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Using GParted to convert GPT to MBR without access to an OS
I wiped my Windows 8 thinking I could install Windows 7 x86 but I can't because the disk is GPT. I need to convert to MBR.
I'm trying to use GParted to convert to MBR but it seems GParted can only ...
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Why does a cloned Windows 7 BCD contain incomplete data (and, therefore, prevent booting)?
I have had the misfortune to need to clone a dual-booting Windows XP/7 box to replace its hard drive with a smaller one. I had great trouble getting it to boot and would like to understand what's ...
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How can I resize a windows-bitlocker partition with gparted?
I want to shrink my windows partition, and windows does not allow to shrink more than a few GB. Can I access that bitlocker partition with GParted, parted or any other partitioning program?
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Installing Windows 7 from a USB Hard Drive
I have a Western Digital Passport External Hard Drive (320GB) that I want to partition to keep the data on, but use some of the free space to install Windows 7 onto my desktop computer. Microsoft has ...
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Partitioning laptop with 4 primary partitions
I have HP laptop with 4 primary partitions.
The second one is windows partition and other 3 are recovery, system and blah blah(i.e. unusable)
So, basically my explorer shows only one partition where i ...
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Can I jump move the Microsoft reserved partition in Gparted?
There is similar question about moving msr, but it asks about previous version of gparted which did not supported that: Move MSR partition?
Now, I know I can move msr left and right without a ...
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e2fsck error when trying to move Windows MSR partition with GParted
I have a dual boot Linux / Windows system, and I only allocated about 120 GB of the 2 TB drive for Windows, and now I want to make it bigger.
I have read similar posts such as
https://askubuntu.com/...
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Moving an OEM partition (on Windows 10) to the end of the disk
I'm planning to use gparted to move a(the?) OEM partition created by Windows 10 to the end of the disk. The disk looks like:
Can the OEM partition be safely moved to the end of the disk?
I tried it ...
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