Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 dual boot, GRUB menu not showing

Question

I have Windows 7 Home premium 64bit installed on my laptop, Now I have installed Ubuntu Desktop 13.04 from bootable flash but Ubuntu GRUB menu not showing.

When I start my PC, after normal boot, there is no GRUB or OS Selection menu and my system loads straight into Windows 7.

I selected "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7" then from "advance partitioning tool" I selected different drives for Ubuntu root and swap.

If I run Ubuntu installer again it says you already have Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 on your system.

[Edit] I read it in ubuntu help that In the drop-down under Device for boot loader installation: Never choose any other partition! (this may break the boot of your other systems Bug #1049549) see img here So i deleted my / drive and installed ubuntu again with this configuration, its working fine now. Thanks to all for answering.

Solution

Boot up a live usb and try to repair the bootloader with these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install boot-repair

After installing 'boot-repair' launch this program from dash by searching for the term and click its icon to launch it.

If this doesn't work then boot into Windows 7, download and install a freeware called 'EasyBCD' (latest version is 2.2)

After installing this tool, select 'add new entry' column and install grub under the Linux tab.

Sorry I'm on my phone now so I can't add links and pictures to the post. I'll surely edit this post today when I get to the house

Hope this helps.

Comments

[Mitch]

What happens if you leave the USB flash in and reboot?

[Stefano Mtangoo]

in USB live CD do sudo grub-install then sudo update-grub and reboot. And give feedback

[sohailehmad]

I have solved my problem read edit portion of my Question. Thanks for your effort.

[Tojamismis]

It's still best to choose the best suited answer to close this question

[Adi Prasetyo]

the easybcd is paid softwere?

[Tojamismis]

@AdiPrasetyo "freeware"