manngaurav
March 15th, 2014, 02:32 PM
My Laptop - Acer Aspire 4752 , intel i3-2330M , 500GB HDD , 2GB RAM.
I think it doesn't have UEFI and secure boot etc.. bought it in 2012.
I had win 8.1 , i was very enthusiasticc about ubuntu, download speeds are low here , i had the 13.04 iso so i installed 13.04 and dual booted it. it was like a cake. So now it notified me of upgrading to 13.10 and the upgrade freezed. I cancelled it , downlaoded the 13.10 iso and booted through live usb. It gave me options of upgrading and clean install.
Unknowingly i clicked on the "ERASE 13.04 AND INSTALL 13.10" , I also checked the encryption boxes and encrypted my drive. Then it was fine , updated BOOTED STRAIGHT IN ubuntu 13.10 , grub didn't show up.(usually the problem is that you boot straight into windows and grub doesn't show up , which is fixed by bootrepair).
I ran bootrepair here is the my bootinfo BEFORE RUNNING BOOTREPAIR (http://paste.ubuntu.com/7094954/).
AND here is the bootinfo AFTER RUNNING BOOTREPAIR. (http://paste.ubuntu.com/7094973/).
Now in my bios there is a strange addition in the boot sequence , which is named ubuntu. the main HDD 0 is also there. I am very suspicious of that ubuntu label , i don't know where that came form.
And the grub now shows me three options 1)boot into ubuntu. 2)advanced options in ubuntu. 3)ubuntu/efi/manager(something like this).
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I am unable to get to my windows :( .
So after looking at gparted , i realized my windows is gone...now I am pissed off, i thought the upgrade would only mess with the seperate partiton that i had created for 13.04. My data is lost and now my dad is going to kill me , we share the same laptop. :(
I can't do anything now , so rather than banging my head , i have decided to completely switch to ubuntu and see how far can i go.
I want to REMOVE GRUB THAT SHOWS THOSE THREE OPTIONS and boot straight into ubuntu.
I want to DECRYPT THE DRIVE as it asks for password everytime , which i am sure will annoy other users.(no i am not talking about the login password , my laptop is shared with not so enthusiastic people who wouldn't like to enter the encryption pswd and then the login password of user account.)
Can someone explain to me as to what the drvies are, why is there a key on two of them and why an red exclamation mark on the last one and what does the boot label mean int the last column of first line.. here in this screencshot.
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And i have the win 8.1 iso , i plan to install it again, can someone help me with the exact process for dual boot as after having delted windows , now i dont want to end up deleting ubuntu .. and the installing it again.
I think it doesn't have UEFI and secure boot etc.. bought it in 2012.
I had win 8.1 , i was very enthusiasticc about ubuntu, download speeds are low here , i had the 13.04 iso so i installed 13.04 and dual booted it. it was like a cake. So now it notified me of upgrading to 13.10 and the upgrade freezed. I cancelled it , downlaoded the 13.10 iso and booted through live usb. It gave me options of upgrading and clean install.
Unknowingly i clicked on the "ERASE 13.04 AND INSTALL 13.10" , I also checked the encryption boxes and encrypted my drive. Then it was fine , updated BOOTED STRAIGHT IN ubuntu 13.10 , grub didn't show up.(usually the problem is that you boot straight into windows and grub doesn't show up , which is fixed by bootrepair).
I ran bootrepair here is the my bootinfo BEFORE RUNNING BOOTREPAIR (http://paste.ubuntu.com/7094954/).
AND here is the bootinfo AFTER RUNNING BOOTREPAIR. (http://paste.ubuntu.com/7094973/).
Now in my bios there is a strange addition in the boot sequence , which is named ubuntu. the main HDD 0 is also there. I am very suspicious of that ubuntu label , i don't know where that came form.
And the grub now shows me three options 1)boot into ubuntu. 2)advanced options in ubuntu. 3)ubuntu/efi/manager(something like this).
251173251172
I am unable to get to my windows :( .
So after looking at gparted , i realized my windows is gone...now I am pissed off, i thought the upgrade would only mess with the seperate partiton that i had created for 13.04. My data is lost and now my dad is going to kill me , we share the same laptop. :(
I can't do anything now , so rather than banging my head , i have decided to completely switch to ubuntu and see how far can i go.
I want to REMOVE GRUB THAT SHOWS THOSE THREE OPTIONS and boot straight into ubuntu.
I want to DECRYPT THE DRIVE as it asks for password everytime , which i am sure will annoy other users.(no i am not talking about the login password , my laptop is shared with not so enthusiastic people who wouldn't like to enter the encryption pswd and then the login password of user account.)
Can someone explain to me as to what the drvies are, why is there a key on two of them and why an red exclamation mark on the last one and what does the boot label mean int the last column of first line.. here in this screencshot.
251170251171
And i have the win 8.1 iso , i plan to install it again, can someone help me with the exact process for dual boot as after having delted windows , now i dont want to end up deleting ubuntu .. and the installing it again.