Been using for years. New Dell laptop and I left the MS OS on the computer and loaded Ubuntu 16.04.2. I then switched at boot to Microsoft, and now the computer will not reboot back to Ubuntu. How do I get back to my Ubuntu OS!?!?
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You have to give us more information. Do you see the GRUB menu? Are you able to see Windows and Ubuntu in that menu? If you select Ubuntu, exactly what happens next, and what do you see? Are there any error messages?– heynnemaJun 25, 2017 at 16:53
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By "Microsoft", you mean Windows, right?– wjandreaJul 1, 2017 at 1:16
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windows likes to put itself at the top of the boot order. a work arond is this:
boot from a live CD. install efibootmgr.
find the file /efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi. copy it to /efi/boot/bootx64.efi. if the file is there already overwrite it. this makes grub the default loader.
next use efibootmgr to delete all entries in the boot list. restart you computer, be sure ubuntu is the fiirst OS you boot into so it is placed in the first slot.
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How do I make the CD the priority boot, I did it once before, but forgot how... Jun 25, 2017 at 15:31
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in the system setting to make it permanent. or holding a function key at boot to get a boot menu. the right key varies from computer to computer. t F2, F10, F12 are most common– raveryJun 25, 2017 at 15:35
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1Before starting to copy files, and overwriting existing files, and installing additional software, why don't you find out more information from the user about exactly how/where their boot is failing. At least make backups of files before overwriting. Maybe recommending boot-repair might be more user friendly and safer?– heynnemaJun 25, 2017 at 16:56
Windows likes to take over the booting whenever possible, and doesn't recognize Linux partitions.
You'll need to boot from a live CD or live USB and reinstall GRUB. This will make GRUB the default boot loader again, and should recognize both Ubuntu and MS Partitions.
