As you can already tell, I am a Ubuntu newbie...trying to make the big switch from Windows to Linux. I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a partition aside from Windows. I was waiting for a prompt to ask me which OS to choose from but when I started my computer, Ubuntu loaded up automatically. I would like to have the option of choosing the loaders on Windows (white font, black background) and not the Ubuntu one (white font, purple background).
Thank you.
Can explain a little more in detail what you mean "Ubuntu loaded up automatically" step-by-step.
It sounds a first glance that you may need repair you GRUB bootloader or simply re-install it.
Go on this page https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/grub and read under "How-to".
Open Dash (the ubuntu icon at the top of the bar on the left), search for "Terminal" and open it. Type in sudo update-grub there will be a prompt asking for password, just enter your user's password. After you reboot there will be a list of available operating systems, Ubuntu at the top, Windows at the bottom.
For more information about update-grub or any other command run in terminal man <command> where command==any package like update-grub or anything other program.
Welcome to Linux.
