I Successfully dual-booted win8 and ubuntu 13.04. Now that i have changed my windows from win8 to win 7, i cant access my ubuntu bootloader, or option to boot into ubuntu. Any help?
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See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
- Boot with the Ubuntu Live CD
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair -y && sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && (boot-repair &)- Reinstall grub
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boot repair is great when it works - it never has for me – 23 93 26 35 19 57 3 89 Oct 23 '13 at 16:49
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It's never not worked for me. – mmstick Oct 23 '13 at 17:44
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Installing windows 7 has installed the windows bootloader.
You need to reinstall grub - information for the various methods to do so can be found here.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing#Reinstalling_GRUB_2
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Can i not use windows bootloader to boot into ubuntu rather that grub... i may prefer windows bootloader! – Tausif Ahmed Oct 26 '13 at 08:18
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Use what you want - but that's going to be offtopic here - this isn't AskWindows ;) – 23 93 26 35 19 57 3 89 Oct 26 '13 at 08:21