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Just installed Ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows 7. Unable to boot Ubuntu

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When I start my computer, windows 7 boots up as it would usually do before I installed ubuntu. So, it is not giving me an option to boot ubuntu instead of windows. I have Windows 7 Professional 64-bit installed and just installed the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 13.04.

When installing Ubuntu on computers in the past, it provides a boot selection menu to select which OS to boot. In my case, it goes straight into booting windows.

I've tried going into the f12 boot menu but there is nothing helpful to select.

SOLUTION: Found this page on the Ubuntu site. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
It involves using Boot-Repair as was also suggested below.

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answered 1 Year ago tionverflow · Accepted Answer

Try booting through a liveDVD or live USB, install Boot-Repair by opening a terminal and typing as follows:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install boot-repair

boot-repair

Try the Recommended repair option.