I bought my laptop almost a year ago, came with a FreeDOS OS and I installed Windows 7. Later upgraded to Windows 8 & 8.1.
When I installed Windows 8, I had done it in Legacy (BIOS) mode and there have been NO problems so far.
I've also installed Ubuntu 13.10, but the problem is that I NEVER get the GRUB menu after Ubuntu finishes it's installation process. It always boots to Windows 8 without giving me any options to select an OS.
My laptop supports UEFI. ( I have a C:\Windows\Boot\EFI
folder, hence I assume that it is UEFI compatible).
Although when I run msinfo32
, it shows me Secure Boot State - Unsupported
. Which probably means that my computer does not support Secure Boot.
Now I don't really want to go through the hassle of converting my Legacy/MBR to UEFI/GPT. I don't want to, unless it's really required. I'm not even sure that it would be possible on my system.
Hence could you tell if there's a way to get the GRUB to display, when Ubuntu is dual booted with Windows 8.1, in Legacy Mode?
What I've done so far:
Installed Ubuntu and disabled the option Turn on fast startup (Control Panel -> Power Options -> Choose what the power buttons do) - No changes, still boots directly to Windows
I can't really find any more resources to check on.
Also, if you've happened to find a link which shows how to install in Legacy Mode, please do share. I've Googled for such a solution but I can't find anything else.
System Details:
- Asus K55VD SX-314D
- Intel Core i3 - 2350M
- Windows 8.1 Pro