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OS grub page not Loading
My laptop was working fine, with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04, when suddenly the grub page stopped loading. Whenever I switch on the laptop, I get the company's name (Asus in this case), with the Intel ...
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GRUB unknown filesystem error after managing Windows 7 partitions
I'm using Debian and Windows 7 located on one HDD, in dual boot. Windows 7 had two partitions (system partition C: and general-use partition G:). Recently I've cut the G partition in size and created ...
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Windows 7 partition disappeared from hard drive
I had a windows 7 and Debian 7 install and I've been using the computer fine for almost a year. A couple weeks ago I tried to load Windows and realized the boot option in grub was missing.
After ...
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Cloning Linux and Windows from two separate disks to a single SSD
Backstory TL;DR: cloned OpenSUSE from /dev/sda2 to /dev/sdc1, Windows 7 from /dev/sdb1 to /dev/sdc2; formatted /dev/sda2 and /dev/sdb1; reconfigured GRUB2 and installed it on /dev/sdc; OpenSUSE loads, ...
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error: attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'
Recently I tried to exit out of a game client (Diablo 3) and my computer completely froze up. I tried to use Ctrl+Alt+Delete to force it to close after about 3 minutes and got no response. After ...
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trouble loading any OS's
I am having some problem installing OS's. I don't have any OS running on my laptop right now. I recently deleted all my partitions and data on the hard drive. Now i want to install windows 7. but ...
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GRUB doesn't show up when second hard drive is present
I just finished messing with Windows 7 + Linux Mint dualboot and finally got it to work. Grub handles the booting. It works as expected as long as I have only my main hard drive connected.
When I ...
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Replace a laptop hard drive (Ubuntu and Windows 7 installed)
I have Sony Vaio laptop. The laptop came pre-installed with Windows 7 OS. Later I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and Grub.
Now the hard is showing early signs of failure.
How can I replace the hard disk ...
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How to restore Ubuntu broken partition after Windows 7 install
I previously had a Windows 7 partition and a Ubuntu partition. When I formatted and reinstalled Windows 7, somehow the Ubuntu partition got corrupted. I can't open it and recover my files even with ...
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Remove Ubuntu completely from my computer and install windows
I installed Ubuntu in my machine after formatting my computer. It is now difficult to remove and restore my Windows.
The problem is that I can't boot from my Windows CD. I select the option to burn ...
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Create live mulitbootable flash drive with linux and windows7
So recently I have been having some trouble with my laptop, been getting bsod...
So I thought, instead of carrying my external around with me and risking it becoming damaged, why not create a ...
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Can't boot into Windows with Grub | Debian install
I have Windows 7 installed on a second harddrive, and I just installed Debian on my first hard drive. Sadly, the bootloader (grub2) is not picking up my existing Windows installation, and I can't ...
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How to install MBR on to harddrive
Little bit of background... And i may be incorrect.
Someone before me, installed the MBR on one hard drive & the Windows 2008 OS on another ard drive. So when the hard drive with the MBR went ...
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Can't boot operating system
I have a 1TB hard drive containing Windows 7 Home Premium and another 0.7TB hard drive containing Ubuntu Studio. After I installed Ubuntu, I got the new GRUB boot screen, and I wanted to remove it and ...
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Dual Booting Kali Linux with Windows 7. Atheros Killer E2200 not found + 2 different HDD
I'm having trouble installing Kali on a MSI GE70 2OE with a SSD HD and a standard SATA HD.
I've installed W7 on the SSD, and then partitioned my SATA in two parts: One 800Gb for W7 and another 200Gb ...
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Can't access Ubuntu or Windows after shut down the Ubuntu
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Windows 7 as partition. I was using ubuntu for some time and tried to shut down. But it doesn't shown shut down dialog box. So I again tried to shut down from top right ...
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Does my computer fail to boot because I removed RAM?
I have a dual-boot (Windows 7 64-bit and Linux) system. A couple weeks ago I doubled my RAM from 4GB to 8GB. However, the new RAM was causing all sorts of boot problems with both Windows and Linux, so ...
