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I just installed Ubuntu 12.04.4 on a separate partition with Windows 7 as my Primary OS (installed first) I let Ubuntu do the distribution of the partition under the "Install Side-by-side" option When booting up, there is no prompt asking for ubuntu so I googled it and some forums said to install EasyBCD and add an entry

I did that and I got a new boot option, but when I boot into it I get a Grub4Dos command prompt asking for grub> commands

I tried the following:

  • startx - command not found
  • boot - error 8 kernel must be loaded before booting
  • sudo apt-get install... - sudo not found

I've been breaking my head over this for the past 4 hours, but I can't figure it out. I've tried reinstalling 5 times, I've looked at all the possible forums I could think of and none of the solutions people had before helped.

Computer specs:

  • Inter i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz
  • 32GB RAM
  • Z87-G45 MSI MoBo
  • ASUS NVidia GeForce GTX770

OSs installed:

  • Primary: Windows 7 Professional
  • Secondary: Ubuntu 12.04.4
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  • possible duplicate of [How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)](http://askubuntu.com/questions/88384/how-can-i-repair-grub-how-to-get-ubuntu-back-after-installing-windows) – Danatela Mar 20 '14 at 02:44
  • As I stated above sudo commands don't work – user260096 Mar 20 '14 at 02:48
  • Please read carefully. You can use Ubuntu Installation media which _has_ `sudo`. – Danatela Mar 20 '14 at 02:51
  • I found out what happened.. when Ubuntu automatically created the partitions, it just kept them as ntfs partitions split down the middle into /media and /home I just managed to fix it by actually going in and manually partitioning off the hard drive – user260096 Mar 20 '14 at 03:20
  • Did you figured out how to fix the bootloader? – Danatela Mar 20 '14 at 03:27
  • I didn't need to after I manually remade the partitions, just booted into the bootloader normally and I just selected the OS I wanted – user260096 Mar 20 '14 at 03:38

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