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Linux partition shows up as unformatted hard drive
I've dual booted Ubuntu with Windows 7 (Ubuntu installed afterwards). The Windows installation is on an SSD and the Ubuntu installation on a separate hard drive. About 95% of that hard drive has a ...
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What does it mean to install two OS's alongside each other?
I currently have Windows 7 installed on my PC. However, I just tried out Ubuntu via booting from a disc and I love it. I want to install it onto my HDD, but I don't want to get rid of Windows 7. I ...
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drive visibility on ubuntu that has formatted by windows
i always use windows and now i want to install ubuntu as my second OS(multi boot)
i'll install ubuntu on separate drive.
will i be able to see my other drives that were formatted by windows?
the ...
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Android phone keeps computer from booting
When connecting my android phone to my laptop. I don't think it gets to the point of booting harddisk, so I don't believe this is relevant, but for completeness, it is a dual boot
Ubuntu 12.04, and ...
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Swapping.. OS Partitions?
Occasionally I get tasked with literally swapping the installation locations of Windows/Ubuntu. We build PCs for developers and by default they come with a 120GB SSD and a 2TB 5400 split into two ...
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Stuck Linux - Suspected failing HD
In the last 3 days, my Ubuntu box got stuck about 10 times, By stuck I mean everything froze, and the only way to restart was from the button on the case.
Today it froze about 10 times, and I have ...
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Can't install Windows 7 with UEFI off on GPT drive
I need to have a dual boot with Ubuntu and Windows 7 on my notebook with UEFI. I had to turn UEFI off to install and boot Ubuntu.
Now I'm trying to install Windows 7, but it says it can't be ...
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Buying internal hard drive,how to shift all data from old hard drive?
I'm thinking of buying a new internal hard drive with larger capacity. My old hard rive is 80gb and a dual boot of ubuntu and windows 7 is installed on it. I'm a total newbie to hardware, so is it ...
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Hard drives working on Linux but no so much on Windows
there,
I am having this problem:
I have 3 sata hard drives that are working perfectly on Ubuntu but on Windows 7 two of them work awful (very very often it hangs for like 2 minutes to load the ...
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Install Windows 7 over a Windows installed HDD SATA with box enclosure
The SATA port on my Notebook (Aspire 5810T) is broken.
I went to a repair center to see about repairing but it was too expensive just for a try. Now I'm left with an HDD SATA 320GB and my Notebook.
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Ubuntu says 993GB, Windows says 930GB. Which one to beleive?
I recently purchased an external Hard Drive with 1TB if storage capacity.
The only problem here is when I'm in Windows 7, it shows that it has 930GB available but on Ubuntu it's 993GB. The HDD is ...
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HDD(storage) partitions and new OS
Okay, to my understanding.. considering this is how I have my PC set up:
SSD [contains Windows 7 and program installations]
HDD 2TB [solely storage, and split into two partitions, one being 100GB ...
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How to see whether my HDD is "advanced format"-capable and if yes, what to modify?
I have a WDC WD5001AALS-00L3B2-type hard disk drive: Western Digital Caviar Black, 500 GB SATA-2 with 32MiB cache.
I have came across this Advanced Format, and I am not entirely sure whether my hard ...
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Should I partition my 120GB laptop HDD using Windows 7, and if so, how much space should I give it?
I only have 1 GB of RAM and the processor clocks at ~1.6 GHz. I can't afford to upgrade anything right now; I received this HP free because it was my birthday and my friend was getting a new laptop, ...
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Change the format of hard drive in Windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does Windows not recognize files inside Linux partitions?
I had three drives in my Windows in NTFS format. I going to install Ubuntu 12.4 inside Windows.
In one of the ...
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