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PadawanGeek
November 20th, 2009, 03:11 AM
I have had Ubuntu running on my laptop for a while now, and decided to dual boot Windows 7 RC on my laptop. The installation worked great, and the Ubuntu partition was preserved, but I can't get to Ubuntu because the grub doesn't come up when I boot. It just goes straight to "Starting Windows" screen.

How do I get the grub back so I can get into Ubuntu?

frriction
November 20th, 2009, 03:33 AM
This link will help you
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275

raymondh
November 20th, 2009, 03:42 AM
@ frriction .....GRUB2 works on a Karmic install so it'll depend on what version ubuntu the OP is using :)

@ OP ..... Your ubuntu ID box says you are running 9.04 Jaunty. Is that so? When you installed win7, it overwrote its' bootloader in the MBR.

IF YOU ARE RUNNING JAUNTY, you need to re-install GRUB (legacy). Here's one of the many links/tutorials:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

IF YOU ARE RUNNING KARMIC, then you need to re-install GRUB2.

Happy ubuntuing.

PadawanGeek
November 20th, 2009, 04:41 AM
Oh, sorry, I haven't updated my info in a while. Yes I am using 9.10. We'll see if this works...