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How to enlarge Windows 10 EFI partition
My system currently has this partition setup:
I would like to enlarge /dev/sdb2, the EFI System Partition, to 500MB.
The problem is that I do not want to delete the Windows Recovery Partition (/dev/...
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Formatting a 3TB hard drive for media
I recently bought a 3TB internal SATA hard drive.
This drive is strictly for my Anime collection.
I want to use it to store my huge media (Video|Audio) collection. I don't have executables.
I don't ...
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Windows displays old NTFS after partitioning disk for ext4 on Linux
I try to install a "shared" space between my Gentoo and my Windows10. So, in Gentoo, I used parted to remove all (NTFS) partitions from one of my drives and repartition it with ext4. I then mounted ...
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Uninstalled Linux, still getting stuck on "grub" boot menu?
I installed then uninstalled Linux on a Windows 10 machine according to instructions at (http://www.howtogeek.com/141818/how-to-uninstall-a-linux-dual-boot-system-from-your-computer/). I removed the ...
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Will Windows 10 reset mess up Linux partitions
I have a fairly new computer that came with Windows 10 preinstalled. Currently, I dual boot Windows 10 with Linux. If I reset Windows 10 (I use the option 'Reset and keep files'), will it mess with my ...
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Disable hibernation on a specific partition
After a long time googling I have not found an answer that works.
I have a shared partition that is mounted on Z: . When I manually unmount that partition using mountvol Z: /p in cmd, it doesn't get ...
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Multiple errors on installing Ubuntu after Windows 10
(Please even read the comments to understand better)
So let me start from the beginning.
I downloaded Ubuntu in my Windows 10 and burned it to the USB. When I restarted I saw boot options and ...
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Prepare a Linux partition in Windows
I've installed Windows 10, and now I'm trying to prepare a partition for a Linux installation in order to achieve a dual boot with Windows and Linux.
As you can see in the screenshot below, I made a ...
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How to restore grub boot on a /boot partition after windows 10 booting restoration
I just installed Debian testing but it didn't put Windows 10 into grub booting options so I restored Windows 10 boot with this tutorial http://www.qliktips.com/2012/11/fix-windows-8-boot-issue.html ...
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Installing dual boot Linux Mint with Windows 10
I want to install Linux alongside Windows 10. I have a bootable cd with Linux which runs normaly if I boot from it.
The problem is that Windows 10 by default takes all 4 primary partitions. Because ...
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Linux Mint Cinnamon doesn't detect Windows 10 during installation
I have been struggling with this problem for two days now. I Googled a lot of posts, but I just can't solve this. So I have clean installed Windows 10 (BIOS is normal, no UEFI – most people fix it ...
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How to encrypt a dual boot system with Veracrypt?
I want to dual boot Windows 10 alongside Arch Linux on 1 SSD. The SSD is 465GB and I want to use Veracrypt to encrypt the hard drive and enable pre-boot authentication.
I haven't attempted to do this ...
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Can I delete one of these windows partitions?
I've been googling around trying to figure out if I can remove one or more of my partitions. But couldn't find a answer for my case. It's a pre-built laptop HP Probook 650, It came with Win 8, and now ...
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UEFI dual boot messed up attempt
I was trying to for the first time dual boot my computer With Windows 8.1 Kali Linux
I didn't Have an Idea About What UEFI means so naturally I made a partition, then I Went to the "BIOS" menu and ...
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