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Invalid signature detected: Check Secure Boot policy
I had an old setup with Windows 11 and Ubuntu on my Gigabyte X370. I installed Windows with only one SSD in the system, then removed it, installed Ubuntu on another SSD and plugged them both in.
If I ...
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Ubuntu not showing in boot menu (Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows)
A couple of years ago, I set up my machine to dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu. At that time, it worked as expected and I was able to switch back and forth between Windows and Ubuntu. Today, I tried to ...
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Can't extend volume in Windows after deleting Ubuntu dual boot, and Ubuntu still shows up in boot options?
I installed Ubuntu to my second SSD (500 GB not main) as dual boot. I have now deleted it as I don't need it but whenever I try to extend the volume to the unallocated space it says there isn't enough ...
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GRUB2: Configure multiple Windows and Linux operating systems on single EFI system
I've installed two instances of Windows 11 and one instance of Ubuntu 23.10 on my laptop with a single SSD.
After install my file system looks like this
sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
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Booting Windows from GNU Grub 2.06
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I have managed to get into the startup menu with the F1, F2, F9, F10, F11 menu.
I am confused as when I hit F10 for the BIOS setup and then I go to boot options and select the USB and save and ...
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Windows hibernation not restoring state after booting into another system
I have a dualboot of Win11 and Ubuntu on my machine. To quickly switch between, I hibernated Windows, powered on the pc, and got greeted with GRUB. I selected Ubuntu, worked in it, and restarted and ...
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PC keeps changing boot order automatically (Windows/Linux dualboot)
I have a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro mainboard, and in the BIOS settings I set the first boot drive to my 250GB SSD which has Windows 10 installed, and the second boot drive to my 500GB SSD which has ...
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Not able to boot from Windows USB on Ubuntu
I'm trying to install Windows 10 on a laptop running Ubuntu.
But the problem is, it's not booting from the USB.
Details:
Tried formatting USB drive as FAT and NTFS.
It get's detected in BIOS menu, so ...
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Unable to access Windows after installing Ubuntu on 2nd drive
I had a spare drive laying around, so I decided to plug it into my Windows 10 desktop and install ubuntu onto it. While selecting the desired Ubuntu installation mode I chose erase disk and install ...
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GRUB menu will not appear unless I set admin password on BIOS
After many hours of debugging, I finally got the GRUB menu working on my Windows 10 / Ubunutu 20.04 dual boot setup. However, the GRUB menu will only show up if I enable an admin password in the BIOS ...
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Trouble booting windows on a dual booted machine with Linux
I'm currently experiencing some problems with windows 10 on a dual-booted machine with ubuntu 18.04.
For some reason, I cannot boot windows anymore as it's stuck on "attempting repairs". I'...
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Resetting virtualbox machine causes "iPXE (http://ipxe.org) E2:00.0 E200" to appear
I'm installing Ubuntu on a virtual machine but just got a weird, extremely rare error from VirtualBox instead of the usual VB BIOS boot screen.
I can't use anything to recover VirtualBox because VBox ...
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Laptop cannot boot as a result of trying to solve windows BSOD
So, I have 512GB SSD laptop in which I had windows pre-installed. recently, I installed ubuntu in it for dual boot. Both the OS were working perfectly. Suddenly today I was booting into windows and ...
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dual boot windows/ubuntu only loads windows loader, will not load grub, will not boot ubuntu
I have a successful dual boot installation of ubuntu 20 with windows 11. However, upon reset, the system always goes to the windows loader rather than to grub, so I cannot boot ubuntu.
However, in ...
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Uninstall Linux from dual boot and Install it again
Today, I installed Zorin os 16. Then to update python to latest version, I had to remove it and then update as per details provided by an online source. During that, when I opened settings, it said ...
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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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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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windows efi and system reserved partition mistakenly deleted
while installing ubuntu mistakenly deleted windows efi partition, and other system reserved drive.
Currently i am with ubuntu n how many times i try to install dual boot with windows it was not ...
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Change boot device order by default to windows
Long back I dual booted my system, installed ubuntu alongside windows. But while removing the same instead of safe removing the OS I deleted the partition in which I had Ubuntu.
Now since then ...
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"Warning Machine not in commited state"
I am responsible for an HP Elite Desk G4 desktop. It has a dual boot configuration with both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It works fine except for
"Warning Machine not in committed state&...
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Will dual booting Ubuntu and Windows on separate hard drives affect boot up time?
I was thinking of buying another hdd to run a separate linux environment on the same computer because I don't really want to repartition and use the space on my Windows boot drive. Will this slow the ...
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Can i delete the drive which contain microsoft and EFI named folder with FAT32 partition type
I have one partition which can be accessed through windows explorer which contains Microsoft and EFI folder
I am now confused that can I delete the partition and I can't delete it from the windows ...
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After updating my Windows10, I cannot run Windows in my dual boot (Ubuntu/Windows) system
I have a dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu PC. Yesterday I updated my Windows 10, but after that when I want to run my PC, grub comes, but I only can go to Ubuntu: every time I select Windows, it ...
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Can I fix a windows 7 booting issue with ubuntu?
I had a windows 7 machine working fine. Then it crashed and wouldnt boot, it wouldnt even post. So I assumed the motherboard went so I bought a new one and replaced it. Still nothing (i gave the ...
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I'm using a Dell G5 15SE 5505 with Ryzen 7 CPU and Radeon RX 5600M graphics processor
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my computer using a bootable USB stick. I'm using Rufus to install the Linux ISO with a MBR partition scheme with target system of BIOS or UEFI and a FAT32 File ...
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Linux doesn't see Windows Boot Manager while installing
On the other day I was installing Linux on my new laptop, which I just have obtained. It didn't have any system preinstalled so I installed Windows 10. After that I realized that I want to do some job ...
