Dual Boot Windows 7 pro and Ubuntu 14.04.2 but installed on 2 separate 500GB SSDs

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PanamaJack404

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My question is as follows; in order to dualboot with bootloader showing both OSs options (Ubuntu &Win7Pro), traditionally you neede to have them both installed on the same SSD.
Can you dual boot having WIN7Pro installed on 1 SSD (500GB) and Ubuntu 14.04.2 installed on a separate 2nd SSD (500GB) and still have the bootloader show and recognize both OSs?
 
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Try this it worked for me. Go into windows and if you have power iso or daemon tools i recommend daemon tools.

step one- mount the ubuntu iso to your daemon tools then launch the setup
step two- itll ask how many gb you want to partition it with and after you choose click the ssd you have for ubuntu
step three- click install.

if that dont work then get a use 4gb and use unetbootin to make a bootable usb.
after you do that turn off then on your pc mash your f11 or f12 f6 f2 what ever your boot menu is then boot of the usb and when it takes you then the boot menu do try ubuntu without installing
when you are in ubuntu click the install app on the desktop and go throught the process when you go to choose your drive click install alongside windows 7. if neither of these work ill go through the whole process again just to find you a solution
 
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The reason why I asked this is because I did that exactly thinking I was certain it would work without a hitch. I was wrong. Be mindful I have an ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition which uses EUFI. When Ubuntu completed the install and rebooted, it rebooted into Ubuntu and the bootloader option for WIN7 was not there. I proceeded to run boot-repair from the terminal (live-cd).

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair

Once the repair was completed, pc rebooted in to the GNU Grub version 2 bootloader showing options for UBUNTU, Advanced Option for Ubuntu and Window 7 (loader) on /dev/sdb1). Well, I selected Windows and then I got the following errors.


error: Secure Boot forbids loading module from(hd2, msdos2) /boot/grub/x86_64-efi/ntfs.mod.
error:failure reading sector 0xfc from `hd1'.
error:failure reading sector 0xe0 from `hd1'.
error:failure reading sector 0x0 from `hd1'.
error:failure reading sector 0xfc from `hd1'.
error:failure reading sector 0xe0 from `hd1'.
error:failure reading sector 0x0 from `hd1'.
error: no such device B2AC17E9AC17A6BF.
error: can't find command `parttool'.
error: disk `hd1.msdos1' not found.

Press any key to continue..._

So I figure I need to disable Secure Boot by going into the BIOS and selecting "other OS".
I do this, save and reboot.....

When the boot loader appears providing me the same options for OS as above; I select WIN7 and then the following error appears.

error: file ` /boot/grub/x86_64-efi/ntfs.mod' does not exist.
error:failure reading sector 0xfc from `hd1'.
error:failure reading sector 0xe0 from `hd1'.
error:failure reading sector 0x0 from `hd1'.
error:failure reading sector 0xfc from `hd1'.
error:failure reading sector 0xe0 from `hd1'.
error:failure reading sector 0x0 from `hd1'.
error: no such device B2AC17E9AC17A6BF.
error: can't find command `parttool'.
error: disk `hd1.msdos1' not found.

Press any key to continue..._

I can however boot into Ubuntu from the bootloader. Any ideas?
 
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