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Lenovo Ideapad 700 15ISK: How do I enable booting from CD/DVD and USB drives?
I want to install Ubuntu on my laptop which is on a bootable DVD
How can I enable booting from DVD and start to install Ubuntu ?
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Remove the grub menu after removing Windows dual boot
I have a Spectre x360 laptop, one which I had dual boot of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04.
I followed online to remove Windows, which was a success. However, the options to boot Ubuntu or Windows still ...
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PC "encountered a pr*blem and needs to restart" then "boot device not found"
About a minute after turning my computer on, it just shows a blue screen saying "Your PC encountered a problem and needs to restart". Then it either restarts, or more often, comes up with the message "...
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Switching OS remotely using TeamViewer
I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 7. Windows 7 is automatically booted (default in the bootloader). On both OS I have TeamViewer installed.
When I'm working remotely and want to ...
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how to recover windows 10 after deleting the partition of ubuntu from dual boot pc
i deleted ubuntu partition from disk management in windows 10,then i type "bootrec.exe/fixmbr" in command prompt. after restarting the pc i got the black grub menu screen. how to solve this problem ...
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PC stuck in failed Ubuntu installation
So today I tried installing Ubuntu 17.10.1 alongside Windows, using the free tool called Wubi.
During the installation, my PC just randomly crashed, and booted into
this GRUB-like shell.
And here ...
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Uninstalled Ubuntu, now error:no such partition
I uninstalled Ubuntu yesterday. I deleted the partition and extended my Windows partition using the tool.
I now get a black DOS screen and the error :
error: no such partition
Entering rescue mode......
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Pc can not find grub after windows 10 recent update, but I can not find it manually too
This is a common error when you use dual boot and you upgrade windows. I use Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 10. The error I came across is:
error: no such partition Entering rescue mode...
I found ...
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How can I create a Windows bootable USB stick using Ubuntu?
I have erased the entire HDD and I'm trying to install a dual boot of both Ubuntu and Windows.
First I made one bootable USB drive using an Ubuntu .iso file. I set the boot order in BIOS correctly. ...
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Windows 10 fails to load after installation of any Linux distribution
I try to make Windows 10 boot along the Kali Linux 2017.1 (but the following problem occurs with Ubuntu too).
Here are my partitions:
When I install Kali (GRUB installs to MBR) and boot Windows, it ...
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bcdedit doesn't change the boot entry with a valid path
I installed a W10 / Ubuntu dualboot with uefi on my laptop.
But when I turn on my PC, there is no grub and it automatically boot on windows 10.
When I press the Boot option, then manually select the ...
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Why do I have MBR and GPT as partition tables?
I started with Windows and installed Ubuntu as a dual boot. Thus I thought my partition table should be MBR, since this is what Windows uses.
When i run gdisk under Ubuntu, this is the output:
GPT ...
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Having dual boot working, is it possible to boot an OS or another based on date/time?
First of all, this is my first question here. I took a look but didn't find a similar question. Also I don't know if this is the right place. Correct me if anything is wrong.
My question is a "how-to-...
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Dual Boot Ubuntu 14.04 and windows 7 [closed]
I had Dual boot System with Ubuntu and Windows 7 ultimate .. Windows 7 Got corrupted so i had to reinstall windows 7 (Ultimate 32bit) ..
When i had the dual boot when the windows wasn't corrupted it ...
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Does using the windows repair disk to repair the MBR after uninstalling Ubuntu partitions delete your files and programs?
After reading the articles How to Uninstall a Linux Dual-Boot System From Your Computer and How to Manually Repair Windows 7 Boot Loader Problems (on howtogeek.com) in order to uninstall Ubuntu on a ...
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How to reinstall truecrypt on the MBR?
I've googled this so much and can't find the answer.
I had a dual booted system with a TrueCrypt encrypted Windows partition and a non encrypted Ubuntu partition (accessed with GRUB2) that was ...
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How to boot my PC to Windows 10 after installing Ubuntu to an External HD?
