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add windows to grub

so today i installed zorin os for fun and in the installation of grub it probably didnt detect my windows installation how can i get back to windows and my windows partition is still there my computer just boots into zorin os with no boot selection can anyone help me

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in terminal: sudo update-grub

 

if it doesn't detect it try manually booting into Windows by selecting 'windows boot manager' in the bios. 

 

if that doesn't work you have corrupted something, probably your Windows boot partition. 

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i will try and if it does detect windows maybe grub missed with windows idk i will try this command

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i typed the command and it added found windows 7 also this was on my other laptop with windows 7 and now zorin os and this laptop has an ssd and hdd yeah this laptop has two HDD slots

 

heres the log :

 

Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/zorin/theme.txt
Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported.
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-45-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-43-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-43-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-30-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-30-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Zorin OS 12.4 (12) on /dev/sda1
Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sdb1
done

 

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3 hours ago, Megato said:

I fixed it now windows boots up normaly thats good

We won't see your replies if you don't quote or mention us. @firelighter487

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sudo chmod -R 000 /*

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Use a Windows repair CD. It will remove grub and reinstall Windows boot manager. 

 

Sudo make me a sandwich 

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On 2/11/2019 at 6:50 AM, wasab said:

Use a Windows repair CD. It will remove grub and reinstall Windows boot manager. 

 

Now who would want windows back? can the windows boot manager boot Linux (the non-uefi one and the uefi one?) will it work cross-updates?

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9 hours ago, CodeAsm said:

Now who would want windows back? can the windows boot manager boot Linux (the non-uefi one and the uefi one?) will it work cross-updates?

i dont think windows boot manager can boot linux 

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18 hours ago, CodeAsm said:

Now who would want windows back? can the windows boot manager boot Linux (the non-uefi one and the uefi one?) will it work cross-updates?

oh, dual boot? op needs to reconfigure grub then. 

Sudo make me a sandwich 

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