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Reinstall Windows 8.1 on PC with Ubuntu dual boot
On my PC I already have a dual boot of Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu. Now after a while, Windows is acting a bit sluggish and I want to reinstall it. I have a lot of data which I don't want to lose, so I ...
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Why Windows is not booting from the disk
After Ubuntu 13.10, my Windows 8 was not loading properly. So I decided to repair Windows by booting from the disk. When I starts my system it ask to press any key to boot from CD or DVD. When I press ...
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Unable to reinstall Windows 7 after dual-boot partition changes
Some time ago I had installed on my PC Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 and used to dual-boot them. After a while though I had to reinstall Windows 7. After that the boot only showed the Windows options, so ...
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Boot from Windows Setup files that are located on a partition
Here's the situation:
I am on a Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 13 (1st gen). I do not have Windows installed on my computer, I have Ubuntu. I currently use Grub2 and/or refind to boot Ubuntu. I would like to ...
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Make a bootable USB drive that can install both Windows XP and Ubuntu
I have ISO images for both Ubuntu and Windows XP. I want to host both of them on a USB drive so that I can install either without needing installation CDs (I don't have a CD drive). How can I do that?
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Corrupted Windows 8 MBR, recovery disk's repair tools fail
I'm using Windows 8 64 bit on an ASUS N56 Laptop. I was attempting to upgrade to Windows 8.1 and the installation was interrupted. Attempted System Restore, which didn't work. Long story short, I ...
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Computer not starting, diagnostic stuck on HDD
Please excuse my typing; because my computer is not working, I am on an iPod touch.
I tried to boot up my Dell Inspiron laptop, but it freezes and shows a blank screen after the Dell load screen ...
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Windows & Ubuntu dual boot.No menu to choose OS?
I just installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 7. Now I cant boot Windows 7 because it automaticaly boots Ubuntu without displaying boot menu. How can I get menu with options to choose which Os to boot? ...
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old boot option still exist after format
I have window 8 operating system. Before window 8 I use windows 7 and Ubuntu.
So, I have install Ubuntu “up” windows 7 without making any partition, the Ubuntu make it when I install it through window ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 x32 - Windows 7 Pro x64 dual boot - clock is wrong (UTC)
I have a problem with time when booting windows after linux. The reason is that Ubuntu saves hw clock as UTC but Windows 7 expects it to be saved as localtime. So Windows shows time that is one hour ...
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Installing windows 7 hid ubuntu on my machine.Can I access ubuntu again?
I had ubuntu already installed on my laptop.I did not uninstall it.I installed windows 7 on my laptop.Now I can't access ubuntu.It's hidden.I thought I would get a choice of operating systems at the ...
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deleting ubuntu from the hard-disk when I have a triple boot
Currently I have a triple boot with windows7,fedora 16,Ubuntu 11 . As I power my laptop I see the boot loader of ubuntu (Grub) that lists three OS's. I need to delete Ubuntu from my hard-disk ? How ...
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How to set default boot operating system
My laptop can currently boot off Windows 7 and Windows 8, with Windows 8 set as my default operating system.
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 off a USB Drive onto a partition on my hard drive, but when I ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows7 off of separate hard drives
Is it possible to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows7 off of separate hard drives. I have a Dell Latitude E6410 with an SSD in the main hard drive slot and the original HDD in the optical bay slot. I am ...
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Is it possible to boot already installed version of Ubuntu from within Win7, e.g. with a vm?
I have both Ubuntu 12.10 and Win7 installed. I use the former mostly for scientific simulations and the latter for applications.
The problem I came across with this configuration is that the ...
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SSD can't be seen/formatted/anything , stops other drives from booting
I have an old SSD I once installed Win 7 on. As far as I remember the install was working fine at the time.
I booted the PC in question up again recently - it contains the SSD in question as well as ...
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Can I repair Windows 7 startup files using an Ubuntu live CD/USB?
Long story short, Windows 7 won't boot, and the "startup repair" routine just hangs. Not sure what is corrupted, if it's the MBR or what. Anyway, I was able to boot the live Ubuntu USB and move most ...
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Installing Windows from Ubuntu while booting only from hard drive
My problem is unrelated to this workaround (the question) here, but the end result is that I cannot change boot order (or use a boot menu) on my laptop. It is currently running Ubuntu 12.04 with a ...
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Delete unexisting OS
I had a problem with ubuntu a few days ago so I decided to uninstall it. Ubuntu was installed "inside windows" so I just uninstalled it as you uninstall any normal program. This normally works for me, ...
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Boot options screen
Is it possible to create something more sleek? So like all you see is two boxes, one with the Ubuntu logo and one with the Windows logo?
Any software for this or anything? Would it be something about ...
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Recover Windows 7 bootloader and its original drive letter (C:) back
I had Windows 7 installation, and my drive had following partition structure as I found in Gparted in Ubuntu LiveCD session.
100 mb system partition (Primary)
Windows 7 partition (60 GB) (Primary)
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How to fix the boot loader?
I dual booted my xp installing linux mint 12.
2 days ago I downloaded the Android SDK, on Eclipse Indigo (on Linux Mint) and now I can't start Linux Mint, nor XP. I can only use XP in safe mode, I ...
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Dual Boot with Ubuntu as Host?
Can you dual boot Windows if Ubuntu is already installed? All of the sites I have found only work starting with Windows installed.
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Need to modify boot options, Windows not working (dual booting ubuntu and windows)
I have just installed Ubuntu. It has been a long painful road as I've made every mistake possible. Finally things are looking up. When I turn on the computer I get to a boot menu. Ubuntu works, ...
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Using Ubuntu directly and through a VM
I'm not entirely sure if this is possible but here it goes: I need to run Ubuntu to do some development and there may be times when I'm stuck with a Windows machine or a Mac OS X machine.
My first ...
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Boot screen missing
I have a few partitions in my hard drive:
Windows 7 system
Kubuntu
Others
My Windows crashed and I reinstalled it in the same partition. However I am now unable to access the boot menu to boot into ...
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Windows refuses to boot after installing Ubuntu on another disk [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
WIndows 7 cannot boot - bootrec reports FS not found or corrupt
I have 3 disks: On disk 1 I have Windows 7 installed. Disk 2 is for storage. Disk 3 was unused until I ...
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Installing Ubuntu through USB on a Mac
My Superdrive is broken and I can't burn dvds. So, in order to install Ubuntu 11.04 on my Macbook Pro 5.5 I thought of booting from a USB disk and install it that way. I have tried using dd and ...
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Mistakenly edited something while booting Windows. Now it doesn't boot
I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10..
I had just finished a session on Win7 which was extremely slow, and I decided to restart in safe mode to uninstall some ...
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Triple Boot - With storage partition
I'm new to the multi-boot world, as i used to rely on virtualizing for running linux.
Recently i moved to Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu, with a storage partition for all my files where both ...
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How to triple boot Windows XP, Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install Ubuntu, Windows XP and Windows 7 from scratch as triple-boot system
How can I triple boot Windows XP, Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows 7? Which OS should I install first?...
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Error 21 on Ubuntu 9.04, how do I boot up?
I've just installed Ubuntu (my first time installing Linux) and I've got my first error. Let me describe my system a bit first. I have a:
EVGA 680i SLI motherboard
4 SATA drives (150GB Raptor with ...
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