dual booting Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 7

[Basil Chupin]

On 27/05/13 17:03, Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Gerhard Magnus <magnus at agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
>> This may be helpful to anyone trying to dual boot Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows
>> 7, or even just to install Ubuntu 13.04 by itself on some post-2010
>> machines. At least the details will end up on the Web for someone having
>> similar problems.
>>
>> I bought a new box with the Intel DB75EN motherboard that uses the UEFI
>> standard and DPT partitioning for the hard drives. I also bought Windows 7
>> Home Premium and had it installed at the shop. My plan was to dual boot
>> Windows and Linux as I have successfully for the past decade or so. (I still
>> need Windows because some people I collaborate with use Microsoft Word, and
>> LibreOffice has never quite caught up with it.)
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> If you're using UEFI, there's no MBR! If you're using UEFI, you can go 
> into the firmware either right after boot or from the grub menu 
> ("System setup") and select Windows or Ubuntu - unless you've deleted 
> the UEFI boot entries from NVRAM. Once in Ubuntu, you can fix grub to 
> display both Windows and Ubuntu options. I've installed Ubuntu 
> alongside both Win7 and Win8 (the latter with SB) without a hitch. 

Correct me if I am wrong but Win 7 does not require UEFI, even if the 
mobo has UEFI; Win 8 on the other hand probably does require UEFI to 
function.

Both my computer and my wife's have UEFI motherboards but UEFI is turned 
off.

BC

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