[Lion] Windows partition gone missing

Question

I recently updated to osx lion on my macbook. I found out that i cant boot to windows anymore by using the option key as i did before.
A lot of people seems to have this issue, but i didn't find any real solutions to this problem.
As in other posts its the probably the MBR table.
I installed rEFIt but it didn't solve my problem. But i got the report. Hope it helps.
*** Report for internal hard disk ***
Current GPT partition table:
#      Start LBA      End LBA  Type
1             40       409639  EFI System (FAT)
2         409640    209567924  Mac OS X HFS+
3      209567928    210837455  Mac OS X Boot
Current MBR partition table:
# A    Start LBA      End LBA  Type
1              1       409639  ee  EFI Protective
2 *       409640    209567924  af  Mac OS X HFS+
3      209567928    210837455  ab  Mac OS X Boot
MBR contents:
Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable
Partition at LBA 40:
Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
File System: FAT32
Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)
Partition at LBA 409640:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+
Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af  Mac OS X HFS+, active
Partition at LBA 209567928:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Mac OS X Boot
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type ab  Mac OS X Boot
What are my options here? I really didnt like the "erase and redo it" since i have important stuff in my windows partition.
Cant i just repair it?
Btw its windows 7 installed.
Tks for the help

Answer 1

There are workarounds. Like wait and see, and read, and let others experience help, which can take month or more, or wait for updates. Apple just posted a Lion Recovery Tool today.
Install Lion on another drive, not the internal drive. Backup and clone.
Then restore Lion and leave the partition tables intact has worked for more than a few.
Or even start by shrinking the size of Mac HFS volume alone, leaving some free space, and when Lion is done being installed, you should be fine. Find that on Cnet's MacFixit.
The new mail with its threaded conversations can have a high % cpu overhead esp. with any large email storage you have, and Mail was one of the weak links in 10.5 with its new SyncServices "feature."
Don't install an OS unless you need it and have time to play and deal with it; like on a test computer if you have one at disposal. Or on a 2nd hard drive - maybe that external with FW800.