GPT and MBR tables messed up after bootcamp installation.

Ok, so I had Windows 7 installed for a while, via bootcamp. It recently screwed over so badly, I ended up rescuing what I could from the partition and starting over. When I went into the windows setup, it didn't recognise the partition as NTFS, and asked to format it. I clicked yes, and everything installed fine.
I have rEFIt installed so I can boot into linux, and before this reinstall, windows showed up there. It didn't this time. I ran the 'Partitioning tool' and it showed me the GPT and MBR tables. The GPT table was incorrect, showing that my NTFS partition was 'Mac OS Extended Journaled (HFS+)'. My MBR table was correct. It asked if I wanted to change my MBR table so it was correct with the GPT table. I need this the other way round, so the GPT table is corrected from the MBR table.
Can anyone help with this?

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