• Microsoft Murders Ubuntu
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Okay, so basically I wanted to reinstall windows on my desktop computer. First I installed Ubuntu as a backup, on a seperate partition. That was meant to be the boot partition. Then, i used the larger partition to reinstall my 64bit version of Vista home premium. Now, when I boot the computer, it goes straight to windows, which i don't want (i need the other boot so i can get on the net to download drivers for my graphics card etc) and I cant figure out how to change this. In the computer folder on windows, it only shows the windows hdd as a hard disk, not any of the partitions. note that the windows harddisk has not boot.ini or anything. In short, how can I make the computer boot to ubuntu again? it doesnt give me a choice at any stage atm and i cannot access the ubuntu harddrive.
Boot from the Ubuntu disc and reinstall grub. [url]http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-restore-grub-2-after-reinstalling-windows-xpvistawin7[/url] Work from option 2. Or this guide might be better if you aren't very linux-savvy [url]http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/reinstall-ubuntu-grub-bootloader-after-windows-wipes-it-out/[/url]
In general it is easier to, if you want a dual boot, install Windows then Ubuntu, because Ubuntu is all considerate of other OSes, and Windows just fucks everything and takes over
When I boot from my 11.04 CD instead of coming up with an image like this one [url]http://www.ubuntu.com/sites/www.ubuntu.com/files/active/natty/01-welcome.jpg[/url] it comes up with a barebones, purple backgrounded page asking me to select my language. That then takes me to a list of boot options, none of which include the livecd boot. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
That Welcome screen is after the liveCD finishes booting. The early boot menu you're referring to should have something like "Try Ubuntu with no change to your computer" as one of the boot options.
My options at the menu are: Install Ubuntu Check disk for defects Test memory Boot from first hard disk Rescue a broken system Below that is a section called boot options: F1 - Help F2 - Language F3 - Keymap F4 - Modes F5 - Accessibility F6 - Other Options None of the above, when selected or pressed or activated in any way give any option to boot from a live cd. In the past (older distros) i have done this by the way, so this is especially perplexing to me.
Not all Ubuntu CDs available for download are live CDs. Some of them are just install CDs that don't boot into Ubuntu, but instead run entirely from a blocky terminal GUI-like thing. If you are just wanting to install, you might be able to figure out the terminal option, or maybe you should redownload.
No, say install, and on the boot hit "try" to load the LiveCD.
use neosmartboot software on windows machine and add the partition with grub on it [editline]15th May 2011[/editline] this is caused by windows automatically changing the boot partition to the windows partition, which has the windows bootloader, causing ubuntu to get ignored. with neosmartwhatever, an entry for the grub partition can be added [editline]15th May 2011[/editline] nvm it's called easybcd [editline]15th May 2011[/editline] [img]http://gyazo.com/13b3f510aa9f0897bcaa12b1981e2f63.png[/img] use this menu, i donno what version of grub you have, change device to linux partition
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