Boot-Repair is a tool to fix Windows/Ubuntu problems either after installing Ubuntu or Windows. Use this tag if you used the software in any way.
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hd0 read error; tried boot repair still won't boot [closed]
I have tried to boot from grub rescue from console. I have also tried boot repair, but it didn't help. Here is the full boot repair log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5668816/
Boot repair reports that the ...
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Unable to repair Grub in ubuntu
I had multiple OS windows and ubuntu, It was working fine but suddenly something happen(or I did some changes which I dont know) and I am unable to boot ubuntu. Even I am not seeing ubuntu drive when ...
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If I run boot repair will I lose everything in my hard drive?
My computer won't boot to ubuntu. What I get instead is "BusyBox v.1.18.5-1ubuntu4.1) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in. Commands.
(Initramfs)
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“SFS detected” - Windows Dynamic Disk help
After install of ubuntu I got a problem. I can't go to the OS selecter (Think it's called GRUB2). I tried the Boot-repair tool but got following message:
'SFS detected. You may want to retry ...
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Can't boot to Ubuntu 13.04 after installing
I know that there is lots of people with the exact same problem, but I can't get an answer from another place (I've really been trying for hours), so here is my problem.
I got Ubuntu 13.04 on my CD ...
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No icons, launcher, top panel or anything else while 'Try Ubuntu' 13.04
I just got Ubuntu 13.04 to my USB and pressed 'Try Ubuntu' and that worked very well, so I decided to install. At the end of the install I got a fail message and it said something about the boot ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit installed but hangs during boot on dual-boot Win7 Pro 64-bit system
My Win7 Pro 64-bit system (8GB, 1TB, 3.2ghz Intel Xeon w3565) was working fine. I wanted to add Ubuntu 13.04. I booted from USB, selected try me, everything booted fine and I got my Unity desktop. I ...
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I have Windows 7 on a 1TB HDD and I have installed UBUNTU on 240GB OCZ SSD
Boot Info Script
I run boot-repair as I cannot boot up Ubuntu. It suggested using Gparted? I want to be able to boot up my computer and choose either Windows or Linux everytime. I used EasyBCD to ...
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After installing ubuntu 12.04.2, I can't load windows 8
I have a laptop with in-built windows 8. I installed Ubuntu 64 bit via the method shown on this Ubuntu page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI
After use boot-repair, in GRUB menu it shows ...
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ubuntu 12.10 doesn't load
I have a problem with Ubuntu on my laptop. My laptop went into hibernation, but I couldn't log back on, I had to unplug my laptop to restart Ubuntu. My boot menu loads normally and shows Ubuntu and ...
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Grub fails to boot windows 7, no such partiton error
My dual-boot windows 7 / ubuntu 12.04 has been working fine for months, but suddenly i'm unable to boot to windows. i've tried fixing this using boot-repair (i.e. purging and reinstalling grub), but ...
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After upgrade Ubuntu from 12.04 to 12.10, it shows me a black screen after boot [duplicate]
I have a new HP envy laptop that came with Windows 8. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, removing windows. After using Ubuntu for about 5 minutes I would get a Kernel panic every time. I think it was ...
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Grub EFI entries and Boot-Repair
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a Dell laptop with OEM Windows 8 on it.
At first, my Grub menu didn't show at all, so I changed the /etc/default/grub file commenting the line GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0.
After ...
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How to solve 'error: invalid efi path' while trying to boot Windows 7?
Here is the output of boot-repair: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5706404/
The GRUB keeps telling me this while I try to boot into Windows:
error: invalid efi path
I can boot into Ubuntu without ...
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Windows 8 won't boot via grub after intalling 12.10 with boot-repair
I hope someone here might be able to help me.
I've just purchased a new Acer Aspire V3-771G laptop which came pre-installed with windows 8.
I shrunk the main windows partition and installed ubuntu ...
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Dual boot problem Windows 8 & Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed.
But when selecting Windows 8 to boot I get following error:
error: unknown command 'drivemap'
error: invalid EFI filepath
I ...
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Unable to get the grub even after Boot-Repair is performed [duplicate]
I have hp pavillion sleekbook 14 with windows 8. I installed ubuntu only to find out that it cant be booted. I performed boot-repair as others in this forum have did. The boot-repair was successful. ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 GUI does not start on boot, hangs on purple loading screen with Ubuntu logo and five dots
It started like this: I wanted to install Adobe Reader (.bin file) via Terminal. After I created a folder for installation files and started the whole process I suddenly realized that I don't even ...
