Monday, August 13, 2018

14.04 - Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 8.1 SSD and HDD


I have searched every where but found nothing, probably because my case is an exception. I have Windows 8.1 installed on my 1TB HDD, I have a 120GB SSD, and I have installed Ubuntu on it with 2 partitons "/" and "/home", my laptop has a 16GB physical memory, so I don't need swap partition at the moment. So basically, I have Windows on the HDD and Ubuntu on the SDD, is it possible for me to choose which OS I want to start on startup, because every time I start my laptop, it boots straight to Windows, I can switch to Ubuntu but it is only when the laptop has fully started and I have to go into the UEFI settings and manually select Ubuntu, but then everything just falls back to normal being like without Ubuntu at all. Can someone please kindly tell me if I could dual boot Ubuntu and Windows if they are installed on 2 separate drives? If that is not possible, please kindly elaborate on how I can achieve that? I am very new to Linux. Thank you in advance


EDIT: I have managed to get it resolved by fixing the bootloader.



I just needed to fix the BootLoader, and then it allowed me to choose between Windows and Ubuntu now.


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