Sunday, July 14, 2019

14.04 - Ubuntu and Windows 8.1 dual boot problem

I have Asus X550C laptop which came with FreeDOS on it.
I installed Windows 8.1 on it and then Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Then when I rebooted the system only Ubuntu was booting up. I updated grub using sudo update-grub command and it found the Windows and everything was running smoothly.



But after a month I had to repair Ubuntu because of some issues. I booted with a boot-able USB and chose to repair the existing installation of Ubuntu. This time I can't locate Windows 8 for the life of me. I edited the grub file to show at start-up. Edited the grub file to add menu entry. But nothing.



Please help me boot windows as I have my life's work on that.



sudo parted -l

Model: ATA WDC WD5000LPVX-8 (scsi)

Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 538MB 537MB fat32 boot
2 538MB 496GB 495GB ext4
3 496GB 500GB 4174MB linux-swap(v1)

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