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ubuntu dual boot windows 7 for vaio grub terminal problem

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http://askubuntu.com – I've followed the instructions for the ubuntu windows installer for my Sony Vaio laptop(SVT131A11M) and once the system restarted it gave me an option to boot into Win7 or Ubuntu. But when I shut down the machine and I choose to boot in to Ubuntu I select that option and it now takes me to the GNU GRUB termial with a grub> prompt. I'm able to boot into Win7 ok but cant boot into Ubunti any longer. I'm confused why this happens when it let me initially boot into Ubuntu. Please help (HowTos)

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Submitted by funckax on 10/21/2012

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I followed the instructions for the Ubuntu windows installer on my Sony Vaio laptop (model SVT131A11M). Upon restart I was prompt to choose the OS for boot (Win7 or Ubuntu), but then I shut down the machine and from the next boot, every time I choose to boot into Ubuntu, the GNU GRUB terminal appears with a grub> prompt.

Now I'm able to boot into Win7, but can't boot into Ubuntu properly.

Hola,

I have just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Sony Vaio T. I first shrank my C: in Windows 8. Then installed Ubuntu and used the space to set up a Swap and the rest was my /. I ran Boot-Repair. ect ect.

So my problem is that the GRUB menu will come up and Windows won't start. It will go to the troubleshoot screen. Then I CAN start Windows through there.

I am fairly new to Linux/Ubuntu and am in need of some help. I have dual booted Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 on 2 separate hard drives. After several attempts, I was only able to get it working by changing the BIOS hd boot option. I then found some threads on repairing the boot process by using Boot-Repair.

I've bought new laptop Sony Vaio E14P series. It has pre-installed Windows 8, and I want to dual boot it with Ubuntu 12.10 64bit. I have diabled secure boot and install Ubuntu without any problem from live USB.

When I reboot after installation, it directly boot to windows 8, dont load GRUB at all. So I went to live USB again to boot-repair.

I had a Win7/Ubuntu dual-boot set up on my laptop. I deleted Ubuntu, and when I load up my computer I am now met with a screen displaying the following:

error: no such partition. grub rescue>

How can I have my computer boot straight into Windows 7 again?

Solved: I created a win7 system repair disc using another machine, and fixed the problem using the bootrec command within Command Prompt.

Hi,

I have a OEM Windows 8 Sony Vaio E-series. Tried dual booting Linux Secure Remix (Ubuntu 12.10) with EFI having followed the instructions here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

Disabled Secure-boot.

No option in BIOS to disable fast-boot.

Ran Boot-Repair with recommended conditions and restarted.

I just installed a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 and during install selected to have grub put on it's own partition for the boot device since I use the Windows 7 boot manager for my booting. I also boot Ubuntu version 10.04 with the 7 and 12.04. I use Easy BCD to configure the boot menu, and did add in my new 12.04, but when I select it to boot it re-directs to the 10.04 grub menu.

Okay, here is the deal. I installed Ubuntu 11.10 in October or so, so that it would dual boot on my laptop along with Windows Vista. I haven't had any problems with the set up since then. It would boot using the Windows boot loader which I noted was different from my desktop which would use Grub.

I have a dual boot of Win7 and Ubuntu on my HP laptop. I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 today and on restart I got a different black Grub screen instead of the usual purple one. (GNU GRUB version 1.99-21ubuntu3.1) Each boot option only returns error messages.