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 to an external Hard Drive, planning on having Dual Boot on my laptop - which runs Windows 10. I have successfully configured the Dual Boot to have Windows as default, ran ...
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Are BIOS .exe update files Windows-version dependant?
I was given an old HP laptop (HP Compaq Presario F755US) which came with Widows Vista. Vista worked very slow and laggy so I decided to wipe it and install Ubuntu. Everything worked well, but since ...
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I mess up installing my Ubuntu and now i can't boot my windows
I almost know nothing about Ubuntu,my friends installed it for me (he is far away and can't be contacted so i can't ask for his help)
So it begin when i try to uninstall Ubuntu i delete the partition,...
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Ubuntu on dual boot messed up my partitions
I have windows 10 on C: drive and I installed ubuntu 14.04 on D: on the 30.51 GB partition and Ubuntu 16.04 on 7.92GB partition.
But both my ubuntu are always crashing and I want to delete and ...
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Windows 10 fail to boot with 0xc0000001 error code
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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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Installed Ubuntu on a USB and got some unwanted results
So, I wanted to install Ubuntu on a simple usb drive but it also installed grub2 on my system (which I didn't want) and now all hells broke loose. Apparently, it set the USB as dev/sda and my default ...
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Can't boot windows. Is cloning the HD and restoring after a Windows 7 reinstall a good solution [closed]
Can't get past the black screen with cursor in Windows 7 when I start my laptop. I've tried many solutions but I think it's not fixable.
If I clone this drive and then reinstall windows, will I be ...
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How to install Ubuntu on Windows machine while still maintaining seamless boot to Windows? [duplicate]
I am currently running Windows 7 as the only OS and I am wondering if it is possible to install Ubuntu as secondary OS, which would only be accessible via some explicitly called boot menu - by that I ...
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Unable to mount partition / corrupt partition
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 on my computer but have 2 NTFS partitions as well which I access now and then. One of them (C) contains a Windows 7 install, the other partition (D) contains data. Recently I ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 10
I have a dual boot system on same hard disk. Some of my friends say that dual booting a laptop can lead to its deterioration because some part of both OS keep running at once. It sounds weird but I ...
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Windows 10 bootable USB Product Key and Linux
I'm making a bootable USB for Windows 10 following Window's instructions here
I have my computer dual booted with Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 10, I'm thinking about doing a clean installation of just ...
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How to repair a Windows Boot loader damaged by GParted?
My notebook has two disks (there is a third disk -/dev/sdb - that is cache for the second disk).
Windows 10 is on the second disk (/dev/sdc) (SATA ODD) and was working very well until today.
Ubuntu ...
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How to boot a USB to reinstall windows when I have ubuntu installed?
My ubuntu system is basically useless now because it always says the error "Errors were found while checking the disk drive for /". I can't do anything with it because of that. :( and I want to go ...
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Windows 10 Black screen after moutherboard logo,no cursor,no safe mode
I had windows 7 and upgraded via windows update to windows 10.Everything ran smoothly but i deleted my windows 7 recovery backup to free up space.The next time i turned on my pc i get to moutherboard ...
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Can boot anything except windows
Although my bios is correctly configured i can boot anything from USB except Win installation USB i used rufus and the win program to place the iso into the USB.
I installed Ubuntu perfectly from the ...
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Recover a Windows partition after installing Ubuntu on dual boot
I've just installed Ubuntu on my laptop on dual boot and now I can't start up on Windows 7, I don't have the GRUB menu that allows me to choose an OS.
When installing Ubuntu, I reducted my Windows ...
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Unable to mount windows hard drive on linux live usb
I am fully shutting down windows with "shutdown /s /t 0".
I also tried "shutdown /s /f /t 0"
I then insert my linux live usb and boot from it. Everything works fine, but when I try to access my ...
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Unable to start windows 10 technical preview
Few time ago, I have installed windows 10 technical preview and it worked perfectly for the first two weeks. After that, it began restarting every few hours saying that windows 10 has expired. I have ...
