Windows linux Boot help

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I have both Linux and Windows installed into my system. problem is i installed windows after i installed linux, so when i boot i dont get an option to choose which one i would like to boot into. how do i solve this without having to re-install any of them?

Posted 13-Apr-11 0:53am

bonolo mashiane

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E.F. Nijboer · Answer 1 · 2011-04-13T01:14:00

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I think the Linux installation is lost because the OS installed second would have created this boot entry if you choose this option during installation.

But if you can still see the partition with Linux you could also have a look here (assuming you installed Ubuntu):
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows[^]

Good luck!

Posted 13-Apr-11 1:14am

E.F. Nijboer

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Apr-11 7:24am

Looks like a good reference, my 5.
I doubt Linux is lost, unless OP explicitly agreed to format/remove some partitions in order to make room for Windows :-).
Please see my Answer as well.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2011-04-13T01:22:00

It can be tricky without looking at your settings and resulting partition map. It cab be a little late, too. (I don't say the problem is not solvable.)

Usually, it's better to install Linux after Windows; it's much more flexible and can arrange all the partitions properly. The idea is that Linux installs master boot which uses GNU Grub multiboot loaded in the regular Linux partition.

See Grub documentation (http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/[^]), maybe it's there but Grub don't show both because it was not configured for Windows.

Which one is loaded by default? If Linux, the situation is much easier, as you can always access all partition and Grub data. Normally, Linux access all partitions including NTFS, but Windows can only access NTFS and FATs. There are a number of good third-party Windows tools to mount and access Linux file systems.

—SA