Something went wrong when I installed Ubuntu onto my Dell Inspiron laptop, preloaded with Windows 8. I installed Ubuntu 12.10 with Wubi, and then restarted my computer. When it restarted, I got an error message that said "Windows failed to start." It said that the some of the files were missing, and gave me error code 0xc0007b. I tried turning off the UEFI and Secure Boot thing that Windows 8 has, and I don't know where to go from here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
1 Answer
You could hook up a windows 8 CD, and set to run and click repair. that might fix it
UEFI
orGPT
disks. Turning offUEFI
wont' help without a full reinstall (including reformatting the entire disk so it has aMBR
partition). It's much easier to do a normal dual boot with the 64-bit Ubuntu as mentioned. Switching back toUEFI
boot should get Windows booting again, then just uninstall Wubi.