Well, I installed Linux Mint KDE 18.3 yesterday but nothing was booting. And then I had three very long telephone conversations in the afternoon and just let it go from that (I'd just lost focus). Today I was catching up from yesterday, and was about to tackle the mbr and boot - when I got another long telephone call.
However, once that was over I'd though things over and burnt a copy of this utility. I booted up, did a bog standard repair with it, and am now able to boot to Mint. Once I got to Mint I manually installed Grub Customer (see http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/04/install-grub-customizer-ubuntu-16-04-lts/) and was able to set things the way I like them, with a simple 640x480 screen, and booting to the last booted choice unless I chose something different. And, I was able to boot once again to Windows 7!
Sheesh, all this to keep a dual boot system. However, there ARE advantages in that. I use a LOT of Win only apps and am keen to still use them. Mint KDE 18.3 looks VERY SLICK, and I might spend some time playing around with that.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/
Gld you got it back. I wish you had better hardware. Linux under Windows Hypervisor works great.
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