Windows 8, home built computer, won't show Ubuntu on boot menu

[ReviewSpin]

I built a machine couple of months ago, and decided to put Windows 8 on it. Although I love Windows 8, I want to try Ubuntu for a spin and see if I like it. So ... I have a 12.10 Ubuntu Disk my friend gave me (i figured I'd just upgrade to the latest once I boot into Ubuntu) and I installed it with no problem!

Until it restarts ... and it shows my OS and let's me choose which one ... and it's only Windows 8. I don't know what I need to do. I have tried again and again to reinstall the OS.

Any suggestions?

JUst for your info, I have an AMD A8 3GHZ processor. 16GB of ram. All should work well with Linux.

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Any suggestions?

[zero2xiii]

Just to be clear,

When you restart the computer, does a "new" screen (the grub prompt) appear with windows 8 as the ONLY option?

May I suggest you go the route of Boot-repair:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
This might be the easiest solution, given it is a easy problem and NOT a UEFI problem and such.

Please see this link (also GRUB2 in my signature) for a whole document on grub and installing, and fixing it to boot OS's and other related things:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Troubleshooting

Also see my "help us help you" link in my signature for more information.


Cheers and good luck

[ReviewSpin]

Just to be clear,

When you restart the computer, does a "new" screen (the grub prompt) appear with windows 8 as the ONLY option?

May I suggest you go the route of Boot-repair:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
This might be the easiest solution, given it is a easy problem and NOT a UEFI problem and such.

Please see this link (also GRUB2 in my signature) for a whole document on grub and installing, and fixing it to boot OS's and other related things:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Troubleshooting

Also see my "help us help you" link in my signature for more information.


Cheers and good luck

Yes, that is exactly what happens. And okay, I'll try that.