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I wanted to use Ubuntu alongside my Windows 7, so I installed it from a USB. During installation, it didn't detect my existing Windows. So, I chose "Something Else". From there, I formatted a drive with settings:

Size: 20 Gb

type: primary partition,

file system: ext4.

and mount point: ""

Then I allocated 4GB extra for "swap".

Then I installed Ubuntu and it completed smoothly. Then it asked me to reboot. After rebooting, I was expecting a menu to choose between Linux and Windows, but I didn't get any menu at all. My Windows booted normally.

What do I need to configure to get my dual boot system working?

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  • This link may be of help to you: http://askubuntu.com/questions/288396/windows-7-and-ubuntu-13-04-dual-boot-grub-menu-not-showing?rq=1 – vivid_vibe Jan 01 '14 at 00:39

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Don't worry. This happened to me when I installed Ubuntu myself. the "menu" you're talking about is called a "bootloader". The "windows boot loader" does not detect anything but windows. That's why Ubuntu should install "grub" which detects Ubuntu and will detect windows.

Now to install grub you need the Ubuntu live usb again. Boot the computer from it

...then you have two options; one is getting a program from the internet that does the whole trick. It's called boot repair. It's the easy choice. You can follow the link commented by vivid_vibe Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 dual boot, GRUB menu not showing

or if for example you have trouble connecting to the internet then there are a set of instructions that you can do manually from a terminal to fix the problem but it's not as easy as the program . Here's how to do it How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)

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Boot from the USB again into Ubuntu and follow the instructions below:

Open Terminal, and type:

sudo mount /dev/sdX /mnt

sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev && sudo mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts && sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc && sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
sudo chroot /mnt
grub-install /dev/sdX
grub-install --recheck /dev/sdX 
update-grub
exit && sudo umount /mnt/dev && sudo umount /mnt/dev/pts && sudo umount /mnt/proc && sudo umount /mnt/sys && sudo umount /mnt

Where /dev/sdX is your partition, like /dev/sda or /dev/sdb.

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