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02-03-2010, 06:47 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2009
Posts: 20
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Installed Windows on separate partition and now cannot boot Linux
I originally had my full hard drive as a full Ubuntu partition but I then re-sized that and installed Windows on a new partition. Now I guess the boot sector got overwritten and I don't have a choice to boot either Windows or Ubuntu. I know I have to reconfigure GRUB or another boot loader to allow the choice but I am not sure of how to go about that.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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02-03-2010, 06:57 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,821
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Try this...
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...tallingWindows
There are many howtos you can find through Google.
For more help here, you need to tell us which Windows and which linux, but the simplest thing you can do for all parties is first to use the Search here on LQ to see the many previous threads on the problem. |
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02-03-2010, 07:12 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: florida panhandle
Distribution: Slackware Debian, Fedora, others
Posts: 7,866
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easybcd will let you boot linux from windows or use the ubuntu install cd to reinstall grub to mbr
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02-04-2010, 12:37 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2008
Location: Gurgaon, India
Distribution: Cent OS 6/7
Posts: 4,638
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Boot from Ubuntu live and re-install grub. Will do it.
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02-04-2010, 01:17 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2010
Location: Pune, India
Posts: 10
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Check this nice youtube video on 'how to reinstall grub' with the ubuntu live cd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtBBl6HvdpM |
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02-04-2010, 01:46 AM
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Registered: Feb 2008
Location: India, Kolkata
Distribution: Fedora 16
Posts: 59
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