Solved Dual boot problem while installing ubuntu 10.10 with windows 7 on hp

[Samiksha]

Hello friends,

I am trying to make my new laptop hp- dv6 3174 dual boot with two operating systems Windows 7(which is preinstalled) and Ubuntu 10.10.
But after i install ubuntu, windows is getting erased. I tried repairing with system repair disc but not possible. Even if i put system repair disc it again ask to insert repair disc. And if i try to repair is with system image it replaces ubuntu with windows 7.
I asked some people here they are saying its issue with hp and not windows.
If anybody can solve this issue will be of gr8 help.

thank you

 

[LagoonLegion]

Please state it clearly, precisely, I mean.

Can you start Windows 7 now?

 

[Samiksha]

re

no
only ubuntu.
but if i recover it with system image then windows will work but ubuntu will be erased.

 

[LagoonLegion]

First, download EasyBcd (open souce software developed by Ubuntu).

Link; Download EasyBCD 2.0.2.117 Free - A handy tool for tweaking your system - Softpedia

Install it with Windows 7, and run the EasyBcd.

Note: Don't delete the original entry of Windows 7 in EasyBcd.

You just need to add another entry for your Ubuntu. (Those settings with check box in EasyBcd under the last menu bar, just ignore it. By the way, you can change the name of the Windows 7 entry in EasyBcd (remove entry and rename entry are two different things)). Just to get the issue solve, you don't rename it first, because you may do something worst later as you confuse. Rename after you settle down the issue.

Restart, you are done, everything will work as fine as you wish.

Legion

 

[Samiksha]

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do i need to uninstall ubuntu before running easybcd?

 

[LagoonLegion]

No...

 

[Samiksha]

but to run easybcd windows 7 should boot na....

 

[Samiksha]

my problem is that windows 7 is not booting at all

 

[LagoonLegion]

Repair like what you had done before, start your Windows 7, and install.

 

[theog]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/116098-dual-boot-windows-7-ubuntu.html?ltr=D

 

[TCG]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/116098-dual-boot-windows-7-ubuntu.html?ltr=D

This guide assumes that you already have windows installed. Samiksha, make sure you restore your windows before following this guide.

I'd recommend choosing option 2 for installation from this guide. One change I'd recommend for a novice user with this is to choose "install alongside other operating systems" during step 8 listed in the instructions that theog linked you to. It is just a bit more user friendly to resize the partitions this way. Great tutorial though, if you follow the steps provided you should have no trouble getting both Windows and Ubuntu installed properly.


Good luck

 

[fafhrd]

Samiksha, in Ubuntu, from the terminal console window, what is the output from the command:

sudo fdisk -l

I just want to know what partitions everything is installed to.

 

[severedsolo]

Hi Samiksha,

From the sounds of your original Post, Windows has been wiped out and Ubuntu is newly installed correct?

This is the guide that I used: Dual-Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu in Perfect Harmony I would recommend starting again and following this, as it shows you perfectly how to do it.


One thing I would change though, is rather than precreating the Ubuntu Partition, instead use Disk management (search for it in Windows start menu) and created "Unallocated Space" on the hard drive to install Ubuntu into. When Ubuntu asks you to select partitions, select "Install ubuntu to largest free unallocated space" (or something like that, I can't remember the exact wording),

Hope it helps

 

[Samiksha]

thank you all of u for helping me.
I again redid the proces. First i reloaded my Windows 7 OS.
Then using Ubuntu 10.10 live CD I installed it using "install alongside other operating systems" during step 8.
It got installed properly.
Now i can boot in both OS's.
No problem.
Thank you.

Samiksha

 

[fafhrd]

Congratulations!