13.10 - Duel Boot Ubuntu/Win7 no Grub Menu

[RickJC]

Hi All,

After one of my hard drives failed on laptop i had to re-install Windows7 along side my Ubuntu 13.10 OS on the same Disk, of course doing this removed the Grub menu on start-up so i have no option to choose which OS to use and it boots straight into Windows :(

Am i correct in saying if i put a Ubuntu install media (USB) in and do a repair it'll put (create) the Grub Menu back, thus allowing me to choose which OS I can boot into?

Thanks

[oldfred]

Probably the easiest.
Boot Repair -Also handles LVM, GPT, separate /boot and UEFI dual boot.:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
You can repair many boot issues with this or 'Create BootInfo' report (Other Options) & post the link it creates, so we can see your exact configuration and diagnose advanced problems.

Or you can from your live installer, just manually mount / (and /boot if separate partition) and reinstall grub.

How to restore the Ubuntu/XP/Vista/7 bootloader
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreUbuntu/XP/Vista/7Bootloader
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing#Fixing_a_Broken_System (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreUbuntu/XP/Vista/7Bootloader)

[RickJC]

Thank you for your reply, i'll give Boot-Repair a try and let you know how it went.

Many thanks.