I tried to install Ubuntu alongside windows 8.1. I disabled secure boot and made sure UEFI was enabled and moved the DVD above Windows Boot manager in the boot order. But the Ubuntu installation still doesn't detect windows on the system. It gives me the options to erase all data on the hard drive or do something else, and if I do something else then I get a list of partitions.  What else can I do to get the installation to detect windows?  Thanks in advance for any help.
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Whenever I startup from the LinuxLive USB, and try to install Ubuntu 12.04, it only gives me two options instead of the usual 3 or 4. My options are "Replace Windows 7 with Ubuntu" and "Something Else". Whenever I go into "Something else", it looks extremely confusing. How do I install it side-by-side while using the "Something else" section? These are my partitions.   /dev/sda /dev/sda1 ntfs (104Mb, System Required Partition) /dev/sda2 ntfs (1000097Mb, Windows 7 Partition)   Or should I try reinstalling my installer on a CD rather than USB and maybe then it will have the "Install alongside" function?
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I have Windows 8 pre-installed, and then I installed GRUB with Ubuntu. Ubuntu is not my thing, so now I want to remove it along with GRUB. From what I have learned, with UEFI, GRUB does not overwrite the windows bootloader in the EFI partition and is stored elsewhere. How would I remove GRUB and make my PC use the Windows bootloader instead? It should be noted that I created a separate /boot partition when installing Ubuntu.
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I installed Windows on my computer, followed by an installation of Ubuntu. However, now I'm unable to boot into my Windows install.  What can I do to fix this?
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I have created a Live USB for Ubuntu 13.10 64 bit using Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.4.4  I have restarted and booted from the USB; tried Ubuntu without installing. Everything works fine there including web browsing, videos, installing new software etc. So I decide to install Ubuntu as dual boot option to Windows 8.  When I tried installing, the options do not show the existing Windows 8 OS. It shows only the option to install Ubuntu as standalone OS. The step by step installation instructions available online mention that it should show option like "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 8"  I have a Dell Inspiron 3521 with Windows 8; UEFI boot. I have 3 options for the boot menu: "UEFI Security boot On", "UEFI Security boot Off" and "Legacy boot".   Please advise how I can get to dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu. I know that USB setup is good as I am able to boot and try from it without installing. May be boot settings?  Thanks in Advance! ~KK
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I have Windows 7 installed in my PC. In a failed attempt to create a partition my disk has been converted to dynamic including system and boot volumes. How can I install Ubuntu in a partition without affecting the Windows system?
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I have a computer that dual-boots (or tri-boots) Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 12.04. Grub boots between Windows 8 and Ubuntu; for which I use primarily. Recently, I decided to remove Ubuntu, as I hardly used it. I deleted the Ubuntu partition accidentally before replacing the Grub bootloader. Now, whenever I want to boot the machine, it gives me the "grub-rescue" prompt -- I am unable to boot into either Windows (8 nor 7), nor Ubuntu (except via USB, of course). I do not have any Windows 7/8 recovery media, so that isn't an option. Please note that after I deleted the Ubuntu partition, I put the PC into hibernate, and then turned it on. This means the C:\ [Windows 8] drive cannot be mounted. I don't know if that is bad, but it definitely doesn't make things better.  I am currently booting Ubuntu via USB, in an effort to restore the Windows bootloader. I have looked into using boot-repair to solve the problem using the instructions , although after attempting to apply the changes, it gave the error: "Please install the [mbr] packages. Then try again." I don't know why I'm getting this error; is there a way to install the 'mbr packages?' I honestly don't know what exactly they are, nor how to install them. Are there any other options I have not yet exhausted to be able to boot back into Windows, in the case that there is a better way? I want to set the bootloader to boot into Windows 8, but booting into either Windows 7 or 8 is fine (I can use EasyBCD from there). Is there a simple solution to this? I've checked BIOS, and I haven't been able to find a way to boot into Windows.
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I've heard a lot about how Microsoft is implementing UEFI Secure Boot in Windows 8. Apparently it prevents "unauthorized" bootloaders from running on the computer, to prevent malware. There's a campaign by the Free Software Foundation against secure boot, and a lot of people have been saying online that it's a "power grab" by Microsoft to "eliminate free operating systems".  If I get a computer that has Windows 8 and Secure Boot preinstalled, will I still be able to install Linux (or some other OS) later? Or does a computer with Secure Boot only ever work with Windows?
