Cannot boot computer at all after partitioning in windows

i installed windows 7 no problems, but then i tried to partition the windows drive. all drives then were labelled 'Simple Volume' or something rather than 'Primary Partition'. unbenownst to me, this renders these hard drives unable to boot, so now i cannot boot my windows or mac partitions - they dont even appear on the screen when i hold option at startup. how can i fix this? or should i cut my losses and reformat everything (i was hoping i could avoid data loss)

FYI: be certain to clone both the Mac and the Windows partitions before attempting anything else when you are up and running again.
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