Author: LincolnB
Subject: Ubuntu Dual Boot Madness
Posted: 12 Dec 2012 06:20:08 pm (GMT -5)
Alright, n00b mistake here, I think, I'm just trying to see if there's a way to salvage the situation. In my defense, it was late, I was tired, and suffering from a lack of clear reasoning skills.
It goes like this. I'm screwing around a lot with Clojure, Noir, and Overtone these days. I was sick of nothing working on Windows (weird form bugs no one else was getting, crappy dev support, etc) so in a fit of rage I installed Linux.
I went to ubuntu.com and downloed the Windows installer at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer. I went through a few install windows to set up a 16 GB partition and install ubuntu to it. But, when I rebooted my machine, it went straight to Ubuntu - no pre-OS-loading option to start up Windows instead.
Soooo.... I'm afraid that I destroyed my Windows partition. But I don't think I did - maybe my Windows partition is there, but the BIOS/POST/whatever (sorry, not a hardware guy) doesn't know about it?
Any ideas on what I can do to at least salvage the data from my previous partition?
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-LincolnB
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Subject: Ubuntu Dual Boot Madness
Posted: 12 Dec 2012 06:20:08 pm (GMT -5)
Alright, n00b mistake here, I think, I'm just trying to see if there's a way to salvage the situation. In my defense, it was late, I was tired, and suffering from a lack of clear reasoning skills.
It goes like this. I'm screwing around a lot with Clojure, Noir, and Overtone these days. I was sick of nothing working on Windows (weird form bugs no one else was getting, crappy dev support, etc) so in a fit of rage I installed Linux.
I went to ubuntu.com and downloed the Windows installer at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer. I went through a few install windows to set up a 16 GB partition and install ubuntu to it. But, when I rebooted my machine, it went straight to Ubuntu - no pre-OS-loading option to start up Windows instead.
Soooo.... I'm afraid that I destroyed my Windows partition. But I don't think I did - maybe my Windows partition is there, but the BIOS/POST/whatever (sorry, not a hardware guy) doesn't know about it?
Any ideas on what I can do to at least salvage the data from my previous partition?
_________________
-LincolnB