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Windows Update Not Working with Dual Boot
I have been having dual boot Windows 10 + Ubuntu 20.04 for a few months, and (almost) everything has gone ok, except for one thing: Windows Update does not work anymore.
I'm stuck at version 1809, and ...
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Dual-boot and virtualise Ubuntu/Windows
I came across this post this post which discussed the idea of dual-booting Linux/Windows and having the ability to spin up the other OS virtually via something like virtualbox.
I also have a need for ...
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Grub does not detect windows 10 efi boot files
I recently installed lubuntu on new partition, and in doing so, I formatted the efi partition to FAT32. Now I want to boot into Windows 10, but none of the usual recovery methods have worked for me - ...
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How to prevent 2 Os in Different Drives to mess with the boot sectors of the Other
In the past I had a PC with Dual boot in 2 different physical drives, to easily switch between OS with the Bios menu.
HDD1 Windows
HDD2 Ubuntu
But when one of the 2 Os get an update always messes ...
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Boot windows 10 with USB but have Ubuntu on hard drive
I have a hardrive with Ubuntu on it but Ubuntu is having some serious errors so I decide to change to windows 10 I bought windows 10 from Microsoft and put it on a usb. Plugged in the USB. I went to ...
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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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Hard Disk Not Detected Only When Restarting Windows 10
I have ran into an issue that I'm having trouble Googling my way out of. To summarize what has happened:
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Windows 10 (Windows was already installed). I have made ...
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If i dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu or Linux from two different storage drives,will i face any perfomance issues?
I am currently working from a Windows 10 laptop,which has two storage drives:
1 SSD of 128 GB
1 HDD of 1 TB
Windows 10 is installed into the SSD.
If i install ubuntu directly to the completely ...
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Windows not booting up from usb
I have HP laptop which I disassembled and after assembling tried to start it which had windows 10. But it didn't start out. Only loading symbol.
After which I tried reinstalling Windows but again ...
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Install Windows 10 on HDD on a laptop having Ubuntu already installed on SSD
I have recently purchased a new laptop and it came with Ubuntu preinstalled on a 128 GB SSD configured to boot via UEFI. I wish to dual boot the system and installed Windows on a partition on the HDD, ...
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Intel Optane and Dual Boot
I have the following case:
I have a 128GB M.2 SSD where I want to install Ubuntu.
I have a 256GB SSD where I want to install Windows,
and I have a 1TB HDD i want to use in Windows.
Now I was ...
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After installing ubuntu 19.04, Windows 10 doesn't boot anymore [duplicate]
I've recently installed ubuntu 19.04 in dual boot with windows 10 (both in UEFI). GRUB recognizes windows, but when I choose the option "Windows Boot Manager" the windows logo and the loading ...
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Takes Time To Load Bootloader
I have a Lenovo Z510 laptop with Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows 10 dual boot. When I turn the laptop on, it takes about 15 to 20 seconds to load the grub menu and it shows the Lenovo Logo during this time. ...
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Deleted Ubuntu partition from Windows 10 now I can't boot at all
Hello I had Windows 10 and Ubuntu installed a Dell Inspiron 15.
I wanted to get rid of Ubuntu and deleted the partition from Windows and now it wont boot. It goes to GRUB. What can I do to fix this? I'...
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Making switching between Ubuntu and Windows faster
Do you know a way to make switching between Windows and Linux faster?
I have a dual boot set-up were I am using Ubuntu as a dev environment and that's great l!
But unfortunately I also need Skype for ...
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Can't see USB Drive in Advanced Boot menu
Was going to dualboot my Lenovo P50s with Ubuntu alongside already installed Windows 10 today. I made a bootable USB drive and entered the Advanced Boot menu (shift-click on reboot), earlier I have ...
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Is it possible to use 2 different SSD with different OS on the same computer without any data loss?
I have a laptop, actually I was using a SSD with Ubuntu, and I had an other hard-drive emplacement empty, so I was wondering as I already have a SSD with Windows already functionnal and installed on ...
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Dual boot issue on system with a SSD and an HDD
I recently bought a new HP ProBook with:
Intel i7 Processor,
8 GB RAM,
120 GB SSD,
1 TB HDD.
Windows 10 Pro...
...pre-installed on the SSD which is C:, the system partition.
And there are two ...
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Not able to install Windows 10 on an existing Ubuntu OS on an HP laptop
I am trying to install Windows 10 on an HP laptop which is currently running Ubuntu 18.04. I go to the boot device options it gives me the option of booting from a USB Flash Drive but when I select it,...
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Unable to boot from USB stick on my ubuntu PC
I am trying to install windows on my pc. I have configured the BIOS settings to boot from usb drive. Each time I do a restart, ubuntu still shows up on my screen. I have changed the boot order to boot ...
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How to get rid of rEFInd?
I wanted to try to install Ubuntu, but since I didn't have an available USB I searched how to do it without USB or CD in this post.
I have a UEFI device so decided to follow through, After making ...
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Is it better to dual boot Linux on PC or Mac? [closed]
I am a software engineer who is at a new company, and my boss is about to order a computer for me. I will be doing most of my work on Linux, and my experience with Linux has always been that I wipe ...
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How to remove GRUB from Windows 7
Someone really messed up the build machine here. Looks like they tried putting ubuntu on it, failed, and left it all porked up. And I cant figure out how to fix it. I do not have a windows disk but ...
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Dell xps 15 9570 dual boot windows 10 with ubuntu 18.04, serious errors
I have been attempting to dual boot my Dell XPS 15 9570 with Ubuntu. I turned off fast boot and changed raid on to ahci. I had the latest version of Ubuntu loaded onto my USB flash drive and I tried ...
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