Windows 8 not booting...

I made a new thread because the solutions that fixed other people's problems don't seem to work for me. I had ubuntu 12.10 installed alongside Windows 8 and had a perfect dual boot. Now I get an error that the boot files don't have valid information for
an operating system. I used boot repair but it only fixed ubuntu. bootrec.exe /fixmbr and fixboot and scanos work. Scanos returns 1 windows 8 installation. When I use bootrec /rebuildbcd, I get an error: The requested system device cannot be identified due
to multiple indistinguishable devices potentially matching the identification criteria. I tried the nuclear holocaust method on this link http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Recovering+the+Windows+Bootloader+from+the+DVD and
I also tried this link http://qliktips.blogspot.com.ar/2012/11/fix-windows-8-boot-issue.html)Bootrec but I keep getting the indistinguishable error. I believe I've tried everything. Can somebody help me?

Hi,
Please try to run the following command:
bcdboot c:\Windows
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