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

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

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On 06/11/2013 12:10, Colin Law wrote:
> 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
> 

Yes I am using the 64 bit version - it's only the 64 bit versions that
have support for UEFI as far as I know.
I thought about upgrading from 13.04, but was interested as to why
13.10 doesn't detect the Windows OS....

Gordon
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