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PLEASE READ THIS PART BEFORE EVEN THINKING ABOUT CLICKING THE ANSWER FIELD. OK, so first of all some information about my computer: So, earlier today I was on the computer after a kinda crappy event that happened after school, and I figured I better occupy my bored self with something to do. So, I decided that today I would finally check out Ubuntu. So I go to the website (http://ubuntu.com for those who may be interested), follow the instructions, and then I put the disk into my computer and start installing it (after playing with it, of course). So, I chose English as my language, then I chose "Install beside it" or whatever the first option was. Basically install it along side Windows or Mac OS or whatever. So I chose that, selected my external hard drive (couldn't select the internal one for some reason), then clicked next and it installed. However, before doing all that, when I went to install Ubuntu I hibernated Windows since booting it takes so long. That was apparently a mistake. Becsue now when I turn my computer on, it goes straight to Ubuntu. I've tried every single option pretty much in the boot menu (if there is a way to fix this in that menu, do tell me :D), I played with the BIOS, but no matter what, I can't get into Windows. Now if I go into Ubuntu's "Finder" app, and click my windows partition, well the following error pops up:
That's all the details I can give for now. If someone could PLEASE help me that would be GREATLY appreciated. My plan was for Ubuntu to just be an option when I want to try something different than boring Windows or Mac OS. But it seems that plan failed. Sorry if there are too many horrible grammar errors here. It's 2:37 AM and I'm actually going to bed right now becsue I didn't realize how late it was. Seriously though, if you can help, that would be AWESOME! |
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Open the Terminal For Lubuntu 10.10, you need to install os-prober with sudo apt-get install os-prober and then update grub again with sudo update-grub This command should find windows and add it to the grub loader. ref: askubuntu.com I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 though. Will it still work? ok, so I did that, rebooted, still stuck in Ubuntu, so how to I get into Windows? |
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I see you installed Ubuntu on an external hard drive. Have you tried shutting down, unplugging the external drive, and then starting the computer back up? Also, I agree with @Joss on his suggestion to install GRUB. Yes I have. All it does is the floppy drive makes a horrifying noise, and then I have to hard reset it after it tells me a drive doesn't exist or something. |
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Are there any other possible things I can try? This is actually very serious |

