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I had Windows 10 installed along Ubuntu, and would choose from grub loader.

I later uninstalled Win 10 and installed Win 7 in its place, I updated grub in Ubuntu but the Windows 10 entry in grub did not go away.

I now have two entries, both entitled Windows 10, one in /dev/sda1 and the other in /dev/sda2.

Both load Windows 7, but not on the first try. When I initially load it, the screen is dark, while Windows has loaded in the background (I can hear the sounds).

I have to power-off the computer, then choose Windows again for the screen to work. Sometimes I have to repeat this more than once.

I don't know much in Linux so I can't tell if the problem is from Windows or grub.

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    You ran sudo update-grub from Ubuntu? Also, is Ubuntu installed in UEFI mode? – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Mar 22 '17 at 18:54
  • @AndroidDev Yes. Do you mean which 'mode I have in BIOS? I think it's legacy. – MichaelX Mar 22 '17 at 19:05
  • Usually Windows makes some other partitions alongside the main partition during the installation. Did you remove those partitions before installing Windows 7? – Dante Mar 27 '17 at 13:23
  • @Dante I fixed the issue, I'm not sure what exactly fixed it.

    I disabled the graphic terminal from grub /etc/default/grub .Grub detected Win 7 this time, I don't know why it didn't detect it the first time I updated it.

    Maybe the graphics terminal option fixed it, maybe it wasn't relevant at all.

     – MichaelX Mar 27 '17 at 16:24
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    Possible duplicate: http://askubuntu.com/a/536757/625501 – fossfreedom Mar 29 '17 at 08:11
  • Do you have a single or two or more hard disks? – user1783630 Mar 30 '17 at 18:33
  • @MichaelX when you say "sd1" above can we assume you mean sda1. To clarify can you type lsblk in the terminal and paste the output in your question. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Mar 31 '17 at 01:39
  • @WinEunuuchs2Unix As I've already said, I fixed the issue, the solution is in the link fossfreedom posted. – MichaelX Mar 31 '17 at 08:21

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This question is a duplicate of GRUB2: black screen when booting Windows but cannot be closed due to bounty rules. The solution as confirmed by OP in comments is:

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Search for the following and change the second line to look like:

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
GRUB_TERMINAL=console

Save and exit then run:

sudo update-grub
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The terminal option isn't relevant.

If you've run sudo update-grub and the results are inconsistent, That points to a hardware problem with the storage media. I highly recommend that you check the status of your /dev/sda drive as you may have failing sectors buried under the MBR or under your /boot/grub/grub.cfg file.

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