I can't return to Windows and am panicking!
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TLDR; Ubuntu is on a flashdrive. I needed to switch boot styles from UEFI to Legacy in order to launch Ubuntu. Now that I've done that I can no longer access Windows. I also cannot seem to open up BIOS (I've tried many keys and many times). I am still in Try mode on Ubuntu.
I wanted to try out Ubuntu today and so followed the installation guide on the Ubuntu website. Unfortunately, I was unable to access the BIOS menu, probably because of a fast start up or something like that. I found some advice online which told me how to restart my computer from the Settings. From there I could access the BIOS. I then switched the start up mode from UEFI to Legacy and Ubuntu started up successfully from my USB! I enjoyed playing around on it a bit in the try mode and decided I'd install it. When I got to the second prompt of the installation process though, it told me that there was no other operating system found. I decided not to install it and to restart to see what was the matter. To my surprise, without the USB plugged in, my Acer laptop told me there was no OS found. When I try to access the BIOS during start up, it either perpetually flashes screens of various shades of black before eventually telling me there is no OS, or if I try with the USB plugged in, it eventually brings me to some Ubuntu page that sort of looks like BIOS but is more like an Ubuntu help centre or something. How do I go about fixing this? Am I never going to get my data/Windows back?
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TLDR; Ubuntu is on a flashdrive. I needed to switch boot styles from UEFI to Legacy in order to launch Ubuntu. Now that I've done that I can no longer access Windows. I also cannot seem to open up BIOS (I've tried many keys and many times). I am still in Try mode on Ubuntu.
I wanted to try out Ubuntu today and so followed the installation guide on the Ubuntu website. Unfortunately, I was unable to access the BIOS menu, probably because of a fast start up or something like that. I found some advice online which told me how to restart my computer from the Settings. From there I could access the BIOS. I then switched the start up mode from UEFI to Legacy and Ubuntu started up successfully from my USB! I enjoyed playing around on it a bit in the try mode and decided I'd install it. When I got to the second prompt of the installation process though, it told me that there was no other operating system found. I decided not to install it and to restart to see what was the matter. To my surprise, without the USB plugged in, my Acer laptop told me there was no OS found. When I try to access the BIOS during start up, it either perpetually flashes screens of various shades of black before eventually telling me there is no OS, or if I try with the USB plugged in, it eventually brings me to some Ubuntu page that sort of looks like BIOS but is more like an Ubuntu help centre or something. How do I go about fixing this? Am I never going to get my data/Windows back?
boot dual-boot grub2 usb uefi
asked Mar 8 at 10:58
lehtia
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Have you tried to revert boot style from Legacy to UEFI ?
– Soren A
Mar 8 at 12:04
If you boot with the live Ubuntu USB, you should be able to see your partitions using gparted and also browse your filesystem to see that all your windows files are still there. That will reduce the panic enough until you can enter and put the BIOS back to the way it was. Maybe try default BIOS settings.
– Katu
Mar 8 at 12:10
@SorenA The problem is more that I don't know how to revert it if I am unable to access BIOS. Is there a sort of force BIOS start up you can do from Ubuntu (like with how I did originally with Windows via a troubleshoot restart)
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:24
@Katu How would I go about browsing my filesystem? From Ubuntu it looks like there is nothing in, say the documents, that I had on Windows
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:26
@lehtia open the file manager and on the left you will see 'Home', 'Documents'... followed by a list of your hard drive partitions. Click on them to mount them and browse your files. Click the Ubuntu logo and type 'gparted' to check the status of your partitions... but do not change them!
– Katu
Mar 9 at 8:52
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TLDR; Ubuntu is on a flashdrive. I needed to switch boot styles from UEFI to Legacy in order to launch Ubuntu. Now that I've done that I can no longer access Windows. I also cannot seem to open up BIOS (I've tried many keys and many times). I am still in Try mode on Ubuntu.
I wanted to try out Ubuntu today and so followed the installation guide on the Ubuntu website. Unfortunately, I was unable to access the BIOS menu, probably because of a fast start up or something like that. I found some advice online which told me how to restart my computer from the Settings. From there I could access the BIOS. I then switched the start up mode from UEFI to Legacy and Ubuntu started up successfully from my USB! I enjoyed playing around on it a bit in the try mode and decided I'd install it. When I got to the second prompt of the installation process though, it told me that there was no other operating system found. I decided not to install it and to restart to see what was the matter. To my surprise, without the USB plugged in, my Acer laptop told me there was no OS found. When I try to access the BIOS during start up, it either perpetually flashes screens of various shades of black before eventually telling me there is no OS, or if I try with the USB plugged in, it eventually brings me to some Ubuntu page that sort of looks like BIOS but is more like an Ubuntu help centre or something. How do I go about fixing this? Am I never going to get my data/Windows back?
boot dual-boot grub2 usb uefi
asked Mar 8 at 10:58
lehtia
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TLDR; Ubuntu is on a flashdrive. I needed to switch boot styles from UEFI to Legacy in order to launch Ubuntu. Now that I've done that I can no longer access Windows. I also cannot seem to open up BIOS (I've tried many keys and many times). I am still in Try mode on Ubuntu.
