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Install Ubuntu, but still boot into Windows 7 (no GRUB screen)

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First of all I want to boot Windows only, I'm not having a duel-boot problem

I want to install Ubuntu on my Laptop after Windows has really become slow and even the live CD boots faster, the main problem is that my parents use my laptop and they wouldn't know what to do at the GRUB screen. I know how to set up GRUB on my flash drive but I still have the problem that Ubuntu is likely to boot instead of Windows, any help?

If it helps, I am running Windows 7 32-bit and I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 as it seems that 14.04 live CD doesn't boot on my laptop, I only have one hard drive installed with 2 partitions (3 when I've installed Ubuntu).

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answered 2 Years ago tigehanc · Accepted Answer

Setup grub to boot into windows by default, with a 10 second time-out. The you can choose Ubuntu, but if your parents just wait out the 10 seconds, it will boot into Windows.

A good editor for grub is grub-customizer, which you can et from a launchpad ppa

After installation of Ubuntu, open a terminal window ctrl+alt+t and enter the commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install grub-customizer

Then you can open the dash, and type 'grub' which will locate the program for you. You will need to change the general settings, so that the "default entry" points to the windows boot, and change the timeout to a desired amount of time.

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