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unable to boot windows or linux, grub rescue
I recently set up a dual-boot on my laptop with windows 7 and linux mint. Then I deleted the partition which linux mint was on, that turned out to be a very bad decision. When I try to boot I get:
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Windows startup errors/GRUB "gone" [duplicate]
My problems: Windows 7 is not working and GRUB is "gone". This is what's happend:
Note: my OS is in Norwegian so I tried to translate it as good as I can.
I'm on the internet when there come up a ...
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Change Windows 7 Boot Configuration Data from Ubuntu?
I have a Dell workstation that had Windows 7 installed on it. I added a second HD and installed Ubuntu to that using WUBI. This worked fine as a dual boot system for a long time but then the primary ...
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boot error: unknow filesystem. GRUB rescue
I've been struggling with a problem for a few days now, and hope some of you can help me out. I'll just explain what happend breifly.
Well, I have an AMD E-350 APU HTPC, which I use for media center ...
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Will Truecrypt replace my grub bootloader?
I use the grub bootloader to dual boot win7 and ubuntu. now i want to use truecrypt to encrypt my windows disk. if i do this, will my grub be gone?
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How to reinstall Windows MBR with no Windows listed?
There is nice article how to reinstall windows MBR:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392
however there is a catch. I have Windows system, but when I go with repair mode it is not shown and as the ...
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trouble with graphics card and other partitions after reinstall of windows 7
I recently reinstalled Windows 7 and have found myself in a pile of problems that I can't find any record of anywhere. If this is the wrong place to post this type of problem I apologize.
When I ...
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Unable to boot into windows after removing Linux
I had Linux Ubuntu and Windows dual booting from my computer. I used partition manager to remove the Linux Ubuntu partitions, now I can't get into Windows.
The machine loads in to a command prompt ( ...
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Computer not finding hard drives on boot -sometimes-
Computer specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte ultradurable 3 - GA-970A-UD3
Processor: First gen I7 3.2GHZ
Ram: 8GB Kingston DDR3 1066
Video Card: EVGA NVidia GTX 460 1GB
Hard Drive: 500MB 7200rpm x2 (can't remember ...
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Grub2 physical boot selector or restart into
I am using Grub2 to select between Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I was wondering how I might be able to communicate with Grub2 with a physical switch to tell it which I want. I have plenty of experience with ...
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Can't boot Windows 7 from Ubuntu 12.04 boot menu and vice-versa
I have installed Windows 7, then ubuntu on a 64 bit laptop and I have an issue with dual boot : Windows does not see ubuntu partition, and grub displays "Invalid EFI file path" as described on a ...
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how to boot into windows from grub rescue?
everyone.
I used to have linux mint 15 , ubuntu, and windows 7 dualbooted on my samsung E300.
I did so using the following video: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HpUgIkl4oFA
Afterwards, after ...
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How to remove Grub Rescue?
Okay, before you flag this as duplicate, let me explain my exact situation.
I had Win 7 installed on HDD1. I then installed Ubuntu on HDD2 as dual boat using unetbootin. Then, I installed a fresh ...
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Add Windows boot entries after installing Ubuntu?
I have Windows 7 on its own bootable hard drive, Windows 8 on its own bootable hard drive and Ubuntu on its own bootable hard drive. I'm using the BIOS to manually select on which hard drive to boot. ...
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Kali Linux & Windows 7 : Switching Grub to MBR
I'm trying to install Kali Linux (i386) alongside Windows 7 (x64). I have prepared suitable free disk space and placed Kali there. The last thing done by installation was to prepare GRUB. whole kali ...
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Windows 7 not showing on Grub 2 list
I have Linux Mint and Windows 7 installed on two separate drives. I have bounced between the two all day (initially trying to get mint to show in the windows boot list, and now working on getting ...
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Disabling Windows Boot Manager And Using Grub2
All, I'm in a wierd situation, I would like to use grub2 to boot my Ubuntu, Windows 7 (old) and Windows 7 (new).
