I am very new to Ubuntu. Chose the option to load Ubuntu alongside Windows 7 from my flashdrive. When I was prompted to set the partitions, I allowed it to do it automatically (to avoid issues... so much for that).
Everything seemed to go fine but my PC now just boots into Ubuntu 13.04 as if it is the only OS; there is no option to choose Windows 7. I tried boot-repair (recommended settings option) to no avail. I haven't tried anything under the Advanced Options
so that I won't make it worse before getting some feedback.
In the past, I had to have my PC repaired after a nasty virus. It's an HP pavillion 1230n that had Windows XP originally, but when I got it after repairs it had Windows 7 ultimate 7601 build (I think) anyway, it always had a pop up that I needed to get genuine Windows. I also noticed Vista listed on my pastebin but I've never used Vista on my PC.
I downloaded gparted but haven't made any changes.
I hope I've provided enough information. Any help would be greatly appreciated or just point me in the right direction. I've seen many similar posts with small differences and countless "solutions" however I don't know enough to be able to identify if what worked for them would work for me or make it harder for someone to help me.
Thanks in advance
sudo fdisk -l
shows:
Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1549f232
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 30722047 15360000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 * 30722048 30926847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 30926848 316314777 142693965 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 316315646 390721535 37202945 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 316315648 388757503 36220928 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 388759552 390721535 980992 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 2003 MB, 2003795968 bytes
32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1941 cylinders, total 3913664 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2c46034e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 63 3913055 1956496+ 6 FAT16
I never see any options to boot into Vista or anything when booting. It just goes straight into Ubuntu. When I hit enter during booting to get into settings the only thing I can do is boot into Ubuntu from hard drive or boot into Ubuntu from my jump drive.
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