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Why library installation in R on Linux seems to be slower than in Windows
Just for curiosity, I have dual boot system and in both side I use R, however, regarding to the library installation, I found Linux is way slower than Windows, sometimes also you need to manully ...
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Why can't I install ANY operating system?
Why can't I install ANY operating system?
I tested the memory and I tested the hard disk and everything is fine!
Mini Windows XP booted from Hiren's BootCD works. I tried Windows 7, Windows XP SP3 ...
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Windows 7 install: "No drives were found"
I noticed this question is already on here but it does not address the specific circumstances I am in and thus the solutions there are not really helpful here.
I have several hard drives connected to ...
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Installing Ubuntu Linux 16.04.1
I'm attempting to install Ubuntu on my computer (Running Windows 7 Home Premium), in place of the current operating system. I do not have an installation disk or USB stick.
I have downloaded three ...
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With Windows 7 Ultimate installed first on a single partition, what's the safest and best way to now dual boot Ubuntu 10.04 Server?
Title says it all. I've got Windows 7 Ultimate (32bit) installed on my machine, with one hard drive and nothing but the default partition. What is the safest way to now install Ubuntu Server 10.04 so ...
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Computer stopped working, unable to install any OS
I have a Sony Vaio laptop running Windows 10 (Well, it did run Windows 10) and I've been using it almost every day since I got it 6 months ago. When I woke up the other day to turn on the laptop I was ...
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Voiding data on a DVD-R/DVD+R on Ubuntu 12.04LTS
I asked on askubuntu and was pointed over here.
Long-story short, I had to completely format both my hard drives. So, I need to reinstall my dual-boot of Windows 7 and Ubuntu. One problem. I lost my ...
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ubuntu 14.04.1 installer doesnt detect any partitions, even after fixparts corrected partition table
Trying to install 14.04 LTS alongside Windows 7 I have four partitions (2 windows partitions), a ext4 for the ubuntu install, and a remaining ntfs data partition
As a follow up to Ubuntu 14.04 ...
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Windows 7 can't find Hard Disk
I had Ubuntu 11 installed, and now I want to install Windows 7. I formatted one partition (with the help of Ubuntu's live CD) and I started the installation of Windows. I formatted the partition again ...
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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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How to install freeBSD on a separate partition?
I have Ubuntu and Windows 7 installed and have a free 63GB partition.
I'm trying to install freeBSD on it. I get a "Add partition" prompt when installing
which requests
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Mountpoint
I found ...
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How do I manually install VMware Tools?
I installed Ubuntu with VMware Player on my Windows 7 system.
For some reason VMware Player cannot get the Vmware Tools files from the Internet, possibly a connection problem due to firewall ...
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Which partition can I delete so that I can install Ubuntu?
I have a desktop computer on which I first installed Windows 7, then Ubuntu 13.10 (in dual-boot).
Since everything went fine, I wanted to do the same on my laptop, which currently has only Windows 7 ...
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Will Windows 7 setup overwrite Windows 8 and Ubuntu boot records?
I have Windows 8 and Ubuntu installed, both an the same physical hd (2 partitions). Windows 8 was installed after a format, Ubuntu afterwards. I used EasyBCD to setup the boot records and the boot ...
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Can I used previously installed Ubuntu and Windows 7 as parallel booting within eachother
I have a Windows 7 installation that I've been using for long time now and I'm also experimenting with Ubuntu nowadays. I recently installed 13.04 alongside my Win7 installation. Now my question is, ...
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