How to make it dual boot.

chumunga · Oct 10, 2013

So I installed linux first than made a NTFS partition with Gparted for windows to be installed, and windows has been installed but now i dont know how to boot into linux? Any thoughts?

Ironsounds · Oct 10, 2013

Hello... there is a setting in your BIO's to allow you to display and choose, your BOOT sector/Drive location you want it to boot from, every time you power your computer on.

8350rocks · Oct 10, 2013

Are you running Ubuntu? If so...try this:

Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal.

Type in the command line:

Code:

sudo apt-get install boot-repair

When it's done, run boot-repair and perform the preferred/recommended (cannot recall what they call it) repair. That will give you a GRUB screen at startup to select which OS to run.

_Cosmin_ · Oct 10, 2013

Short answer... you cant unless you boot from a linux live cd and rewrite MBR and add an entry for booting windows and one for linux.
That is because you did not have 2 drives: one for each OS.
Each OS could use one partition on same drive, but since the drive has only one MBR both OS rewrite it in order to ensure its proper boot secvence...
Windows boot manager can`t properly start linux... so your only choice are to use linux boot manager to start it and windows...

Google it... there are plenty of tutorials out there: http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual+boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-harmony

8350rocks · Oct 10, 2013

_Cosmin_ :

Yes, Linux can "see" windows, but windows cannot "see" Linux. That was entirely intentional on the part of M$.

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