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Hi There, I've scoured everywhere & I'm still all very confused. Since I'm a total noob, I don't really want to touch too many files...

I have an Acer M5 with Windows 8 preinstalled. I installed Ubuntu 12.10 in secure boot, but Grub does not recognize my Windows 8. I tried boot-repair, to no avail.

Here are my specs: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1522276/

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Launch a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and type sudo os-prober and check if it detects your windows 8. IF it detects windows 8 then do sudo update-grub.

To install os prober do sudo apt-get install os-prober

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