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I installed Windows 8 on my laptop, partitioned the disc, and then installed Ubuntu 12.10. The grub didn't show up, so I installed it. After that it comes up but it shows only Ubuntu and no Windows (I can't boot into Windows). I tried some tutorials from Internet, but nothing worked. If you know how to fix this problem, please post it step-by-step.

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Please edit your question and give the output of sudo fdisk -l and add some more information about what did you do(also where did install grub). – arhimed Oct 31 '12 at 13:02
If your system was an uefi system before you installed Ubuntu, did you follow these steps in order to install Ubuntu? – Nil Apr 20 at 2:11

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Ok...try this. Run the following commands: 

sudo gedit /etc/grub.d/40_custom

(Edit this file rather than grub config file directly and create the file if it does not exist). Then add the following entry:

  menuentry "Windows 8" {
  set root = "(hd0,msdos1)"
  chainloader +1
  }

Then save the file and type

sudo update-grub

This should solve the problem.

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You can not guess what partition his windows is installed to. I believe the config depends on the disk and partition to which windows is installed. – Mahesh Nov 10 '12 at 5:12
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In Ubuntu, try running:

 sudo update-grub

It should rescan for the different partitions.

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