dual booting Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 7

[Tom H]

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 27/05/13 17:03, Tom H wrote:


>> 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.

Neither win7 nor Win8 require UEFI.

Microsoft's Win8 certification requires UEFI with "Secure Boot".


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

To be exact: you're using UEFI in legacy mode. :)