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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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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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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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Windows 7 can't see Ubuntu shared folders and I can't find credentials for Ubuntu file on Windows 7
I have 3 PC's. On two of them I'm running Windows 7 professional and one Linux Ubuntu as media storage server. With desktop machine I have problem deleting credentials of Ubuntu server and they are ...
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Is it safe to run Ubuntu Live CD on Windows 7 with Bitlocker encryption enabled?
I have (working) notebook with Windows 7 and Bitlocker encryption enabled. Is it possible to run (only run, not install) a Live CD (for example Ubuntu Live CD) without affecting or damaging Windows 7? ...
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Restore Windows on Ubuntu [duplicate]
A few years back, my parents gave me a Windows 8 laptop. After years and years of messing with the poor thing, I got it to a hardly working point, and it seemed Windows hardly even worked on it ...
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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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Can I create a Windows 7 recovery disk on a dual boot system?
I want to uninstall Ubuntu from a computer running both Ubuntu and Windows 7. I understand that to do this, I need to delete the Ubuntu partitions on the computer and use a windows recovery disk. ...
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Ping not working from Windows to Linux
I have a fresh Ubuntu system that I am trying to ssh into from another PC. I'm starting out just trying to see if I can get a Windows system to see my Ubuntu system so I am using ping.
Here is my ...
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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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Windows 7 is corrupt; How to save Windows settings on clean install
Last week I had problems with my PC and I fixed all hardware related issues, but the result window doesnt start up anymore.
I want to reinstall Windows and delete everything I currently have on the ...
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How do I access files created by Ubuntu while using Windows (files created on NTFS disk)
I've created a folder called 'Video' in E:\ using Ubuntu. When I switch to Windows I can't see it. How do I access the contents of this folder?
Note: the folder is also hidden in Ubuntu and not ...
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Swapping from Windows 7 to Ubuntu (host) and Windows 7 VM on same hardware
This may have been asked elsewhere, but it always seems to be unclear about whether they are staying on exactly the same physical hardware.
I have Windows 7 32bit with lots of programs installed (inc ...
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VT-x is being used by another hypervisor
I am trying to set up a virtual machine using Virtualbox:
Host OS: Windows 7
Guest OS: Ubuntu
Virtualbox version: 5.0.10
Processor: Core i7-5600U
But when I try to start the VM I got the following ...
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