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Dual boot-arrow keys do not work and cannot access windows

Asked by Phil Heaney

I have just installed Ubuntu on a dual boot system with Windows XP. When given the option to choose which system I wish to access I am unable to pick which I want. Effectively my arrow keys do not work although they are not a problem otherwise.

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leonnaley (leonnaley) said : 		#1

What kind of a keyboard are you using? Usb? wireless?

there should be several solutions for this problem. the easiest and fastest I can thing of right now is to try to install grub again (either reinstall ubuntu, or do it manually from the livecd), or try to install this program http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/20/windows-boot-manager/

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Phil Heaney (phe16244) said : 		#2

Thank you. I use a Logitech Wave USB keyboard. I'll try the reinstallation suggestion

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Steve Dodier-Lazaro (sidi) said : 		#3

If you want to try the Windows bootloader, incase it recognises your keyboard (i doubt so but well), I suggest you use EasyBCD for setting it up, it'll help you to boot Ubuntu from it. Also, you'll need a grub install at the root of your Ubuntu partition.

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#4

Do you have to press the "Num lock" key to get the little Led light on the keyboard?

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