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I used to have a dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04. I wanted to update the latter to 18.04, so I made a bootable USB with Rufus and made the replacement. The Ubuntu installer itself told me that it had identified Ubuntu 14.04 in the computer, and it asked me whether I wanted to uninstall it to install the newer version. I clicked on this option, and then when I tried to boot with Ubuntu in the GRUB menu, a shell appears:

Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
  — Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
    — Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
    — Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
  — Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/<long-number-i-wont-type> does not exist.   
Dropping to a shell! 

BusyBox v.1.21.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1) built-in shell (ash)   
Enter 'help' for list of built-in commands.  

(initramfs)

To solve this, I ran from the Live USB the Boot Repair tool. After doing this, when I turn on the computer, the GRUB just shows Ubuntu. Namely, I can't access to Windows anymore, because the screen that lets me select the OS doesn't show it now. The Ubuntu booting was solved, though, but I would like to have the previous GRUB menu back.

The files are still there I believe, because I can see the Windows partition from my Ubuntu.

Here is the output of the Boot Repair I performed before the issue appeared.

Is there any way to do this?

Tendero
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