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Problems to install windows 10 and Linux uing UEFI
I want to install windows 10 and linux (ubuntu 21 or debian 11) in a new SSD (480 GB). But I have some problems with that, first I installed Windows 10, it created some partitions:
sda1 (100 MB -> ...
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Why is my bootable Ubuntu USB not detected on Windows?
I want to install Ubuntu on my laptop. I entered BIOS(image below)
Why I can not change boot OPTIONS? My laptop is HP EliteBook 8560.
System Summary shows
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Unable to boot into Windows
When I power on my laptop it says:
The boot configuration data for your PC is missing or contains errors.
File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD
Error Code: 0xc000000f
I tried to update my laptop from 8 to ...
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The ACTIVE command can only be used on fixed MBR disks
I installed Ubuntu as a Dual boot, the webcam did not work so I tested several solutions that I found on the web, when they failed and I made a restart to the OS, I got a message /dev/sdb7: recovering ...
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F12 Boot Menu disappeared after editing boot entries. Any way to restore it?
This is interesting.
I have a Lenovo Z580 laptop on which I could easily access a one-time boot-menu on startup by pressing the F12 key. Until yesterday. Now, the boot menu just doesn't show up.
I am ...
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Can't boot into windows because I always get a different BSOD
today I tried to boot in my Microsoft Surface Pro 7 running Windows (and Linux in Dualboot). I can't get it to boot Windows and even if I manage to do it, after I log in (and sometimes even while ...
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My PC won't boot after I format my HDD. I have a dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu on the SSD
Ok, so here is what happening. First, I had Windows and Ubuntu in the HDD. Then, I installed the SSD and installed both Windows and Ubuntu there too. Everything was working just fine (and the time to ...
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How do I install Linux as a third OS alongside Windows 7 and Windows 10?
I currently have dual-boot with Windows 7 and Windows 10, although I'm not sure they boot correctly.
If I previously booted Windows 7, the next boot I get a black & white, DOS-looking boot menu. ...
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Signed GRUB booting UEFI PXE Windows 10 PE, finally unable to find sbcpflighttoken.p7b and friends
I'm trying to boot Windows 10 amd64 preboot environment (PE) iso I created with Windows ADK + the "PE addon". I'm trying to use signed boot shim and signed GRUB for this.
First I use Debian ...
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Unable to boot DD'd Windows 10 drive
NOTE: Already posted at https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/657563/unable-to-boot-ddd-windows-10-drive . After no activity there for almost 5 days, and no option I have used in the past to move ...
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Getting horizontal dotted screen when booting windows installer via USB
I'm trying to boot a Windows 10 installer on my laptop (Asus K53).
The problem is when I boot I will get a weird colored dotted screen. I don't understand it! here is a picture of it:
I tried two USBs,...
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Can't boot from any device: Missing \Boot\BCD
With my relatively new PC (a few months) I suddenly can't boot in Windows anymore after a Windows update.
I get the following error:
0xc0000225: The Boot Configuration Data for your PC is missing or ...
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How do I change the Windows 10 default boot Volume?
I have two hard drives in my computer that each have Windows 10 installed on them. On boot, I am asked which volume I would like to boot from with the top option selected by default after I think 10 ...
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I'm unable to boot my Windows USB drive on my Mac. How do I do fix this?
I'm new to this community, but I've been into computers for a while.
Lately, I've been trying to create a bootable USB drive with Windows installed on it that I can plug into and boot on my MacBook ...
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Windows 10 bug at launch
When I start Windows 10 the screen beginning to flash with a green background. After 2-3 minutes desktop appears and Windows 10 starts working. I've tried to reinstall Windows after formatting the SSD,...
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Windows 10 Error after XP MBR fix
Today I repaired a Windows XP drive, but couldn't boot into it. So I thought that fixing the MBR from an XP USB would help.
Once I fixed the MBR, the problem still continued. I tried booting into my ...
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How to stop win from mounting / accessing other NTFS partition?
A little about my dual boot setup :
I am currently dual booting win 10 and win 8.1 .They both are on same disk. Whenever I boot an option shows up in windows bootloader - to select which one to boot . ...
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Boot order gets reset after every restart
Hi I am having this issue after a bios update. I have a ssd and a hdd both containing windows( I imaged from hdd to sdd after buying the laptop). Before the update, the machine used to boot from ssd. ...
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Windows XP BSOD and Boot loop (Potential driver issue.)
I'm sorry if this seems like a duplicate question, but I've been stuck on this.
My WinXP machine has been experiencing a specific BSOD lately, with the STOP code;
0x0000007b (0xBACC3528, 0xC0000034, ...
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Native Boot VHD Error Code: 0xc000000e
I started by creating a VHDX using Hyper-V in an external drive which when I added the VHDX to bcd it boots fine from the external drive but when I wanted to copy the VHDX on my SSD when I attempted ...
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Need to Reset Windows 10 Dual Boot (no recovery environement found)
I had a dual boot configuration on my old X58 platform. The setup was an up to date Windows 10 partition and a Windows 1809 partion. Both OS's were on the same SSD which had the same system reserved ...
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Windows 10 boot loop - how to troubleshoot
My Windows 10 Pro Installation behaves strangely: After installing it fresh, the system seems to work. Randomly after using and rebooting/hybernating it for some times Windows 10 won't boot up and ...
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Unable to boot from thumbdrive containing Windows setup
I just completed my build in an H510 with the following parts:
B550 Aorus Pro AC
Ryzen 5 5600X
Asus Dual OC RTX 3070
WD Black SN750 (1 TB)
TridentZ RGB 16 GB (DDR4 3600 MHz)
Masterliquid ML240L V2
G....
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Is there a safe way to extend size of a system, boot, active, primary partition in Windows 7 Home premium?
Disk Management System Drives Clip
Is there a safe way to extend size of a system, boot, active, primary partition in Win7 Home premium?
When I right click on C drive Extend Volume is greyed-out.
This ...
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How should I restore the default Windows 10 boot settings after removing dual boot?
I have a computer that until recently ran both Manjaro and Windows. However, a couple of weeks ago, I removed Manjaro because I realized I didn't need it anymore.
The issue is, now I have an extra ...
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SSD requires HDD to boot Windows
I've got an unusual situation. After cleaning my PC it turned out that in order to boot into Windows my machine requires both the HDD and SSD in order to boot.
Running only on SSD causes a black ...
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Is my Windows Install corrupted, or do I just have two isolated issues?
So on the night of November 30th, I ran into a problem with my PC. I have multiple user accounts on the PC, and was signing into a different account than my daily driver. Only problem was that I had a ...
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Is it possible to make HD / SSD with Windows 10 from an old PC bootable on USB?
The motherboard of my laptop died, so I decided to buy a case for the SSD I had in that laptop.
That SSD has Windows 10 in it. I have opened it on another PC to retrieve my important files so now I'm ...
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Upon bootup, screens stay black SOMETIMES (windows issue?)
Sometimes after booting up windows, my screens will just stay black. They do have a signal, but its just backlit black. No mouse cursor. No input reaction.
There is no rhyme or reason to it, there is ...
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Only the first item in UEFI boot order is visible in system boot menu
I have an Intel NUC8i7HVK running BIOS HNKBLi70.86A, with Arch Linux and Windows 10 on different partitions of a single M.2 drive. When I open the system boot menu, only the first item in the boot ...
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