Operating System Not Found after Kali Linux Installation
I have a Sony Vaio E Series laptop that came with Windows 8 installed. I later updated to Windows 8.1. I have been trying to install a Linux distro as a dual boot option.
Today, I shrunk the main partition on my C: drive to make room for a Linux installation (I made 16GB of free space). I burned Kali Linux 1.1.0a to a DVD, turned off SecureBoot and QuickStart in Windows and my UEFI settings, changed my default boot order to Optical Drive then Hard Disk. My Vaio wouldn't boot the DVD initially, so I put the boot setting to Legacy.
I used the Kali Linux graphical interface for installation. I chose the free space made during the partition shrinking, and let it auto-install there.
Installation went fine. I restarted my laptop and removed the Live DVD, but "Operating System not found" kept showing at startup. I put the Live DVD back in, and went through the steps at https://askubuntu.com/a/478153 to try to make my computer recognize the partitions on my hard drive. Restarted, and still "Operating System not found".
Running lsblk from the Live DVD gives the following:
Code:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
|-sda1 8:1 0 260M 0 part /media/SONYSYS
|-sda2 8:2 0 1.5G 0 part /media/Windows RE tools
|-sda3 8:3 0 260M 0 part
|-sda4 8:4 0 128M 0 part
|-sda5 8:5 0 876.4G 0 part
|-sda6 8:6 0 450M 0 part /media/22C625A0C6257567
|-sda7 8:7 0 36.6G 0 part /media/Recovery
|-sda8 8:8 0 1M 0 part
|-sda9 8:9 0 15.3G 0 part /media/ef8f6281-bace-4247-8b29-24cdcf57a0d3
`-sda10 8:10 0 715M 0 part
sr0 11:0 1 2.9G 0 rom /lib/live/mount/medium
loop0 7:0 0 2.6G 1 loop /lib/live/mount/rootfs/filesystem.squashfs
Best case scenario, I would love to get Kali Linux and Windows 8.1 working again. At the very least, I just want my Windows back. If you need any more information than I have provided, please tell me what you need. Thank you very much.
