Questions tagged [easybcd]
EasyBCD is a tool for Windows to fix Ubuntu boot problems after installing Ubuntu or Windows. Use this tag if you have questions about this software in any way.
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How do I use EasyBCD as bootloader with Windows 8 and UEFI?
I know this question has been asked a lot, but I didn't find an answer here.
Ubuntu 12.04.2 64-bit was installed offline just a few hours ago on one ext4 partition, and a swap partition was also ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 10. with GRUB listed inside Windows bootloader
I want to dual boot my system with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 but I don't want to disable secure boot.
I came across and installation guide, in which GRUB bootloader was installed inside the root ...
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Grub won't start Windows 10 and there is a "Windows failed to start" error in Windows Boot Manager
I have had dual boot for a while now, having Windows 10 and Ubuntu 15.04. It was working perfectly. When I turned on the PC Grub would show up with Ubuntu and Windows 10 as options, both worked ...
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No ANG1 Error when booting from Ubuntu in a dual boot with Windows 10
I dual booted Windows 10 and Ubuntu 14.04. I used EasyBCD to get to the Grub menu where I could select which OS to load. It was all set up and worked.
Recently, however, I tried to boot it up again ...
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How to install EasyBCD?
I want to delete ubuntu 11.10 from dual boot system(windows 7 + ubuntu 11.10). I currently have ubuntu as main OS but I don't want to continue with it further.I don't have CD for win 7 so I am trying ...
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laptop not booting to ubuntu 13.04 after installing windows 8 [duplicate]
I have a laptop(hp pavillion n-series)which has got inbuilt ubuntu and now I installed windows 8 from the CD.
I can no longer boot through ubuntu but can only open windows 8. I would like to access ...
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Dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu: last step problem with EasyBCD
I am installing Ubuntu 12.04 on a laptop that had pre-installed Windows 7.
The computer has one hard drive (1 TB SSD), which contained the following partitions:
2GB = system partition, (no letter ...
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Easybcd vs alongside Windows option
Are there negatives to Easybcd? I am going to have three partitions: win7/lubuntu/shared ntfs. Could I even get a third partition with the alongside method? I know easybcd works, but would prefer to ...
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Win10 dual boot. Grub causing a reboot before launching Ubuntu
System: Intel Core i3 8100 processor, GIGABYTE H310M-H UEFI Motherboard, Windows 10 on SSD.
Events sequence: I installed Ubuntu (18.04 LTS) on my Windows 10 PC, on a HDD. Windows is on SSD. Ubuntu ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu 17.04 by EasyBCD in multi-boot with Windows
After installing Ubuntu 17.04 with its bootloader in a patition (hd0,5), I was unable to boot it via EasyBCD 2.3.207 (my preferred bootloader). I have installed Ubuntu after Windows and don't want to ...
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Windows bootloader deleted
My grub2 menu was missing after I reinstall windows 10. However i managed to get it back from windows by using easybcd. But somehow my windows bootloader has been deleted from easybcd menu and now i ...
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How to install Ubuntu without a CD or USB from Windows 10 [duplicate]
NOTE: This is my first post, it won't let me post images or more than 2 links, so I'll add all the links here:
I got a new laptop which has Windows 10 on it, the weird thing about this laptop is it ...
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How can I fix the missing /NST/AutoNeoGrub0.mbr on Windows 8.1?
I have installed Ubuntu 15.04 onto my Windows 8.1 UEFI SONY VAIO laptop. I installed ubuntu by clicking 'something else' in the installation window. I then made 3 partitions: /boot , / and a swap ...
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Troube DualBooting Ubuntu 14.04 after install on windows 7 disk [duplicate]
I have spent countless hours over the past week following all kinds of tutorials to get Ubuntu 14.04 to run on my laptop alongside Windows 7, both x64. After systematically trying every seemingly ...
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How can I disable NeoGrub Bootloader on Console?
I want to dualboot window 8 Pro and ubuntu.It can't boot ubuntu in first time,then i use easyBCD to change window boot Manager to boot ubuntu.I add Entries and Install NeoGrub.when I restart on ...
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Can't get bootloader to work using easyBCD
When rebooting the computer, only Windows 8 will be visible in bootloader.
