Hi,
i installed suse 13.1 on my new lenovo g510 series laptop with dual boot with windows 7.
the problem i encountered was i couldn't see the "boot from harddisk" option after rebooting the suse installation.
please suggest possible solutions to the problems...

i first installed win7 and then installed suse.

---------- Post added 04-26-14 at 08:54 AM ----------

please reply its urgent...

I haven't used Opensuse 13.1 but the last time I installed Opensuse, when the installation finished I had to reboot and remove the installation medium and then finish the install. I don't remember the specific steps but I think it involved at least creating a user and root password and more. Did you install the Opensuse Grub2 to the master boot record. If so, you should see a menu with options for Opensuse and windows. I would not expect to see a 'boot from hard disk' option you see on the installation medium.

yes i have added grub2 to MBR.
and also i am geeting both the options fo win7 and suse
but when i choose window 7 black screen appears
and when i choose suse it boots but hangs in between.

what are the possible solutions....

You can get detailed information on your drives/partitions and boot files if you go to the site below, download and run the bootinfoscript. You will need to use a Linux medium like your Opensuse CD/DVD to do it. There is a link in the Description box explaining the process. It will produce a results.txt file in your user /home directory. Take a look at it and if you can't resolve it, post it here.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/

Hi there

If it's a UEFI system then Boot causes all sorts of problems unless you select GRUB2-EFI at install time for the options Load Bootmanager.

Then that might hose up the W7 system too.

Check first is the W7 a GPT drive -- if it is then your system is UEFI. In any case to get back so you can boot Windows again insert the Windows install media and choose REPAIR system. Go to command mode and type the following two commands from directory bootrec

fixmbr
fixboot

Test your system by seeing if Windows boots normally. If (and it should) does choose from command mode DISKPART

LIST DISK and this will tell you if your Windows disk is GPT or not.

If it's a normal (MBR disk) then re-install OPENSUSE again but on the boot (GRUB option) ensure the PROBE FOR FOREIGN OS is checked and get the boot order right.

(If your system IS UEFI then you also need to choose the UEFI version when booting from the OPensuse install / live CD media)

Cheers

What has happened, I believe, is that you have overwritten the Windows 7 bootloader. When you first booted Windows, it probably recommended that you create a recovery disk. If, unlike me, you did that, then that is what you use to recover the Windows system. If not, then you can get a suitable tools disk from Neosmart (EasyBCD). You can find details here:
https://neosmart.net/wiki/recovering...ws-bootloader/
When I did this, I got a free EasyBCD disc download. Nowadays they charge: I believe at Microsoft's insistence,

can u please tell me what should be the seetings done in BOOT menu when i press F12.
should i select UEFI or Legacy mode ????