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Can Windows (or some other OS) Detect that some other OS was running between reboots?
Let us say we have a Dual Boot Machine. Or we have a Linux LiveCD in the CD Drive.
We are running Windows & select reboot or Hibernate.
The Machine exits the OS and goes back to the Booting ...
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Same screen keeps loading when trying to boot from USB
I installed Slax Linux onto my USB drive and used the Universal USB installer to make it bootable. I ran the bootinst.bat file and it said I was good to go. Then I changed the boot sequence in my BIOS ...
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Laptop doesn't boot nor enter bios
Model: samsung np300e5x
Short story:
The laptop doesn’t boot from anywhere (usb sticks nor cd) and I can’t enter bios (by pressing buttons nor via app menu).
Long story:
On the hdd I had Xubuntu ...
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How to get Ubuntu back alongside Windows as operating systems?
I initially had both Windows 10 Home and Ubuntu installed as operating systems on my PC. When I have opened the PC, it displayed me a purple display where it was to choose between Ubuntu and Windows. ...
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How do I natively run linux on the Chromebook 15 (CB3-532)?
After experimenting with ChromeOS and Crouton, I made the decision to transition my Acer Chromebook 15 (CB3-532) to run just Linux.
During my research I realized that I would need to:
Enable ...
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Is there any way to install any linux distro without acesssing the bios? (broken screen)
I am trying to run a Linux system from my y500 Lenovo ideapad but I can not access the boot menu or bios at all. This is because I have a broken screen and am using an external display to make use of ...
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