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I am very new to Ubuntu. Chose the option to load Ubuntu alongside Windows 7 from my flashdrive. When I was prompted to set the partitions, I allowed it to do it automatically (to avoid issues... so much for that).

Everything seemed to go fine but my PC now just boots into Ubuntu 13.04 as if it is the only OS; there is no option to choose Windows 7. I tried boot-repair (recommended settings option) to no avail. I haven't tried anything under the Advanced Options so that I won't make it worse before getting some feedback.

In the past, I had to have my PC repaired after a nasty virus. It's an HP pavillion 1230n that had Windows XP originally, but when I got it after repairs it had Windows 7 ultimate 7601 build (I think) anyway, it always had a pop up that I needed to get genuine Windows. I also noticed Vista listed on my pastebin but I've never used Vista on my PC.

I downloaded gparted but haven't made any changes.

I hope I've provided enough information. Any help would be greatly appreciated or just point me in the right direction. I've seen many similar posts with small differences and countless "solutions" however I don't know enough to be able to identify if what worked for them would work for me or make it harder for someone to help me.

Thanks in advance

sudo fdisk -l shows:

Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders, total 390721968 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1549f232

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1            2048    30722047    15360000    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2   *    30722048    30926847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3        30926848   316314777   142693965    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4       316315646   390721535    37202945    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       316315648   388757503    36220928   83  Linux
/dev/sda6       388759552   390721535      980992   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 2003 MB, 2003795968 bytes
32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1941 cylinders, total 3913664 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2c46034e

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *          63     3913055     1956496+   6  FAT16

I never see any options to boot into Vista or anything when booting. It just goes straight into Ubuntu. When I hit enter during booting to get into settings the only thing I can do is boot into Ubuntu from hard drive or boot into Ubuntu from my jump drive.

Zanna
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Try sudo update-grub2, and restart to see if win7 appears.

If not, post the result of sudo fdisk -l

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I notice that the origin ntfs partitions still exist.

By the way, have you try the vista entry or the others when booting?

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open terminal sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

In the popup window, find the line GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0, add # before it or simply delete this line. Save and quit.

return to the terminal, sudo update-grub

reboot

superweijiafeng
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