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Unable to boot into windows after installing ubuntu 12.04

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I have Windows on my machine and then installed Ubuntu 12.04 using USB. I was not getting the option to boot into windows, so I ran boot-repair but still I am not getting option to boot into windows. What can be the issue ?

Edit: I have deleted my recovery partition (some 20GB) and installed Ubuntu on it.

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answered 2 Years ago sharall · Accepted Answer

I've gone through your log file posted there, and It seems unfortunately the Other OS searcher script isn't working or missing executable bit.

Boot to Ubuntu and open a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-T shortcut.

Execute this command:

 sudo chmod +x /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober

Then run this command:
```
 sudo update-grub
```

OP says, this doesn't work.

If it doesn't work, I think grub is failing to detect Windows boot files. The most possible cause of this failing is losing Windows. (It was indeed the case as OP confirmed in a comment).

I suggest to use Window 7 disk to repair Windows boot issue and then use the Live CD to fix grub

Hope this will fix the problem.