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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 Windows etc, so I just did a clean install on the second HDD. To try and create a dual boot system I downloaded EasyBCD and followed a tutorial about adding a Linux boot loader, now when I select load into Linux it comes up with terminal with

GRUB >

Any suggestions as to how I can run both Win 8.1 and Ubuntu on separate HDDs?

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  • Run both at once? Not possible without Virtual Box or VMware.
    – Daniel
    Jul 1, 2015 at 2:05
  • @Daniel I think he (or she!) is referring to a dual boot system :)
    – Grammargeek
    Jul 1, 2015 at 2:06
  • Wording is vague... but ^that makes more sense.
    – Daniel
    Jul 1, 2015 at 23:36

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I don't understand why you used EasyBCD, as it's really not necessary in this case. It appears to be that you have been booted to a Grub shell. Take a look at this for how you should boot to your Linux HDD. Once you do that, run (in a terminal):

sudo update-grub

and it should automatically add entries to your Grub configuration.

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Thanks, I couldn't figure out the EasyBCD thing, I think it was creating a grub boot for the SSD where Windows is installed. Instead when BIOS is booting, I select the SSD where Linux is installed and it loads, likewise I do the same for Windows.

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