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MBR Lost after shrinking Active Partition
I've got a serious issue with MBR.
Initially got Windows 7 Up on my machine.
I shrinked the active partition to create space for installing ubuntu. I formatted the new available space. Now i simply ...
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Dual Boot Windows 7 & Ubuntu 12.10. Managed to boot in Win7 but not in Ubuntu
http://paste2.org/p/3270871
Hi all,
Thanks In advance. Because I know people over there is very knowledgeable and able to help me out.
I just started to use my first linux based operating system as ...
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Boot-Repair stuck at “Reinstall GRUB”
I bought a new Sony Vaio E14P series laptop. It has pre-installed Windows 8, and I want to dual boot it with Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit. I have disabled secure boot and installed Ubuntu without any problem ...
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Dual booting issues, windows 8, 12.10, eufi
I just purchased a Windows 8 desktop and set about installing ubuntu. The installer couldn't read the hdd, so I installed ubuntu to a separate drive. Now I can't boot into windows, says grub can't ...
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Win8 keeps trashing grub2 (12.10 secure remix) [closed]
So I have win8-64 and 12.10 secure remix 64 playing nice together on a new Asus G46vw. I can boot into either after doing a boot-repair/purge. All is wonderful.
...that is until windows - ever so ...
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Windows 7 + Ubuntu 12.04 + Invalid EFI file path + Boot repair + Grub many entries
I've a ASUS N56VZ with Intel Core i7 - 3610QM, with Win 7 Home Premium x64 pre-installed. This computer come with EFI instead of the traditional BIOS.
When I bought it, I had 3 visible partitions. C ...
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Dual boot problem: get grub rescue
Using Windows XP Pro; after installation of 12.04.2 from disk wouldn't boot. Tried installing boot-repair with terminal, fail--locked directory; burned disk, ran boot-repair, now I get grub rescue.
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Grub2 menu problems with dualboot w7-ubuntu 11.10
I'm starting up with Linux and having loads of issues. Already tried to find answers here, but can't make anything out of them.
I installed Ubuntu (64 bit version) on a partition of my W7 HHD and ...
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UEFI dual-boot, how to load recovery partition (Windows 8) after installing Ubuntu
I've installed Ubuntu (~EFI mode) in a ASUS Zenbook UX32VD, which has Windows 8 pre-installed. It had Security Boot disabled. I installed grub in the same partition I put the root directory (sda7 in ...
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Installed 12.04 from CD - won't boot
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 from a CD on a Toshiba Portege laptop. The installation process seemed to go normally, but now when I try to boot it, it hangs at the "Toshiba Leading Innovation" screen. ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 System crashes right after login - Boot-Repair log included
Wow, my system crashes hard - right after login! I've heard about quite some crashed with Ubuntu 12.04. ... any suggestions on how to proceed?
Here is the link to the logfile of Boot-Repair - which ...
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Multiple Windows options in Grub Menu (Ubuntu 12.10)
Please help me. I'm curious about but VERY new to Ubuntu and Linux in general.
Short: My system has 2 OS: Win 7 x64 and Ubuntu 12.10. I'm getting 2 Windows boot options: "on dev/sda1" and "on ...
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How can I fix my NTFS partition after shrinking in Windows?
In attempting to shrink my NTFS drive to a smaller size, so I can dual boot my currnet Windows 7 with a brand new Ubuntu 12.10 (didn't want to use Wubi), I've somehow managed to stuff up the drive and ...
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windows 8 install got corrupted or sda1 got corrupted - installed ubuntu on sda1 also but boot-repair isnt letting me get to win8
Hey all I am a computer technician and last night while sleeping my kids spilled some drink near the computer and since then I got an error trying to login to Windows. So I made a liveUSB Ubuntu ...
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How to restore boot from HDD when boot-repair fails? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to manually fix a partition table ?
I can't boot to anything on my HDD, neither Windows nor Ubuntu.
I can, however, run Ubuntu from a LiveCD.
I tried using ...
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How do I get my HP laptop to boot into grub from my new efi file?
