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dual booting problem with Win7 after 16.04 install

Asked by gary whiteman

I was dual booting of 2 harddrives, Win7 on one, Ubuntu14 on the other. Upgraded 1 drive to 16.04 and now Grub doesn't see my Win7 drive or offer it as an boot option. Ideas on how to fix other than swapping default drives in bios?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

sudo update-grub; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo parted -l

Thanks

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gary whiteman (gary-whiteman) said : 		#2

Output of

sudo update-grub; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo parted -l

is

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
Linux gary-Z87X-UD3H 4.4.0-21-generic #37-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 18 18:33:37 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Model: ATA ST1000DX001-1CM1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 256MB 255MB primary ext2
2 256MB 361MB 105MB primary ntfs boot
3 361MB 1000GB 1000GB primary ntfs

Model: ATA ST1000DM003-1CH1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 983GB 983GB primary ext4
2 983GB 1000GB 17.1GB extended
5 983GB 1000GB 17.1GB logical linux-swap(v1)

Model: PNY USB 2.0 FD (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 32.2GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 49.2kB 32.2GB 32.2GB primary fat32 lba

Model: Toshiba External USB HDD (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 500GB 500GB primary ntfs

Model: Linux device-mapper (crypt) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/cryptswap1: 17.1GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 17.1GB 17.1GB linux-swap(v1)

In need to install LSB?
thanx
gw
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Subject: Re: [Question #292736]: dual booting problem with Win7 after 16.04 install

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What is the output of:

sudo update-grub; lsb_release -a; uname -a; sudo parted -l

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

What is the output of:

sudo update-grub

You don't need to install lsb, the output is fine.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#4

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