windows 8 before installation and shrank the partition to give place for Ubuntu. All went well and the installer went on very smoothly. After restart Ubuntu booted perfectly.....



And then I tried to restart to boot into windows 8 but no entries suggestion any windows partition. I restarted into Ubuntu and ran Boot repair. All went well and after the next reboot a lot of entries were present suggesting some could be the windows entry.. But nothing allowed Windows 8 to start.



Some options reported that they were forbidden for secure-boot and others reported that a file was missing.



I looked at the Boot repair report but I can not understand what it tells me. So what shall I do to make Windows 8 start also??



Here is the paste file first part




Boot Info Script e7fc706 + Boot-Repair extra info      [Boot-Info 31Jan2013]


============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.

sda1: __________________________________________________________________________

File system: ntfs

Boot sector type: Windows 8/2012: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files:

sda2: __________________________________________________________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: Windows 8/2012: FAT32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.

Operating System:
Boot files: /EFI/Boot/bkpbootx64.efi /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi
/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi /EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi
/EFI/Lenovo/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
/EFI/Lenovo/Boot/bootmgr.efi
/EFI/Lenovo/Boot/memtest.efi
/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bkpbootmgfw.efi
/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgr.efi
/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootx64.efi

/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/memtest.efi

sda3: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type ''

sda4: __________________________________________________________________________


File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows 8/2012: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 8
Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD /Windows/System32/winload.exe

sda5: __________________________________________________________________________

File system: ntfs

Boot sector type: Windows 8/2012: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files:

sda6: __________________________________________________________________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

Operating System: Ubuntu 13.04
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab

sda7: __________________________________________________________________________

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 / 4096 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System


/dev/sda1 1 976,773,167 976,773,167 ee GPT


GUID Partition Table detected.

Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System
/dev/sda1 2,048 2,050,047 2,048,000 Windows Recovery Environment (Windows)
/dev/sda2 2,050,048 2,582,527 532,480 EFI System partition
/dev/sda3 2,582,528 2,844,671 262,144 Microsoft Reserved Partition (Windows)
/dev/sda4 2,844,672 475,482,111 472,637,440 Data partition (Windows/Linux)

/dev/sda5 944,373,760 976,773,119 32,399,360 Windows Recovery Environment (Windows)
/dev/sda6 475,482,112 936,921,087 461,438,976 Data partition (Windows/Linux)
/dev/sda7 936,921,088 944,373,759 7,452,672 Swap partition (Linux)

"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/sda1 66D6ECC9D6EC9A97 ntfs WINRE_DRV
/dev/sda2 6AF0-0738 vfat SYSTEM_DRV

/dev/sda4 C436F52136F51560 ntfs Windows8_OS
/dev/sda5 F238E5D638E599BD ntfs Lenovo_Recovery
/dev/sda6 7686bd41-5732-4917-9853-604e7ef61127 ext4
/dev/sda7 2d8b17e7-d16c-4361-98bb-7445edccf581 swap

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sda6 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)

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