I dungoofed. Help.

[Zet]

There's no easy way to make linux and windows 8 play nice, but one of these two options should help: http://www.neowin.net/news/two-windows-8-linux-boot-solutions-may-merge-efforts

 

[Archenoth]

If you want to be able to boot into your Ubuntu partition after doing a Windows recovery, you might be able to use EasyBCD to do it.

Indeed..! Or, as much as so many people seem to hate it, Wubi is another option... It is the autorun on a Ubuntu or Linux Mint CD when you try to open in in Windows.

Shame we couldn't get a solution earlier to you though. Blech.