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How to get the true textual verbose "No GUI boot + OS boot information" working again in Windows 10?
I find myself frequently needing much more information at Windows 10 startup than what we can seem to coax out of it now. It used to be possible to go into msconfig and select some options to get the ...
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Why can't I just dd the Windows 10 ISO to an USB stick?
Why can't I just use isohybrid and then dd the Windows 10 ISO to a USB stick and boot it, and call it a day?
What is so special about this ISO?
Most posts refer to either using a Windows machine to ...
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Windows 10 fail to boot with 0xc0000001 error code
Introduction
Hello, I'm running multiboot installation on machine with UEFI. I have Windows 10 and Ubuntu installed, managed by Grub at startup and I have laptop working like this for about half a ...
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Windows 10 recovery/restore infinite loop without login access
my asus laptop TP300L is stuck in an infinite loop, I cannot access windows as the computer reboots before I can do anything.
Situation
here is the sequence of screens I get:
asus logo
a spinner ...
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Windows 7 installation loses volume label after reboot if no drive letter assigned
Here is my problem:
I have had a Dell laptop with the following partitions:
39 MB - (OEM Partition);
14 GB, label: RECOVERY, no drive letter;
200 GB, label: OS, drive letter C:
I used the "Minitool"...
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Computer can not see any bootable USB devices
I have a computer, where Windows got corrupted. At this point there are two SSD's in it that are both formatted. So no more Windows.
I would like to install Windows on it, but I can't get it to boot ...
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USB-C port only works if devices plugged during boot, and won't be recognized if Windows is running
My Dell XPS 9560 has an USB-C port, and it doesn't work correctly. If I plug in a device during boot (I mean before pressing power button), Windows can recognize it and things work normally. However, ...
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Is there a way to create a permanent virtual USB drive in WIndows?
Is there a way to create a virtual USB drive, through some UEFI magic that stays there during boot and would be bootable? I have seen recovery programs do this where they create a virtual USB drive or ...
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Windows displaying boot information instead of booting
I recently upgraded to Windows 10, but after a few days my system fails to boot up.
It shows general information about my PC like CPU CLOCK, CPU ID, DRAM at Bank(s), etc.
Here is a photograph of the ...
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How to automatically run an app as administrator and make its UI visible to non-admin users under Windows 8
I have found many examples of how to get apps to automatically start and run (without UAC prompting), but have not managed to find one that allows the app's UI to be visible to a non-admin account. ...
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How to install dism through command line in windows 7 by booting from a recovery windows 7 iso in a USB?
Recently I installed a faulty security update (2823324) released by Microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2839011 . My computer is constantly getting blue screen and restarting. I have tried each ...
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Windows 8.1 INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error preventing startup
Background
My Fujitsu Lifebook laptop (running Windows 8.1) has gradually been getting slower over the last few months, so I recently took steps to speed it up. These included:
Making use of the ...
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Windows won't boot after power cut. Windows installation USB won't boot either
A few months ago, a very brief power outage occurred while I was using Windows 10. It lasted less than a second and when I turned my computer on again, it booted into Ubuntu, which was installed on an ...
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Custom built PC takes 10 minutes to boot up
I built a music production rig about 3 years ago. The specs are:
Motherboard: MSI B350 Tomahawk Plus.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600
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Windows 11 won't boot normally after hibernating
After hibernating, I wake my Asus FA507RC up, but something strange: The Asus logo appear on the screen, and the spinner start spinning one second, then the screen black, then the logo and spinner ...
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Samsung NP530U3C-A04SE
Everlasting boot-loop and broken bricks?
I just got two free Samsung NP530U3C laptops here.
When I got them they were preinstalled with Windows 7, so my first action was to install Windows 10 on one ...
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Windows 11 sometimes crashing on boot when rebooting from Linux
When rebooting from Gentoo Linux into Windows 11 through GRUB (I used os-prober to find Windows Boot Manager) I get the BSOD "KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED" (Kernel failed to load). This ...
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How to configure systemd-boot to update boot menu order like Grub does?
How to configure systemd-boot to load the current OS in the next boot?
I have a dual boot of Windows and Pop!_OS, and configured Pop!_OS as a default OS in Boot Menu. However, each time I open the ...
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Pseudofreeze on Windows 10
I've been having a weird issue with Windows 10 ever since I installed it early this year.
My issue is that my system "pseudofreezes". It's not really frozen: I can move the mouse, hover on things and ...
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can't install Windows from USB - stuck on the purple/blue screen on installation
I have previously double-partioned system with Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 7 in parallel (and GRUB of course) and everything works fine, but after I change my motherboard to new one X79 - Windows stops ...
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Windows/Ubuntu dual boot - no option menu, immediately boots Ubuntu
This would be a duplicate question if any answer in this question worked for me. So here is what I did so far:
I created free space on the disk using the windows disk management tool
When installing ...
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Windows 10 starting at LogonUI.exe + mouse and some keys not working
I have dual booted PC with Windows 10 and Ubuntu.
When I select Windows on boot it is suddenly opening the LogonUI.exe program and asking for me to unlock and then to add my pin. After that, ...
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How do I avoid "Stop code: DRIVER PNP WATCHDOG" when trying to install Windows 10?
I am trying to install Windows 10 on a desktop computer that someone else built at my work. Every time I try to boot from the installation disk, it shows the Window logo then a loading icon and ...
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Keyboard does not respond at POST screen, but works fine everywhere else?
Mobo: Gigabyte 7TESM
OS: Win 10 Pro
CPU: Dual Xeon X5650s
I’ve been dealing with this problem across two different motherboards. I understand it is an astronomically small possibility this happened ...
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Windows Boot PreSessionInit time up to 140sec Struggling to find reason
Windows Boot PreSessionInit time up to 140sec. Struggling to find reason.
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro
OS Version: 6.3.9600 N/A Build 9600
Processor(s): ...
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How to force system detection during boot: Inaccessible Boot Device Error
I have a Windows 10 disk from a computer, which I cloned. I plugged the disk into the USB port of the original computer, pressed F11 to get to the boot menu, selected the disk plugged into the USB ...
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Can I see what happens behind the Windows (Dell, in that case) boot logo?
Since something(TM) happened with my laptop (Dell Latitude E6440) yesterday (I suspect a Windows Update, but who knows), my Windows 10 Pro installation (17134.1, if that matters) does not boot any ...
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How to disallow Windows 10 changing Fast Boot option after every update?
I have dual boot setup and from time to time, when I forget about Windows update and don't disable Fast Boot manually, I have difficulties booting into Linux system because of failed mouting NTFS ...
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Freezing Window install UEFI mode on a GPT Disk
I am trying to installing Create another dual boot system with Windows 7 and 10 on an MSI system (FM2-A75IA-E53) in full UEFI mode. Win10 on the 1st partition near the leading edge and Win7 on the ...
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Dual boot Windows 10 + Kali
On my computer I have two operating systems installed, Windows 10 and Kali Linux. The problem is that they are on separate bootloaders and on separate hard drives. I want to be able to add one of the ...
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