<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106679">Xen, Ralf, J.L. thank you so much for your answers.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106665">For the moment I will try to start Win8 using the istall DVD.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106680">It's a shame for me but I miss Win8.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106552"><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106553"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106558" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106557"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106556"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106555"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106554" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Manolis L. via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Manolis L. <malog1@yahoo.co.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 30, 2017 1:51 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Ubuntu 16.04 and Win 8 can't dual booting<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106588"><br><div id="yiv8354918962"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106591"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106590"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106589">Hi<br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106592">Thanks Ralf. It is a relief to know that Windows partition is in place.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106622">For the moment let's forget about grub and grub menu and look for a simpler remedy.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_106696">Is there any way using "external means" e.g. Ubuntu live CD to start the Windows OS ?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Thanks again.<br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22832"><span></span></div><div class="yiv8354918962qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22833"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8354918962yqt9844348588" id="yiv8354918962yqt33383"><div class="yiv8354918962yahoo_quoted" id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22840" style="display:block;"> <div id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22839" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22838" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22837"> <font id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22836" size="2" face="Arial"> </font><hr size="1"> <b id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22835"><span id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22834" style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet@zoho.com><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 30, 2017 12:59 PM<br clear="none"> <b id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22845"><span id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22844" style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Ubuntu 16.04 and Win 8 can't dual booting<br clear="none"> </div> <div class="yiv8354918962y_msg_container" id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22841"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv8354918962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1509356172874_22842">On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 09:45:59 +0000 (UTC), Manolis L. wrote:<br clear="none">>Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type<br clear="none">>/dev/sda1 * 2048 148062594 148060547 70,6G 83 Linux<br clear="none">>/dev/sda2 148064254 1465145343 1317081090 628G f W95 Ext'd (LBA)<br clear="none">>/dev/sda5 148064256 1339246591 1191182336 568G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT<br clear="none">>/dev/sda6 1339248640 1465145343 125896704 60G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>So the question is the following: According to this output is at the<br clear="none">>disk a correct and usefull win8 partition or not<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Hi,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">most likely you didn't lost Windows 8. You first could try to<br clear="none">automatically generate the missing Windows chainload entry. This not<br clear="none">necessarily is all you need to do, but it could be all that you have<br clear="none">to do.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If you google for something like<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> ubuntu windows missing in grub menu<br clear="none"><br clear="none">the first hints recommend to run<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> sudo update-grub<br clear="none"><br clear="none">;).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Regards,<br clear="none">Ralf<div class="yiv8354918962yqt5579080209" id="yiv8354918962yqtfd31618"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">ubuntu-users mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br clear="none">Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="yqt9844348588" id="yqt38888">-- <br clear="none">ubuntu-users mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br clear="none">Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>