I wanted to try out Ubuntu today and so followed the installation guide on the Ubuntu website. Unfortunately, I was unable to access the BIOS menu, probably because of a fast start up or something like that. I found some advice online which told me how to restart my computer from the Settings. From there I could access the BIOS. I then switched the start up mode from UEFI to Legacy and Ubuntu started up successfully from my USB! I enjoyed playing around on it a bit in the try mode and decided I'd install it. When I got to the second prompt of the installation process though, it told me that there was no other operating system found. I decided not to install it and to restart to see what was the matter. To my surprise, without the USB plugged in, my Acer laptop told me there was no OS found. When I try to access the BIOS during start up, it either perpetually flashes screens of various shades of black before eventually telling me there is no OS, or if I try with the USB plugged in, it eventually brings me to some Ubuntu page that sort of looks like BIOS but is more like an Ubuntu help centre or something. How do I go about fixing this? Am I never going to get my data/Windows back?
boot dual-boot grub2 usb uefi
boot dual-boot grub2 usb uefi
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asked Mar 8 at 10:58
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Have you tried to revert boot style from Legacy to UEFI ?
– Soren A
Mar 8 at 12:04
If you boot with the live Ubuntu USB, you should be able to see your partitions using gparted and also browse your filesystem to see that all your windows files are still there. That will reduce the panic enough until you can enter and put the BIOS back to the way it was. Maybe try default BIOS settings.
– Katu
Mar 8 at 12:10
@SorenA The problem is more that I don't know how to revert it if I am unable to access BIOS. Is there a sort of force BIOS start up you can do from Ubuntu (like with how I did originally with Windows via a troubleshoot restart)
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:24
@Katu How would I go about browsing my filesystem? From Ubuntu it looks like there is nothing in, say the documents, that I had on Windows
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:26
@lehtia open the file manager and on the left you will see 'Home', 'Documents'... followed by a list of your hard drive partitions. Click on them to mount them and browse your files. Click the Ubuntu logo and type 'gparted' to check the status of your partitions... but do not change them!
– Katu
Mar 9 at 8:52
 |Â
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Have you tried to revert boot style from Legacy to UEFI ?
– Soren A
Mar 8 at 12:04
If you boot with the live Ubuntu USB, you should be able to see your partitions using gparted and also browse your filesystem to see that all your windows files are still there. That will reduce the panic enough until you can enter and put the BIOS back to the way it was. Maybe try default BIOS settings.
– Katu
Mar 8 at 12:10
@SorenA The problem is more that I don't know how to revert it if I am unable to access BIOS. Is there a sort of force BIOS start up you can do from Ubuntu (like with how I did originally with Windows via a troubleshoot restart)
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:24
@Katu How would I go about browsing my filesystem? From Ubuntu it looks like there is nothing in, say the documents, that I had on Windows
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:26
@lehtia open the file manager and on the left you will see 'Home', 'Documents'... followed by a list of your hard drive partitions. Click on them to mount them and browse your files. Click the Ubuntu logo and type 'gparted' to check the status of your partitions... but do not change them!
– Katu
Mar 9 at 8:52
Have you tried to revert boot style from Legacy to UEFI ?
– Soren A
Mar 8 at 12:04
Have you tried to revert boot style from Legacy to UEFI ?
– Soren A
Mar 8 at 12:04
If you boot with the live Ubuntu USB, you should be able to see your partitions using gparted and also browse your filesystem to see that all your windows files are still there. That will reduce the panic enough until you can enter and put the BIOS back to the way it was. Maybe try default BIOS settings.
– Katu
Mar 8 at 12:10
If you boot with the live Ubuntu USB, you should be able to see your partitions using gparted and also browse your filesystem to see that all your windows files are still there. That will reduce the panic enough until you can enter and put the BIOS back to the way it was. Maybe try default BIOS settings.
– Katu
Mar 8 at 12:10
@SorenA The problem is more that I don't know how to revert it if I am unable to access BIOS. Is there a sort of force BIOS start up you can do from Ubuntu (like with how I did originally with Windows via a troubleshoot restart)
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:24
@SorenA The problem is more that I don't know how to revert it if I am unable to access BIOS. Is there a sort of force BIOS start up you can do from Ubuntu (like with how I did originally with Windows via a troubleshoot restart)
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:24
@Katu How would I go about browsing my filesystem? From Ubuntu it looks like there is nothing in, say the documents, that I had on Windows
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:26
@Katu How would I go about browsing my filesystem? From Ubuntu it looks like there is nothing in, say the documents, that I had on Windows
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:26
@lehtia open the file manager and on the left you will see 'Home', 'Documents'... followed by a list of your hard drive partitions. Click on them to mount them and browse your files. Click the Ubuntu logo and type 'gparted' to check the status of your partitions... but do not change them!
– Katu
Mar 9 at 8:52
@lehtia open the file manager and on the left you will see 'Home', 'Documents'... followed by a list of your hard drive partitions. Click on them to mount them and browse your files. Click the Ubuntu logo and type 'gparted' to check the status of your partitions... but do not change them!
– Katu
Mar 9 at 8:52
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Have you tried to revert boot style from Legacy to UEFI ?
– Soren A
Mar 8 at 12:04
If you boot with the live Ubuntu USB, you should be able to see your partitions using gparted and also browse your filesystem to see that all your windows files are still there. That will reduce the panic enough until you can enter and put the BIOS back to the way it was. Maybe try default BIOS settings.
– Katu
Mar 8 at 12:10
@SorenA The problem is more that I don't know how to revert it if I am unable to access BIOS. Is there a sort of force BIOS start up you can do from Ubuntu (like with how I did originally with Windows via a troubleshoot restart)
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:24
@Katu How would I go about browsing my filesystem? From Ubuntu it looks like there is nothing in, say the documents, that I had on Windows
– lehtia
Mar 9 at 6:26
@lehtia open the file manager and on the left you will see 'Home', 'Documents'... followed by a list of your hard drive partitions. Click on them to mount them and browse your files. Click the Ubuntu logo and type 'gparted' to check the status of your partitions... but do not change them!
– Katu
Mar 9 at 8:52