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alexxx

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Ubuntu totally took over!
« on: October 14, 2010, 02:40:52 PM »
I tried to follow an online guide to dual-boot Ubuntu with Windows 7, but I must have messed up somewhere.

Now, my computer will /only/ boot Ubuntu.  Can someone help me get Windows back?  Thanks a lot!
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2x3i5x



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Re: Ubuntu totally took over!
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2010, 03:48:44 PM »
do you have a windows 7 installation CD somewhere? (Or if this is a HP or compaq computer, you might have a reinstallation system already on your computer set up by HP)

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Re: Ubuntu totally took over!
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2010, 06:19:02 PM »
Quote from: alexxx on October 14, 2010, 02:40:52 PM
I tried to follow an online guide to dual-boot Ubuntu with Windows 7, but I must have messed up somewhere.

Now, my computer will /only/ boot Ubuntu.  Can someone help me get Windows back?  Thanks a lot!
So, you see no screen during startup where you can choose which OS to boot, right?
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agreimann

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Re: Ubuntu totally took over!
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2010, 10:10:06 AM »
You need to find the custom file and add Windows 7 to it if grub didn't pick it up (unlikely) or run update-grub /dev/sda as root (assuming it is sda, and not hda--run parted -l to see your list of drives).
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