GRUB booting only Ubuntu but not Windows 8

Question

I have Windows 8 installed in C drive (by default from Lenovo) & Ubuntu separately installed in another partition.

When I start my computer it leads straight to the GRUB menu. There I can see options to load Ubuntu and Windows 8.

When I select Ubuntu it works fine, but when I select Windows 8 option, then it leads straight back to the GRUB menu.

Hence I am unable to boot into Windows 8 via the GRUB menu (the only way I can boot into Windows 8 is by using the one touch recovery button).

Elder Geek · Answer 1 · 2014-04-26T21:37:07.790

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Boot Ubuntu. Try opening a terminal by holding down CTRL and ALT and tapping T and then issue the command

sudo update-grub

This should find your windows 8 installation again. If this doesn't work it's possible you've overwritten your Windows 8 boot sector which you would need to repair with windows 8 media and then reinstall grub (making sure you don't overwrite the windows boot sector again) so you can boot ubuntu.

edited Apr 26 '14 at 21:37

answered Apr 26 '14 at 21:28

Elder Geek

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are u suggesting to do this when grub loader appears during startup or when i have already booted inside ubuntu? – user274700 Apr 26 '14 at 21:32
@user274700 booted inside ubuntu – Elder Geek Apr 26 '14 at 21:36
it says "grub-mkconfig: You must run this as root" – user274700 Apr 26 '14 at 21:39
@user274700 edited answer – Elder Geek Apr 26 '14 at 21:41

GRUB booting only Ubuntu but not Windows 8

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