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DISCLAIMER: I am very new to UBUNTU and Linux in general!

I have installed UBUNTU on my external HDD. My computer has Win 8.1 on its HDD. What I want is to get the GRUB screen at bootup asking for UBUNTU or Windows Boot Manager. After installing UBUNTU on my external, I got that screen ONCE! I selected Windows Boot Manager (At least I think that's what it's called), and I have never gotten that screen again!

I have my computer set to boot from USB first, then the windows boot manager, so I know it's looking to the external ... but for some reason, it always boots strait in to Win 8.1. I have gone in to my UEFI and turned off Secure Boot, and that made no difference. Is there any way to boot UBUNTU from a USB drive with a native HDD running 8.1?

P.S. Not sure why this matters, but I see people asking, so I will answer: I installed UBUNTU from WUBI.

Thanks in advance!!!

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I have my computer set to boot from USB first, then the windows boot manager, so I know it's looking to the external ... but for some reason, it always boots strait in to Win 8.1.

I am unable to boot my ubuntu installer in "try before installing" mode. I wasn't able to boot the installer at all on this Win8 PC.

Sounds like you installed Ubuntu in MBR mode on the other computer instead of getting it to boot properly on your UEFI computer in the first place.

Add an ESP to an existing installation with MBR may be what you are looking for.

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