Thread: UltraBook boot issues from install on SSD

i have exact same problem. have spend 24hours debugging.. want windows system back. cannot reinstall, have many programs on here.

have ux32vd onboard 24gb ssd , 256 m4 ssd primary. had windows on 256 ssd , tried dual boot installing ubuntu 12.04 lts on 24gb ssd.
can boot ubuntu, windows not booting.

here info on system:

have tried from:
manually updating grub files
running grup-repair
running grub-customizer
running windows recovery (now cannot boot windows recover disk)
reinstalling ubuntu

please help. appreciate it!




pastebin not working pasted info below:

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============================= boot info summary: ===============================   => no boot loader installed in mbr of /dev/sda.  => grub2 (v1.99) installed in mbr of /dev/sdb , looks @ sector 1 of      same hard drive core.img. core.img @ location , looks      (,msdos1)/boot/grub on drive.  => windows 7/8/2012 installed in mbr of /dev/sdd.  sda1: __________________________________________________________________________      file system:       vfat     boot sector type:  windows 7/2008: fat32     boot sector info:  no errors found in boot parameter block.     operating system:       boot files:        /boot/bootx64.efi /ubuntu/grubx64.efi                         /efi/boot/bkpbootx64.efi /efi/boot/bootx64.efi                         /efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi /microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi                         /microsoft/boot/bootx64.efi                         /efi/microsoft/boot/bkpbootmgfw.efi                         /efi/microsoft/boot/bootmgfw.efi                         /efi/microsoft/boot/bootmgr.efi                         /efi/microsoft/boot/bootx64.efi                         /efi/microsoft/boot/memtest.efi  sda2: __________________________________________________________________________      file system:            boot sector type:  -     boot sector info:      mounting failed:   mount: unknown filesystem type ''  sda3: __________________________________________________________________________      file system:       ntfs     boot sector type:  windows 7/2008: ntfs     boot sector info:  no errors found in boot parameter block.     operating system:  windows 7     boot files:        /windows/system32/winload.exe  sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________      file system:       ext4     boot sector type:  -     boot sector info:      operating system:       boot files:        /grub/grub.cfg  sdb2: __________________________________________________________________________      file system:       extended partition     boot sector type:  unknown     boot sector info:   sdb5: __________________________________________________________________________      file system:       ext4     boot sector type:  -     boot sector info:      operating system:  ubuntu 12.04.2 lts      boot files:        /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab  sdb6: __________________________________________________________________________      file system:       swap     boot sector type:  -     boot sector info:   sdd1: __________________________________________________________________________      file system:       ntfs     boot sector type:  windows 7/2008: ntfs     boot sector info:  no errors found in boot parameter block.     operating system:       boot files:        /bootmgr /boot/bcd  ============================ drive/partition info: =============================  drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________  disk /dev/sda: 256.1 gb, 256060514304 bytes 256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31009 cylinders, total 500118192 sectors units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes  partition  boot  start sector    end sector  # of sectors  id system  /dev/sda1                   1 4,294,967,295 4,294,967,295  ee gpt  /dev/sda1 ends after last sector of /dev/sda  guid partition table detected.  partition    start sector    end sector  # of sectors system /dev/sda1           2,048       206,847       204,800 efi system partition /dev/sda2         206,848       468,991       262,144 microsoft reserved partition (windows) /dev/sda3         468,992   500,117,503   499,648,512 data partition (windows/linux)  drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________  disk /dev/sdb: 24.0 gb, 24015495168 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2919 cylinders, total 46905264 sectors units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes  partition  boot  start sector    end sector  # of sectors  id system  /dev/sdb1               2,048       976,895       974,848  83 linux /dev/sdb2             978,942    46,903,295    45,924,354   5 extended /dev/sdb5           4,884,480    46,903,295    42,018,816  83 linux /dev/sdb6             978,944     4,882,431     3,903,488  82 linux swap / solaris   drive: sdd _____________________________________________________________________  disk /dev/sdd: 64.0 gb, 63999836160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7780 cylinders, total 124999680 sectors units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes  partition  boot  start sector    end sector  # of sectors  id system  /dev/sdd1    *          2,128   124,999,679   124,997,552   7 ntfs / exfat / hpfs   "blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________  device           uuid                                   type       label  /dev/sda1        fa78-c371                              vfat        /dev/sda3        9ae09fdfe09fc045                       ntfs        /dev/sdb1        30fa1445-94a5-4914-9825-4128db37b254   ext4        /dev/sdb5        231055eb-bd6f-4533-a642-6e491aea3f1f   ext4        /dev/sdb6        829a2740-88f4-478f-8aed-6083fd5a0382   swap        /dev/sdd1        60bee05cbee02bea                       ntfs         ================================ mount points: =================================  device           mount_point              type       options  /dev/sdb5        /                        ext4       (rw,errors=remount-ro)   ============================= sdb1/grub/grub.cfg: ==============================

moved own thread here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2136920

please not highjack another's thread. boot issues unique , issue lot different, not op.

looks installed in bios mode not uefi , 24gb ssd became mbr(msdos) not gpt.
not think can boot ubuntu in mbr drive though boot-repair has added efi boot entry efi partition on sda.

manually partition sdb , include efi partition @ beginning of drive. may not used, best have on every gpt drive. reinstall in uefi mode. few systems not let install in uefi mode, if 1 can reinstall ubuntu boot in bios mode gpt partitioned drives, conversion boot-repair should work. may have undo renaming boot-repair did efi partition first , windows booting again.

see last couple of lines on undo:
boot-repair - updated jan 1, 2013 not rename first time, rename if first time windows not boot. post 706 , 711
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...769482&page=71
boot-repair copied /efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi /efi/boot/bootx64.efi (in case bios hard-coded boot /efi/boot/bootx64.efi or secure boot signed grub file shimx64.efi.
renamed files:
/efi/boot/bkpbootx64.efi
/efi/microsoft/boot/bkpbootmgfw.efi

perform this, run boot-repair --> adv options --> tick "backup , rename efi files" --> apply
reboot pc uefi/bios , chose ubuntu, , please tell observe.
please enable secureboot in bios, run boot-repair --> advanced options --> "grub options" tab --> tick "secureboot" --> apply.
undo & rename files original names, need tick "restore efi backups" option of boot-repair.
user disabled secure boot, , unchecked in boot-repair. bypasses grub , goes straight in windows.

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