You can add an entry to your Windows BCD store so that you get a choice to boot into Ubuntu from the Windows Boot Manager. First open a command prompt as an administrator (right click on CMD.EXE
and select Run as administrator
).
Then:
bcdedit /create /d Ubuntu /application bootsector
This creates an entry for Ubuntu and returns the {GUID}, but doesn't do anything yet. Note the GUID that is returned and use it in place of xxx-xxx-xxx
in the following commands:
bcdedit /set {xxx-xxx-xxx} device partition=D:
bcdedit /set {xxx-xxx-xxx} path \ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr
bcdedit /displayorder {xxx-xxx-xxx} /addlast
bcdedit /timeout 10
After that you will get the option to boot into either Windows or Ubuntu when you boot.
One last thing... make sure there is a C:\wubildr
file, or else you will need to copy D:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr
to C:\wubildr
PS... since you are adding this entry manually, it won't be automatically removed by uninstalling Wubi. You can delete it as described here: askubuntu.com/how-do-i-remove-the-extra-ubuntu-option-on-the-windows-boot-manager-menu