[ubuntu-uk] Dual booting Windows 8.1 woth Ubuntu 13.10

[Colin Law]

On 6 November 2013 11:53, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbplinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> Having problems with this.
> Machine is Lenovo U410 with UEFI and Intel Rapid Start.
> Installing 13.04 works fine - sees the Windows OS as per normal and
> allows installing into the prepared free space.
> If I try to install 13.10, it doesn't detect Windows 8.1 at all.
> I'm reluctant to proceed manually as I'm not sure what will happen
> because of this "non-detection".
> Has anyone experienced this, and is there a way round?

Are you trying the 64 bit version of 13.10?  If not then try that.  If
it worked with 13.04 (which I guess was 64 bit) then 13.10 should be
ok.  Of course you could just upgrade your 13.04 to 13.10 rather than
re-install.

Colin