Computer: HP Envy 17
OS 1: Ubuntu 12.10 32 bit
OS 2: Windows 8 64 bit
Disk partitions on system:
(data from windows disk ...
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Booting Win7/12.04 -- what do I need for EasyBCD?
I've tried installing 12.04 about three times now into a 150GB partition on the same HD as Win7. No luck so far -- the install always seems to work, but I never get a boot option. The 12.04 live CD ...
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EasyBCD, Windows 8 Bootloader, and GRUB2 Help?
Basically I've dual booted windows 8 and ubuntu 12.10 using this guide:
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/11/05/dual-boot-windows-8-and-ubuntu-12-10-on-uefi-hardware/1/
It all works perfectly but there ...
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EasyBCD not loading Ubuntu 18.04
I have set up EasyBCD in a dual boot of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04, I have installed the Windows Boot Manager to the MBR and added an entry using the Grub2 option to load the Ubuntu partition, but it ...
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How to dual boot Windows and ubuntu with windows boot loader on uefi?
I have 2 hard drives. One is SSD and another is HDD. My windows 10 os is installed on the SSD. I created a bootable USB installer for ubuntu and installed using the alongside option. Now when I try to ...
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dual boot windows 10 and ubuntu 17.04
I had windows 10 and ubuntu 17.04 dual-booting using easyBCD, working fine with no problems. I had to reinstall ubuntu due to package installation errors that I couldn't figure out how to fix, even ...
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Boot Ubuntu from external disk in UEFI mode
I have Ubuntu 14.10 32bit installed in an external USB hard disk.
I am trying to boot it in a UEFI netbook (Asus X205TA)
It seems the UEFI mode is preventing me from booting it.
How can I boot it ...
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Cannot get to GRUB2 bootloader or Ubuntu
OK, so I wanted to dual boot Ubuntu 13.10 64bit with Windows 7 64bit on my Sony VAIO laptop. I installed Ubuntu to a separate partition (/dev/sda6) and placed the boot loader with Ubuntu on /dev/sda6. ...
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Installing onto a laptop after uninstalled with easybcd
I had Ubuntu on my laptop a few days ago but a professional installed it for me. Soon after I got it from the guy I messed it up. I uninstalled Ubuntu with easybcd and now I'm scared it will ...
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Dual boot with Ubuntu 22.04 takes too long to start
Recently I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on a 500GB SSD in my laptop (running in legacy mode) so that I could dual boot my laptop and switch between both OSs and do work quickly. Now I have a dual boot setup ...
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Alternative to Easybcd
Recently installed Ubuntu on my Windows 10. Both OS work fine but I am unable to update the boot order via EasyBCD as Windows policy is not allowing add entry in EasyBCD. please share the alternative ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 10 with legacy BIOS has too many menus
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 alongside win 10. It has legacy BIOS so I followed this video step by step. You basically create a partition for Ubuntu, install the boot loader on "/" and then add ...
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How do I install LILO boot loader with Ubuntu and Windows dualboot?
I want to use the LILO boot loader so I can use EasyBCD to show a Ubuntu listing on the Windows Boot Manager screen, but I don't know how. Please make this as simple as possible, as I don't know much ...
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How to repair windows boot entry [duplicate]
I installed easybcd app to change grub bootloader but accidentally deleted windows boot entry , now in the grub option ubuntu and windows boot manager appears. When i try to boot windows by Windows ...
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Is there a grub- reboot equivalent to do a one-time boot into ubuntu from windows?
bcdedit doesnt list ubuntu as boot entry in Win7.Can the grub boot order be modified from windows?
What if I set win7 as default OS with timeout set as 0 in grub from ubuntu and reboot? Would I be ...
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EASYBCD Can't boot ubuntu
I have win7 and ubuntu installed on the same hdd, I tried using easybcd as I didn't know any other way of getting into linux, but after adding it and restarting I just got stuck at a bash command line,...
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Used EasyBCD to dual boot but grub2 is still loading first
I have used EasyBCD to make the boot menu be the windows one, but what happens is that my computer boots grub2 first then when i choose windows 7 option, i will be redirected to the easybcd menu.
