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How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)

I installed Windows 7, which ate Ubuntu's boot file. When starting up the computer, it now goes straight to Windows, without giving me the option of booting Ubuntu. How can I get Ubuntu back?
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Windows 7 removed GRUB [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Recovering grub after installing windows 7? Currently i have Ubuntu 12.04. I want to install Win7 together with ubuntu. I know that if perform a install of windows, win will ...
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Grub2 menu doesn't appear [duplicate]

I have installed windows 10 on my pc and I had Ubuntu before I install that. But after windows installation I couldn't boot Ubuntu since grub2 menu doesn't appear and it will directly boot to Windows. ...
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I have ubuntu 12.04 LTS with a dual boot of Windows 7, Can I reinstall Windows 7, without changing partitions? [duplicate]

I initially had Windows 7 as my primary operating system. I decided to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as a dual boot. However, I realized that my Windows 7 OS wasn't installed properly (not because of ...
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How to recover Grub for Ubuntu after windows 7 installation [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Recovering grub after installing windows 7? I installed Ubuntu 12.04 then I installed Windows 7 . But as soon as I restarted my Win 7 there was no Boot Option to select from......
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15 answers
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How can I install Windows after I've installed Ubuntu?

I have Ubuntu on my laptop. Now I want install Windows 7 in a dual-boot. How can I do this? I can't lose my Ubuntu files, and I'm afraid that I might break GRUB. Editor's note: Current readers should ...
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How to install Windows 7 after Ubuntu and dual boot? [duplicate]

I just installed Ubuntu, a full install removing the prior OS. I was forced to remove Windows 7 from my HP dv6 because of the max four partitions already being there. I didn't lose anything, all ...
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Recovering Grub after installing windows 8.1 [duplicate]

I installed Windows 8.1 after Ubuntu 12.04. Now, grub does not shows up any more! It's goes straight to Windows after turning my PC on. Grub gone after installing Windows 8.1 Please tell me what ...
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New laptop won't boot after installing Ubuntu 14.04 on SSD

I removed the HDD from a Toshiba Computer I bought today and installed a 250GB SSD. After installing it, I immediately installed Ubuntu 14.04 on it from a USB drive. Everything went fine during ...
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Installing Ubuntu 11.10 x64 alongside Windows 7 x64 doesn't boot into Ubuntu

It appears that there are lots of "Ubuntu alongside Windows" posts, but I couldn't find my answer. My PC's only OS was Windows 7 x64. All of my 750 GB HDD partitions were in NTFS format. Yesterday I ...
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Install Windows 10 on a partition with ubuntu 16 already installed [duplicate]

I want to start by saying that I know this question has been asked a lot, but the 10~15 articles and posts I've read all assume that the reader is knowledgeable on the subject, and I'm not. So, I ...
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Ubuntu grub menu add manually Windows entry

I pasted this script into source section at Grub customizer on Ubuntu to create windows entry. But I copied this script from another pc. 1A23-C8F4 part in this code is different in my pc for Windows ...
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Partitioning main drive [duplicate]

How would I partition my main disk? 256 GB — 109 GB free (57.5% full) Because when I am running my OS (Ubuntu) It is mounted, but to partition it I need to unmount it.
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Install windows on the same drive as ubuntu

I have a drive with ubuntu 12.04 currently on it. Can I and if I can then how, install Windows 7 on that same drive without removing the ubuntu installation? (being able to use both) Please notice ...
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Will upgrading to windows 10 affect my dual boot?

I'm currently running Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 with dual boot. I want to upgrade to Windows 10, but I would like my Ubuntu to be untouched. How do I go about it?
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I have problem in Reinstalling ubuntu after deleted linux partition in windows7

I am newbie to ubuntu. Let me make it clear. I have 250GB hard drive. First i installed windows in my hard drive. Then i installed ubuntu by Flash drive. I was using ubuntu less than a day. Then i ...
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kernel panic and Stack with CapsLock and ScrollLock

I just installed ubuntu 14.04 in a machine with ASUS H81M-K (Bios 1002 8/12/14) with pre-existing Windows 7. The system is dual boot with one HDD. While there was no problem during installation and ...
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grub doesn't locate ubuntu after windows fresh install on a dual boot system

I was running ubuntu 16.04 and windows 7 on a dual boot system. Grub was properly showing entries for both OSes. Due to some issue I had to re-install windows, boot loader of which took over grub on ...
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How do I install Windows 7 on a Lenovo Thinkpad running 12.04? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to install Windows 7 after Ubuntu and dual boot? How do I install windows 7 enterprise on a Lenovo Thinkpad running ubuntu 12.04
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How do I find out if I have a separate boot partiton from the Live CD?

I am currently trying to rebuild my GRUB after reinstalling Windows 7 and this guide says I need to perform an extra step if I have separate boot partition. I tried to look it up but from what I ...
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Ubuntu-Windows 7 dual boot, windows broken

And I'm considering reinstalling windows 7, should I remove ubuntu beforehand? http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-system/black-screen-before-login-after-installing/ca7e7876-...
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Why can't I see, or boot into, Ubuntu 17.04 on my external drive after a Windows 8.1 reinstall?

I had Ubuntu 17.04 installed on my Razer Blade 14. I then connected an SDSSDA / Sata 6G/s external drive via USB 3.0 and installed Ubuntu 17.04 via a USB stick. Booted into it and used it ...
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want to switch from ubuntu 14.04 to windows7 using usb [duplicate]

I was using windows7 and installed ubuntu 13.04 which became the only os of my laptop. Now i want to reinstall windows7 again.I am unable to do so. please help
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Help with dual boot: BIOS changed and I can no longer access Linux Ubuntu already installed

Two years ago, I downloaded the latest version of Linux Ubuntu to do dual boot with windows 7. In this configuration, I do not remember what BIOS version was there, but I was always asked to choose ...
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having different operating systems on ubuntu [duplicate]

I have seen this computer where when the computer boots up, the grub screen lets him choose operating systems. as the four ubuntu choices like ubuntu recovery and stuff are still there, there is a ...
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Can't access ubuntu nor windows after windows install [dual boot]

I tried installing windows 10 after Ubuntu 18.04 using this post, After entering the live CD, and running sudo fdisk -l As this follow-up post - indicated This was the output Disk /dev/loop0: 1.9 ...
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startup after installation problem in choosing w7 and ubuntu

I installed ubuntu 12.04 with using DVD beside my Windows 7. Installation was completed. Then it asked for restarting the system. After that system goes to Windows 7 without asking me to choose ...
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Installing Windows (10?) for dual boot on Ubuntu PC [duplicate]

I have a PC running Ubuntu 14.04, and I wanted to install Windows as well, for gaming purposes. I've read that it's safer to install Windows first, but it's too late for that, so I wanted to partition ...
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