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Which partition looks least important? I need a spare partition for Ubuntu
I have been wanting to install Ubuntu for a while, but, I've ran into the "too many partitions" problem, but I am not sure which to make into extended ones, and which not to.
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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.
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Ubuntu to Windows
So last night my OS(Windows) died on me, my bootmgr went missing(corrupt i guess) and i could not load into windows. I used my brothers computer to download Ubuntu as a temp OS until i get my hands on ...
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How to split window in Windows 7, like in Ubuntu Nautilus (F3 key)
I love the Ubuntu feature when I press F3, two windows appear so that I can drag and drop files between different folders.
Can I get this functionality in Windows 7? Like an extension or something?
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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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Multiple BSODs on acer notebook
I've recently bought an Acer Travelmate notebook. Initially it came with Windows 7 on it and I got BSODs whenever I tried to do heavy stuff (like games and etc) on it. Though very often I got a BSOD ...
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Do I need to reserve space before installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 7?
I had Windows 7 32 bit on my existing system, but I am planning to install Ubuntu alongside it. So, I just decided to do a fresh installation of both the operating systems.
When I insert the Windows ...
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Get windows 7 desktop to act like linux [duplicate]
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What is the multiple desktop utility you suggest for Windows?
There is a guy at my job that has a Unix OS, something like Ubuntu or something like that. Anyways he has the ...
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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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Partitioning for Windows 8 installation error
This is my partition table. Here Windows 7 is the C:/ of windows 7 and others and softwares is E:/ and F:/ respectively. 18 GB ext4 is ubuntu 10.04 primary partition. The free 42 GB was my D:/ drive. ...
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How to install windows 7 in a dual-boot pc?
I have ubuntu 14.04 and windows 7 installed in my pc.Which is a dual-boot system.Now i want to reinstall windows 7 uninstalling both ubuntu and previous windows.How can i do it keeping my personal ...
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Dual booting Ubuntu and windows
How much memory is required to dual boot the latest version of Ubuntu and windows (XP, although I'll upgrade to 7 soon)? The Ubuntu installation process says I'll need 6 GB, but is this just for the ...
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