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No selection in Bootloader
I'm new to ubuntu. Yesterday I installed ubuntu 16.04LTS (as dual boot with windows 8.1) and now I'm having a problem with bootloader. When I switched on my laptop there'll no selection option for OS. ...
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Dual boot Windows and Ubuntu on separate drives [duplicate]
I have two HDDs, one with my Windows 8.1 install on it. I installed Ubuntu 15.04 on the second HDD by creating a UEFI bootable USB and installing it that way. There was no option to Install alongside ...
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Duo boot win7 and Ubuntu error
When I boot up I can access windows 7 easily and it works fine at the moment but when I select to boot Ubuntu this error appears https://i.stack.imgur.com/SdNrJ.jpg when I press esc Ubuntu boots but ...
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Windows not booting anymore after using easyBcd
I decided to install a dual boot on my windows 8.1 machine. Everything was working fine, but I had the unattractive grub booting option. I wanted to have the good-looking graphical windows boot ...
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Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu Desktop 13.10 dual boot problem [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu after Windows 8.1 on different partitions.
Then I installed EasyBSD. I added an Ubuntu partitions entry. Then I selected "grub2"
but Ubuntu can not open, the computer just waits.
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re-Install grub in ubuntu partition
I had been using Easybcd in windows to manage the bootloader. But, when i resized my ubuntu partition, grub went haywire and now I am stuck with using grub at the mbr level(i had to use boot repair to ...
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EasyBCD can't find Ubuntu?
I tried to install win7 + ubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Inspiron 17R, win7 first ubuntu second using U disk. At first I installed win7 and ubuntu under ATA and AHCI mode and successfully created entry for ...
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How to get Windows 8 boot menu in a Windows 8-Ubuntu dual boot? [duplicate]
I have a dual-booted Windows 8-Ubuntu 13.04 system. As usual, by default, the Ubuntu grub menu comes up as soon as we boot. Similar questions have been asked before, and the reply to each of them was ...
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Runnning Ubuntu 13.04 on ASUS Laptop with pre-installed Windows 8 and secure boot enabled [duplicate]
I had installed Ubuntu 13.04.
The installation went on smoothly. But, after the installation was over, there was no grub that let me decide between Ubuntu and Windows 8.
So, I used EasyBCD. The grub ...
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How to dual boot Ubuntu 13.04 with Windows 8 on Lenovo Y500 using EasyBCD?
I'm trying to install ubuntu on a Lenovo Y500. I have disabled UEFI and Secure Boot, and reinstalled Windows. I booted from a USB key with Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit, and installed it with the bootloader ...
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EasyBCD removed all boot menus
I recently tried to use EasyBCD to edit some things and apparently ended up corrupting it some how. I'm dual booting Windows 8 and Ubuntu.
Windows boot manager pops up, now, and says:
Windows failed ...
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Ubuntu removed by easybcd but is still appearing in boot menu
I have removed Ubuntu 12.10 from my system with easybcd and deleted the partition containing Ubuntu. Still when I start my system it gives me the option to load into either Windows 7 or Ubuntu. While ...
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Will grub overwrite EasyBCD entry if I already have Windows 7 and Windows XP installed?
Installing Ubuntu on EEE PC which already has Windows 7 and Windows XP in dual boot using Easy BCD
I have an ASUS EEE PC 1015PEM with Windows 7 starter and Windows XP in dual boot configuration on ...
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BOOT from ISO using EasyBCD
I am trying to use EasyBCD to boot from an ISO file without any discs or sticks and I get this error..
/init: line 49: can't open /dev/sr0: No medium found
Do you have any ideas?
OS: windows 10 ver ...
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Unable to Dual Boot Windows 8 ( 64bit ) and ubuntu 12.04
I bought new Asus Laptop with DOS and installed windows 8.1 64bit and then i installed Ubuntu 12.04 but as with other os my boot options does not show windows 8 and ubuntu
Then i tried EasyBCD now ...
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Messing around with easy bcd, messed up MBR
So, last night i was messing around with easyBCD 2.2 trying to repair my legacy win8 MBR when i messed it up even worse.
Before, when i started it it would go straight to GRUB2 and would boot into ...