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You need to tweak grub<b>2</b> configuration to detect other OS partitions.
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You need to tweak grub2 configuration to detect other OS partitions.

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did you select grub on the installation .. what steps did you use?
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did you select grub on the installation .. what steps did you use?

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Thanks for commenting... the installation never asked about grub. &nbsp;i now know that grub2 is the boot loader. &nbsp;I still have not figured out how to get the windows option loaded in grub2.
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Thanks for commenting... the installation never asked about grub.  i now know that grub2 is the boot loader.  I still have not figured out how to get the windows option loaded in grub2.

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You need to add something to /etc/sysconfig/grub, but i dont know what...
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You need to add something to /etc/sysconfig/grub, but i dont know what...

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I have installed Centos 7 as a dual boot on my Windows 7 laptop. &nbsp;Centos 7 installed successfully; however, when i reboot, I do not have an option to boot to my Windows 7 partition. &nbsp;I instead get a list of various Centos systems to boot. &nbsp;When i first installed Centos, the boot showed 3 flavors of Centos I could boot. &nbsp;After I ran software update, the boot showed 4 options, with the main option have &quot;(core) listed - but still no Windows 7. &nbsp;The interface looks more like MBR vice grub
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I have installed Centos 7 as a dual boot on my Windows 7 laptop.  Centos 7 installed successfully; however, when i reboot, I do not have an option to boot to my Windows 7 partition.  I instead get a list of various Centos systems to boot.  When i first installed Centos, the boot showed 3 flavors of Centos I could boot.  After I ran software update, the boot showed 4 options, with the main option have "(core) listed - but still no Windows 7.  The interface looks more like MBR vice grub

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