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I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a newly bought Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 71 (model: 1577-G3G) with EFI boot enabled. I opted for the Use Entire Disk option. Even though the installation process went without any problems/errors, when rebooting it now just gives me:     No bootable operating system. Insert bootable disk and press any key...   I figure this is because of EFI.   Regression:   I have checked the System Setup (F1 during POST) to find a BIOS option to disable EFI/UEFI boot, however, there is no such option for this machine. This might be caused by a "Secure Boot" feature in the BIOS. The hardware vendor does not know of any such "secure boot" setting in the BIOS that would prevent Linux from booting. Lenovo support did not know anything about a BIOS setting called secure boot. They also did not know of any limitations that would prevent Linux from booting. The  does not mention EFI, UEFI nor secure boot.   How do I install Ubuntu on a machine with EFI? - Or, since Ubuntu is probably already installed: how do I make it boot Ubuntu?
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I have two systems installed previously Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I was trying to reinstall Ubuntu and format the Ubuntu OS partition using a tool in Windows 7.   When I have Ubuntu ready on a USB stick and restart my laptop, it prompts me with the GRUB rescue screen. If I boot from USB to install Ubuntu, it just hangs.   Anyway, I messed up everything. So my question is how can I boot Windows 7 now?
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How can I install Ubuntu on Windows 10 as dual boot? I have a DVD with Ubuntu and when I tried to install Ubuntu I had a warning that the hard disk will be erased. How can I install Ubuntu and keep my Windows 10? Thanks
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So basically as it stands I have a laptop which has no cd/dvd drive, and I don't have a usb drive.  The laptop has windows 7 installed with ubuntu 11.04 installed through wubi.  What I want to do is remove windows completely, and make ubuntu the only OS installed on the system.  Is there a way to do this without re-installing ubuntu? (i.e. can I take my wubi install away from windows?)  or is there a way to from inside ubuntu have it run the ubuntu iso somehow so I can just wipe the system and install it fresh? (even if it means I need to have an e.g. 2gb partition just for the image to reside in).
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I want it to be look like this:    I have an HDD and an SSD in my PC, I want to install Ubuntu to SSD, I have windows on HDD. I want to be able to boot ubuntu from the windows 10 uefi boot manager. How do I do it?
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I have Windows 8 Release Customer Preview on my laptop. I tried to install Ubuntu on it with Ubuntu Windows installer (I have always used this to install, although that was on Windows 7), it installs and asks to reboot, then immediately Windows 8 boots up.  I do not have the option to choose what OS to boot. How can I boot to Ubuntu? VM is not exactly what I would like to use, but it is an option, however a last resort. Any help?
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I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 7 on my ASUS laptop and I'm new to all of this.   I'm using  the Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit ISO burned onto a CD.  The first time I tried to install it, Ubuntu said it did not detect any other OS, which meant I only had 4 options:   Erase disk and install Ubuntu (I don't want to do this) Encrypt new Ubuntu. Use LVM. Something else.   If I choose the Something else option, it brings me to the partition menu and says that I have 1 disk with free space of 750516Mb (750Gb), but that's not true because I have Windows 7.  I've already read through several questions and people have mentioned that you could only have 4 primary partitions. So I got hold of partition magic and removed my D: and E:, leaving me with primary C: partition and System reserved partition and a lot of unallocated space.  I restarted the laptop several times and booted the CD again and I got exactly the same as I did previously.  How do fix this problem and install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7?  EDIT 1  Here are my results for   sudo fdisk -l; echo; sudo parted -l; echo; mount; echo; df -h   WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.   Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0x90050371     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System /dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2          206848   146368214    73080683+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT  Warning: /dev/sda contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't understand GPT partition tables.  Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using an msdos partition table.  Is this a GPT partition table? Yes/No?     After selecting YES  Yes/No? yes                                                                Error: The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will be used. OK/Cancel?
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I need to install Ubuntu instead of Windows 7. Can you tell me the steps to do it? I don't want to install Ubuntu alongside Windows. Any precautions needed before installing Ubuntu? How do I install Ubuntu 11.10 without losing the current data in my laptop?
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I have installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 7 (no separate partitions, I selected inside windows option).   I want to uninstall Ubuntu but last time I tried it and the Ubuntu is released but the GRUB remains. How do I remove GRUB?
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I am dual booting Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04. How to tell grub not to show the boot menu and boot directly to Windows 10 by default? What should I do if I want to boot to Ubuntu 18.04 instead of the default Windows 10?