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rEFInd mountvol incorrect parameter
I had Ubuntu 14.04 on a single drive. Then, I felt like installing Windows 10 along side with Ubuntu. I resized the main Ubuntu partition and unallocated half of the safe. Then, I installed Windows 10 ...
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GRUB Rescue During Windows 8.1 Clean Install
I was trying to install windows 8.1 (upgrading from windows 7) on my laptop, and in the process remove my Ubuntu partition. During the setup I deleted all existing partitions (windows and ubuntu) and ...
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If I let Startup Repair complete in windows, will it affect my ubuntu installation?
I am on dual boot, ubuntu and windows.
I was playing a game last night when the laptop overheated and rebooted itself. Now windows wouldn't load. Thankfully, the ubuntu side is still ok.
If I run "...
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Can't install Windows after installing Ubuntu
First, I asked this question on Ask Ubuntu but it was suggested to me to ask here as well.
I installed Ubuntu and now I removed Ubuntu to install windows 7. I removed and created a partition using ...
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chkdsk /f /r alternative in ubuntu linux
In windows os chkdsk /f /r will fix a hdd error automatically.i have lost access in my laptop though i am able to live boot into my laptop using linux.I have live boot ubuntu 14.04 and i am in a need ...
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Do I need to get my Windows 8 key in order to restore it?
To further expand my question, I plan to dual-boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu together using Windows Boot Manager over GRUB. However, I would always like a way for me to completely undo everything I did to ...
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Windows 7 fresh install, not booting but shows a black screen with blinking cursor
Our laptop has two OS installed: ubuntu and windows 7, and it has about 4 partitions: swap,home,root,windows 7. I moved ubuntu to the first partition before windows 7 but I don't have any problems ...
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Cannot run Windows after upgrading Ubuntu
Here is the scenario of my Lenovo 3000 G430 Laptop:
System configuration:
P4 Dual core T3200 CPU
3GB RAM (1+2 in two slots)
500GB HDD
Partition layout for HDD:
170GB Priamry - NTFS (for Windows ...
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Regarding boot repair
I've repaired grub using boot repair disk x64. I've windows 7 and ubuntu 14.04 on laptop both are working properly. I want to reinstall windows copy but it fails to boot from DVD and win 7 iso through ...
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Triple-boot macbook on multiple hard drives
I own a Macbook Pro thats original HDD has been replaced with a SSHD, and the optical drive removed and replaced with a second SSHD. I have OS X installed to the drive in the optical bay, and Windows ...
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Dual boot intermittant issue using Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 7
I have a problem with the grub2 loader sometimes. More often, when I choose Windows 7 in the grub2 loader, it hangs on the purple screen. I have looked up and down the internet for an answer and ...
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Installing Ubuntu 14.04 before Windows8.1 Error 0xc000000e the BCD of your PC is missing or contains error
I install Windows usually before Ubuntu, but because there wasn't Windows after experiencing some hard drive problem I installed Ubuntu-Gnome-14.04 before Windows, but I am unable to install either ...
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need to bring back win 7
I like making music and playing games and occasionally do some Photoshop. I had a windows 8 computer but my mouse pointer always got stuck, so to try out something new I installed Ubuntu. here is how ...
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Windows recovery can't find Windows install
I'm trying to repair my boot loader for Windows after a Ubuntu install killed it. I'm trying to use the Windows Repair CD (actually USB stick), but Windows recovery can't find my Windows install. I ...
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Windows 7 booting fails
I have a Windows 7 PC. Some days ago it fails to boot. When the system is switched on, the motherboard screens appears first, then the 'Starting Windows' screens and then a black screen with busy icon ...
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Booting PC that won't boot Windows w/ Linux
My old laptop, an Acer Aspire running Windows Vista Basic Edition, will not boot up. When I power it on, I see a blank black screen 90% of the time (but it 'lights up' if you know what I mean, the ...
