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Trouble with GRUB in dual boot
so I'm fairly new to linux and I have a problem after installing Ubuntu on my PC. I've dual booted ubuntu and osx before on my mac without trouble. I would be given the option of which OS to use. Now, ...
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Windows 7 is not shown in GRUB menu after 13.04 install
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a secondary hard drive, which has succeeded. But there is no GRUB entry for Windows 7 as an option. Boot-Repair and update-grub did not appear to help.
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ASUS UX31A keeps looping ASUS Preload Recovery and won't boot Win7 after installing ubuntu
The title pretty much says everything. It looks like I have the same problem as Unable to boot Windows after installing Ubuntu 12.04 - error: invalid efi file path
but I already cycled that about 20 ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 installed but always start only Windows 7
I'm tring to install Ubuntu 13.04 on my PC desktop but when i restart my PC, it always starts Windows 7, without asking me which OS would i like to run. I've got 3 HDD on my PC:
1: 200 GB with ...
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Grub and easy bcd
I have installed Windows 7 over Ubuntu 12.04 (on a different partition) and since I have installed Windows 7 as the last step, GRUB did not start and Windows 7 booted automatically.
In order to ...
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Ubuntu doesn't boot after Windows 7 installation?
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit on my hard drive, then decided to install Windows 7 alongside on a 25 gb partition. I shrank my Ubuntu install by about 25 gb with a GParted Live USB. Ubuntu booted ...
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Boot problem after format [closed]
I like testing things but I screwed up this time.
I had ubuntu 12.04 + win 7 installed but didn't like ubuntu so I deleted the partition.
However, I forgot to fix mbr.
Also I am unable to access ...
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Windows 7 not showing in OS selection menu at start up
I have 4 partitions (C:, D:, E: & F:) on my 500GB HHD.
I have two OS installed on my PC, Windows XP on drive C: and Windows 7 on drive D:.
Today I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 on drive C: ...
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Bought a new laptop with Windows 8 preinstalled, now I can't uninstall it [closed]
I recently bought a new laptop with Windows 8 installed. I am not a fan of this OS, so I wanted to reboot to Win7.
After a series of tries, I couldn't get Windows 7 to install. I boiled it down to ...
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Windows missing from GRUB menu
When I turn on the computer, I can see the GRUB and boot into Ubuntu. But I can't boot into Windows because I don't see it in the GRUB.
I have tried both boot-repair and sudo update-grub to no avail. ...
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Attempted downgrade from GRUB2 to GRUB; can't boot into ubuntu anymore
So I just did a clean install of windows 7 ultimate and installed ubuntu 12.10 beside it. I kept the windows bootloader in the mbr at the advice if my tutorial (i used easyBCD to enable an option for ...
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Can't start Windows after installing ubuntu [duplicate]
First I've installed Windows 7 and then Linux Mint on another hard-drive. So when I started the PC I saw the Grub-Menu with the possibilities to start Mint or Win7.
Then I wanted to install Ubuntu ...
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How do I edit GRUB menu [duplicate]
I have a dual boot on my computer of Windows 7 and Xubuntu 12.10. The Linux boot is 1st and the Windows 2nd. I would like to reverse the boot order in the GRUB menu. I need to know the steps to go ...
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GRUB doesn't see Windows 7 after installing Ubuntu 12.04
So, this is my first time installing Ubuntu on my hard drive, and I'm running into some problems.
Until a couple of hours ago, I had 4 partitions in my hard drive:
XP,
Vista and
7 installations,
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Change default option on dual boot screen [duplicate]
I want to know how I can change the default selected option on the GNU GRUB dual boot screen displayed on system start-up.
I have a Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot PC. Currently there is a countdown ...
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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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Dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows trouble with Grub, and EasyBCD
well the story is kinda long, so I'm gonna give the link explaining my first problem...
How to install GRUB on the hard-disk?
Now, I read in some answers, forums, and more... To install EasyBCD in my ...
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Dual Boot Ubuntu 12.04.2 & Windows 7 (Seperate Drives)
I have successfully installed Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04.2 on seperate SSD drive. Used the attach/detach method to instal. I detached disk2 (Ubuntu Drive) then installed Windows 7 on disk1. Then I ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 grub menu does not show Win 7 dual boot option
I did a dual install of ubuntu, probably messed something up on the way as win 7 install drive gave the no os found screen upon boot and grub went into repair mode or something. I got this sorted out ...
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Windows 7 doesn't show in boot menu after installing GRUB and Ubuntu
I had a system with windows 7 installed on it.
For installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, I installed GRUB.
Now Ubuntu is working fine. But the GRUB boot menu at system startup doesn't show Windows 7, after ...
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windows bootstrap loader lost
I recently formatted my windows and re-installed it in a separate partition. Then I deleted the recovery partition. Now when I rebooted my system, it did not show any grub menu. Then I booted the ...
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Cannot find Windows 7 in Grub Customizer
Once again, I find myself back to the "anywhere, Anything" forum of Ubuntu... Just awesome I say...
Any ways, After I installed the Grub Customizer 3.0.(1)? I ran it and I am not seeing Windows7.
I ...
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grub broken and wont boot
i had ubuntu 12.10 running allongside with windows 7 (dual boot, 1 hdd). when installing ubuntu i accidentally gave it too much room. so i decided that i would remove it and reinstall it but this time ...
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Why I am taken to grub4dos when selecting Ubuntu from the windows boatloader menu?
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 64x alongside Windows 7(32bit) (Ubuntu after Windows 7) on my PC. Ubuntu installed properly without any errors. I installed grub on sda5 logical drive (one mounted ...