I have an HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14 laptop that I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 dual boot with the original windows 8. I used boot-repair to get set up to boot into grub.
My issue is that I have not ...
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cannot boot to Windows 7 after installing Ubuntu 12.10 and run boot-repair
I originally had win 7 installed, after installed Ubuntu 12.10,
I am failed to boot Ubuntu.
I set Ubuntu as my first boot SATA HA
thanks for any suggestions!!!
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1534279/
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Preinstalled Windows 8 Not showing up on Grub 2, Ubuntu 12.10
http://paste.ubuntu.com/1522276/
Hi There, I've scoured everywhere & I'm still all very confused.
Since I'm a total noob, I don't really want to touch too many files...
I have an Acer M5 with ...
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Installed Ubuntu and now can't boot into Windows anymore
Okay, now I have a new problem... I installed Ubuntu on my new SSD today. But now Windows 8 doesn't show up in the boot loader anymore.
I ran Boot Repair and it told me
GPT detected. Please ...
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Repairing grub 2 with Ubuntu live cd
I installed Windows 7 on a separate hard drive and I have Debian on another hard drive. After installing Windows 7 my grub doesn't appear so I used an Ubuntu Live CD to use boot-repair to fix my grub2 ...
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Installed Ubuntu on one drive and left windows 7 on the drive, now can't boot to win7
Here is my boot-repair report: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1460148/
I want to be able to dual boot win7 and ubuntu.
When I boot my machine, I see options for ubuntu in grub but no win7.
Do i need to ...
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dual boot issue : ubuntu has stopped working after installing win 7
I've had Windows 7 (64bit) and Ubuntu 12.10 installed and running fine for a couple of weeks ,due some reason I needed to reinstall windows 7 but since reinstalling windows 7 I'm completely unable to ...
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After installing Ubuntu I can't boot Windows 8 anymore
I just bought a new laptop (a lenovo ideapad Z500) and it came installed with Windows 8. I wanted to have Ubuntu on it too, therefore I resized the Win8 partition from the control panel and installed ...
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Bluescreen after Ubuntu 12.10 installation, after recommended boot repair “no filesystem found” please help!
After I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 into my Windows 7 a black screen came up and nothing happened for over five minutes. So I force shutdown my computer and started again on the linux CD. I ...
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Removed Java replaced with newest “Sun Java”, disc won't boot, and won't let me re-install grub using boot repair disc
Had a minor problem with my Stock market platform. Set-up screen would freeze program. Called their tech support, got their "Linux guy", who advised remove all Java and replace, not with synaptic ...
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Unable to boot Windows 7 after Grub overwrote the Windows bootsector [duplicate]
I have Windows 7 on my machine and then installed Ubuntu 12.04 using a live CD. I can see both Windows 7 and Ubuntu in the grub menu, but when I select Windows 7 it shows a black screen for about 2 ...
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How to install the Boot-Repair tool in an Ubuntu live disc?
When the bootloader (GRUB) is broken, I cannot access neither Ubuntu nor Windows.
I heard that an easy solution to fix this is to use the Boot-Repair tool from an Ubuntu liveCD (or liveUSB).
What ...
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Ubuntu bootrepair no valid partition table found [closed]
I am not able to boot into my laptop. I have dual boot windows7(64 bit)/Ubuntu 12.04(32 bit). I tried a 64 bit Live CD (didn't have 32 bit one at hand) and followed procedure here - ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 - Windows 8 Dual Boot (Tried boot-repair) - Dual OS option not showing
As title says, this is my first time trying ubuntu. I have been trying since last week with continuous googling and searching, but still no luck.
I had Win8 x64 installed before, then tried ...
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Dual Booting Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 - thinkpad x230
I am having problems getting grub to load Windows 8 properly after installing Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 8 on a solid state drive. Here's what I did:
Fresh install of Windows 8 using USB recovery ...
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Had ubuntu/7 on my system reformated and ubuntu stopped working
Well I had got a virus on the windows part of my computer. I wasn't thinking and a reformatted the hard drive... kinda screwed things up. Normally before this happened I would turn on my computer and ...
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Boot-Repair after messing up NTFS partition
I posted this question explaining what happened after I tried to create a new swap partition on a Win/Ubuntu dual-boot machine. I have since created a live-boot USB and installed Boot-Repair. I had it ...
