[Bug 1313340] [NEW] Dual Boot: not detecting existing windows OS during installation

[Sandeep Venugopal]

Public bug reported:

I have windows installed on my laptop (Lenovo g580) and I wanted to
install ubuntu 14.04 alongside windows 7 but during installation it says
no operating system is detected.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: shim (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sun Apr 27 13:15:26 2014
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: shim
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: shim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  Dual Boot: not detecting existing windows OS during installation

Status in “shim” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have windows installed on my laptop (Lenovo g580) and I wanted to
  install ubuntu 14.04 alongside windows 7 but during installation it
  says no operating system is detected.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: shim (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Apr 27 13:15:26 2014
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: shim
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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