I purchased an SSD and installed Windows on it. My old Window installation still ...
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Using Windows bootloader instead of GRUB2
I installed Ubuntu onto a partition on my SSD along side an install of Windows 7. However, after booting the PC continued to boot into Windows without offering Ubuntu as an option. I found a solution ...
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How to delete the bootloader
I dualboot my pc, windows 7 64 bit, and some linux distro, nowadays i'm using crunchbang.
I once had a problem, i lost my bootloader so i created one using easybcd. Later on, i installed a linux ...
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Does rebuilding the BCD affect the MBR?
I'm dual booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, and windows 7 is having a "device inaccessible" error preventing it from booting. I'm using grub for my MBR.
From what I understand, the BCD is what ...
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how to install Windows Bootloader to MBR?
previously i had dual boot sytem with windows 7 and ubuntu.
i tried removing ubuntu by formatting my system to factory condition using in-built recovery as i dint have external drive for that.
but ...
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Grub is not loading properly
So, I am fiddling with a Windows 7 and Linux Mint 15 dual boot setup for hours now. I have the following hardware setup:
HD1: 15GB SSD, unpartitioned
HD2: 1TB Disc
Part 1 (sdb1): 100GB NTFS with ...
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How to make Windows 8 BCD show boot menu instead of booting directly into Windows 8?
I have Windows 8, Windows XP and Ubuntu on my computer. And I am completely disappointed of modern logic of Windows 8 BCD. Say, I need to boot into Windows XP. Steps I must perform:
Select "Windows 8"...
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How To Get Windows To Stop Assuming Precedence Over GRUB?
I have a SATA hard drive with an MS DOS MBR partition table, an ext4 Linux-based OS, an NTFS Windows 7, and an extended partition. I was happily using my ext4 partition for quite some time, but grew ...
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Windows 7 cannot get C/H/S values
Alright, so I'm a bit of a novice at this kind of stuff, but I had a CD version of Solaris and decided to install it on the disk it came on. I put it into my Windows 7 computer and did all that stuff ...
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Linux AutoNeoGrub0.mbr is corrupt of missing? [duplicate]
I've been trying to get my windows boot manager working so I can boot both Windows 7 and Linux. Currently, I can boot both, but only run when I click on "Windows 7" in the boot manager (Linux will run ...
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Can't access BIOS or boot my Windows [duplicate]
I had Ubuntu 12.04 + Windows 7 installed, I didn't like Ubuntu hence I deleted the partition.
But I forgot to fix the MBR.
Also I cannot access the mutiboot option using F12 at startup.
So when I ...
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GNU GRUB - Misaligned display/screen
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 - and upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 recently - Ubuntu installed the GRUB (version 2.00-7ubuntu11) boot menu. When I first got Ubuntu, I changed the default OS ...
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Windows option is missing in Dual boot Grub loader
I installed Windows 7 and then Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop. After installing, when I restart, GRUB didn't load. Instead, it straight away went to Windows booting as if there's Only windows available on ...
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Change default option on dual boot screen
I want to know how I can change the default selected option on the GNU GRUB dual boot screen displayed on system start-up.
I have a Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot PC. Currently there is a countdown ...
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Windows 7 not booting after GRUB installation
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 with GRUB. GRUB managed to pick the Windows 7 installation up fine however if I select the Windows 7 option at boot, it will go to a DOS screen with 2 characters, e (...
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Deleted Linux partitions but still get grub error and cannot boot into windows 7?
I had Windows 7 and Linux on a RAID0 disk- I deleted Linux, now when I boot I cannot get into Windows 7. I just get a grub error.
If I try and use the Grub Repair tool and put that on a USB stick to ...
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Installed Lubuntu as dual boot to Windows 7 and now Windows won't load
Last year when I installed an SSD in my laptop, I partitioned off a few GB to try dual booting to Linux. At the time, I was able to set up Ubuntu on that partition and used EasyBCD to manage the boot ...
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