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Can only boot from Ubuntu USB and not from Windows USB
The laptop is a Sony Vaio E-series. Currently has Ubuntu installed on it with Grub, no Window's boot manager is visible.
I wish to switch back to Windows (completely, not dual boot) but I cannot boot ...
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Can't boot into USB or enter BIOS
I recently replaced the motherboard of my PC, and thus, I'm having to do a fresh install of Ubuntu (my current OS, to be alongside Ubuntu, is Windows 10). The problem I've encountered is I can't enter ...
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Failed to boot Win 7 from external HDD on modified Chromebook
The HDD has Windows 7 on it and I'm running Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 on a Parrot Chromebook with SeaBIOS.
I got the internal hard drive from an old Toshiba laptop and put it in a caddy so I can use it as ...
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Booting Ubuntu 16.04 on Lenovo Ideapad 510
I've managed it to install Ubuntu 16.04 on my brand new, no OS laptop Lenovo. I did it using USB (made with Rufus software). It did not go frictionless, but finally ended up with the happy message "...
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Install Ubuntu to USB [duplicate]
I'm trying to install Ubuntu to USB so I can use it like a fully functional, persistent OS on multiple computers if need be (also, I am planning on switching my HDD soon).
I've tried mounting the ...
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CMOS Configuration For Bootable USB
I have a fit-pc (a small Linux box from 2007) running Ubuntu 8.04. I want to upgrade to the newest Ubuntu Server distribution. To do this, I've created a bootable USB using Rufus for that specific ...
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Ubuntu back to Windows XP with USB stick only
I installed Ubuntu on my HP nc4200 notebook . I now need to reinstall Windows XP on it . I want to run a Car Diagnostic programme that is only stable on windows XP. I have no CD/DVD drive on the ...
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Error booting from live usb linux : failure reading sector 0x0 from 'cd0'
I created a persistent storage live USB with Ubuntu and used for some days and it worked perfectly.
Now I created another such live USB on Ubuntu for my friend on my PC so that he can do the same on ...
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Ubuntu USB wont boot on Surface pro 3
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 on the EFI partition of a USB drive with rEFInd as default bootloader. The OS runs without problems on my PC but wont boot on the Surface, instead it just "skips" it and boots ...
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Will Booting From Flash Drive Format my C: drive? (UBUNTU)
As the title suggests, when Installing UBUNTU is it possible to JUST install on USB, not onto my whole C: drive?
The reason is is because I want to be able to boot this from any computer (if they ...
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How to save changes to a bootable USB Kali Linux
I have recently made a bootable usb with Linux Kali on it, and I have been using it for a while now but it becomes very annoying when I have to log into everything every time I boot into Kali...
So ...
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Why does Windows 10 show issues after booting into Linux?
The situation I have is that I have Windows 10 installed on my PC on the SSD disk, with the bootloader also installed on the SSD, next to it I have a data HDD meant for Windows. Today I've created an ...
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Windows 10 USB installer cannot boot
I want to install windows 10 on my Ubuntu machine, of which I recently installed. I downloaded and burned the windows 10 iso from microsoft's website onto a 16gb usb stick.
When I tried to boot from ...
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How to install GRUB on a USB drive
I have an installation of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and I'm a huge security freak, so as an extra layer of security and a fun project to occupy my time, I thought about removing the bootloader from my hard ...
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Unable to Make Bootable USB Stick From ISO [repeated]
I want to do a duo SO in my computer so, I want to install first Windows and then Ubuntu to use the Linux Grub. The problem has arrived when I tried to do the Win-'x' USB bootable. I don't care about ...
