[ubuntu-us-mi] ubuntu 12.10 dual boot issue
Brian Brodsky
brianbrodsky at ameritech.net
Fri Nov 16 01:10:38 UTC 2012
I decided to try the new Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop. I had an old version
of Ubuntu installed in a separate partition that I had setup as a dual
boot with Windows 7, which worked fine. After I upgraded and was only
able to boot Ubuntu. When I tried to boot to windows I got the following
error: A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart. I then
fixed the windows boot-up as described on this page
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreUbuntu/XP/Vista/7Bootloader. I
downloaded the 64 bit windows recovery disk and ran bootrec /fixboot and
bootrec /fixmbr. This fixed my windows but grub no longer booted. I then
ran boot-repair as described on this page
http://askubuntu.com/questions/187862/after-update-get-error-file-not-found-followed-by-grub-rescue.
This got grub and Ubuntu back but my original problem of not being able
to boot to windows was back. After fixing windows I am able to boot to
ubuntu by booting off a super grub cd. I apparantly am not the only one
with this problem:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/203529/windows-7-not-loading-after-installing-ubuntu-12-10
and
http://askubuntu.com/questions/203529/windows-7-not-loading-after-installing-ubuntu-12-10.
Does anybody have any suggestions on what I can do to create a dual boot
system with windows 7 and ubuntu 12.10?
Thank you in advance,
Brian
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