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I have both windows 10 and ubuntu 16 installed on my system.

Lately the system is automatically booting to windows. To boot to ubuntu, I first have to pause startup by pressing escape and then boot into ubuntu.

I know that I have to change the boot order to Ubuntu but am not able to do so and the grub customiser helps to change only the boot order in grub menu to the best of my knowledge.

What should I do? I am unable to find any way to change the boot order in bios

humble
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  • What is the make and model number of your computer? – L. D. James Jan 20 '17 at 11:13
  • It is HP Envy series – humble Jan 20 '17 at 11:14
  • Could you provide the /etc/default/grub content to your question? – San Lin Naing Jan 20 '17 at 11:19
  • HP has a number of Envy series computers. They even have printers with the same name stamp. Can you check your computer for more details such as the model number? I see a number of desktops and Laptops, but would like to minimize time by going to your specific model. – L. D. James Jan 20 '17 at 11:20
  • @rjmessibarca The OP isn't having a problem with Grub. He's having a problem with his BIOS. He needs to set the BIOS to boot to Grub automatically rather than him having to manually choose Grub each time the computer starts. – L. D. James Jan 20 '17 at 11:22
  • @SanLinNaing http://pastebin.com/EY7ifiiP – humble Jan 20 '17 at 11:22
  • @L.D.James Please wait a minute...I will try – humble Jan 20 '17 at 11:28
  • @rjmessibarca Could you support also the image of boot screen list when you choose to boot Ubuntu? Because you need to change GRUB_DEFAULT=0 to the Ubuntu boot order number according to this guide. – San Lin Naing Jan 20 '17 at 11:32
  • @L.D.James Product name: HP Envy 15 notebook PC Serial number:5CD437764W http://imgur.com/bTizynL – humble Jan 20 '17 at 11:34
  • @SanLinNaing The link that you gave is not of use to me. I don't wan't to change the default OS "in the grub menu". I want my PC to boot to Ubuntu so as to show me the grub menu – humble Jan 20 '17 at 11:37
  • @rjmessibarca you said "What should I do? I am unable to find any way to change the boot order in bios". BIOS only can change the boot order of multi disk such as HDD 1, HDD 2, USB1 like that. If you install OS on different media, you can change boot order in BIOS. But if you install 2 OS in one HDD, only boot loader can change boot order not BIOS. My suggestion is you should find how to configure boot loader in dual boot nature. – San Lin Naing Jan 20 '17 at 12:00
  • @rjmessibarca Bare with me for a few more minutes. – L. D. James Jan 20 '17 at 12:08
  • @L.D.James Sure and thanks for the help...been trying for the past 2 days – humble Jan 20 '17 at 12:14
  • Can you tell me what you see in the BIOS when you do these steps: Boot Options -> UEFI Boot Order > OS boot Manager? What options do you see under the OS Boot Manager? If you see Ubuntu, then select that one and save the settings and reboot. If you don't see that I'll check something different. – L. D. James Jan 20 '17 at 12:22
  • @Please wait a minute – humble Jan 20 '17 at 12:25
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    @L.D. James Thanks a lot....It worked....Please post the above aa answer so that I may accept it as the correct answer – humble Jan 20 '17 at 12:30

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The problem can be resolved by going into the 

BIOS -> UEFI Boot Order > OS Boot Manager

The exact wording will vary on different computer makes and models.

Now look for the Ubuntu entry. Select that one and save the settings.

L. D. James
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