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Problem installing GRUB with dual boot Win7 on RAID
I use Linux at work and am pretty happy setting up and installing to new machines in several configurations, however I have to admit, this time I'm stumped!
I have a nice new PC with an SSD Raid in ...
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No GRUB after Ubuntu install
The main issue of the problem is that i can't load Ubuntu 12.10 desktop - i386 after install near win7basic (windows 7 was preinstalled on my laptop). I've tried manual reconfiguring of file system, ...
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Why can't I restore grub after installing Windows?
Recently I restored windows to default using the acer restore partition and when I restarted, as to be expected, it bypassed grub and went straight into windows.
Now when I try and restore grub it ...
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ubuntu is not booting, after dual boot installation with windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)
Recently i bought a lenovo u410 ultrabook. It has given along with windows 7 and 4 primary ...
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Windows 7 and Ubuntu Boot issue
I had the idea to dual boot Win 7 and Ubuntu and what I did was the following:
Made a clean install of win 7 using all of my hard drive, next I used the Ubuntu live cd and gparted to partition my ...
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Dual Boot Ubuntu and Windows 7: BOOTMGR is missing when I tried to boot in Windows
So, I don't know what exactly how I managed to delete the MBR record on windows partition. But let me explain what I did next, I ran the ubuntu boot repair tool and now Windows is not even listed in ...
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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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Deleting recovery partition on dual boot machine and resizing window 7 partition
I am using a dual boot Ubuntu/win7 machine. My win 7recovery partition is around 20GB, since I have created recovery disks I am assuming I no longer need it my windows partition is only small I was ...
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Error: no such partition help!
Ok so i had Ubuntu installed on dual boot with windows 7, i decided i liked it, btu i did not want the dual boot option so i decided to uninstall it. no whenever i turn on my computer the "error: no ...
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Dual boot to windows 7
i just installed ubuntu 12.10 alongside windows 7 but now my computer automatically boots to ubuntu. i want windows 7 as my default operating system. when i start up my laptop it shows me no settings ...
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Grub error after installing 12.10 side by side with Windows 7
I'm having some big issues right now. I installed Ubuntu 12.10 with the Windows installer along side Windows 7. Now I'm getting the error: no such partition grub rescue> message. I need help, because ...
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No Windows7 entry on GRUB2's menu after installing Ubuntu
I Installed Ubuntu 12.04 and after installation no Windows 7 entry shown.
Boot-Repair output : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1396793/
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Installed Windows 7, then Ubuntu. Cant boot windows 7, although option appears in GRUB menu?
Basically installed windows 7, followed by Ubuntu installation. Option to boot windows appears in GRUB menu, but when I select it and hit enter I get redirected back to same GRUB menu? What could ...
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Grub rescue: unknown filesystem error while booting from USB
I'm currently using ubuntu 12.04 which has grub2 and wanted to install windows 8 from my USB, i also created a bootable usb flash drive using windows 7 dvd download tool, the problem is - I formatted ...
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What's wrong with my grub configuration?
I have one hard drive with 2 partitions. I had Windows XP and Windows Seven installed.
I've deleted Seven partition and installed Ubuntu 11.10 on it.
But when I turn on the computer and the grub menu ...
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Triple Boot Question
I have successfully set up a a win7,win8 and Ubuntu 12.10 system. Windows 8 and Ubuntu are located on the same SSD, while windows 7 is located on another SSD. All went great and I can continue playing ...
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grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1
I'm trying to add windows 7 for my new 12.10 grub bootloader.
None of the things worked out; such as .. copying bootx64.efi methods, I'm getting this output:
grub-probe --target=fs_uuid ...
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Ubuntu installer mode options
During installation from a bootable USB, Ubuntu installer does not present the option of "installing alongside" Windows 7, but only "erase HD completely" or "Do something else".
I am concerned that ...
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Invalid EFI file path
i've just installed Ubuntu 12 on my new laptop ( with Win7 64bit pre installed ) in EFI mode and now i can't load Win7 anymore ( Ubuntu just loads fine from grub ).
When i select the Windows 7 entry ...
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Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 on UEFI laptop
I have a notebook pre-installed with Windows7 and I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on it following the standard installation steps in the installation image.
The only problem is that on reboot the machine ...
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How do you dual boot Windows 7/8 seperatly with GRUB?
I installed the beta version of Windows 8 and re-installed GRUB. When I boot my computer and select Windows 7, I get the new Windows 8 booting screen asking to boot between either Windows 7 or 8.
If ...
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Install Grub without Linux [closed]
My brother wants to get windows 7 64 bit alongside his Windows 7 32 bit. How can I install/modify Grub onto his computer in order to create easy boot options without having to install a Linux ...
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Edit Windows Boot Loader from Ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 12.10, and Windows 7. I accidentally removed the Windows option from the Windows Boot Loader using EasyBCD. I do not know how to access the windows boot loader configuration files. I ...
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How can I boot into Windows from GRUB rescue without a CD drive?
This is my situation:
I Installed Ubuntu without a CD (using A USB)
Dual boot installation (Windows 7+Ubuntu)
I did not like the installation and decided to boot into Windows and delete the Linux ...
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No option to boot Ubuntu in a dual-boot machine
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 next to Windows 7 in a separate NTFS partition.
I can boot Windows 7 but I can't find a way to choose Ubuntu and boot into it.
What do I do?
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Problem in booting Windows Vista after repairing using a boot repair disk
Been using Vista and I recently installed Ubuntu 11 in a separate hard disk(in BIOS, this hard disk was set for the 'Boot from' option)..Apart from the partitions used for Ubuntu, there are 2 more ...
