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I have been using Windows 8 pro previously then I installed Ubuntu with the Windows installer.

The installation was successful but when I start my computer it doesn't ask me which OS to boot and it boots Ubuntu as default OS. I have things to do in both OS's so I need to switch between them. How do I do that?

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Hold down (right) SHIFT to display the menu during boot. In certain cases, pressing the ESC key may also display the menu.

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You need to tell the bootloader to stop starting the default OS.

From command line:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

The option

GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

will wait 10 seconds before starting the default OS. If you set it to -1 it will wait for you to choose an OS. After editing configuration you need to do a 

sudo update-grub

for it to accept the changes the next time you boot.

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