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Removing grub from windows after booting windows 10

I was installing Ubuntu 20.04.3 on my external hard drive (sdb) but by mistake, I installed grub on my internal hard drive (sda). Now after realizing my mistake I reinstalled Ubuntu with grub on sdb ...
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Ubuntu Failed to install and now I don't know which partition it's on so I don't have access to my other 500GB

I tried to install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my Windows 10 system as a dual boot. It got all the way to the end and told me that the drive was unclean (Can't remember exact warning); Research told me that ...
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I am no longer able to boot through windows or ubuntu. Do I need to replace my hard drive?

I have been using an Asus Laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10 dual booted. A few days ago while I was using ubuntu, a black screen suddenly appeared The black screen that appeared while I was ...
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How will Ubuntu partition HDD when installed alongside Windows 10?

I have a PC with a 1 TB HDD partitioned for NTFS, a single C: drive, and Windows 10 as the operating system. I want to dual boot my computer with Ubuntu running alongside Windows. How will Ubuntu ...
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Installing Ubuntu Linux 16.04 (on a part of secondary disk) alongside Windows 10 (installed on primary disk) [duplicate]

I would like to install Ubuntu 16.04 on a Dell Inspiron 7570. It has a 256G SSD and 1TB HDD with Windows 10 installed on the SSD. I partitioned the 1TB HDD to create ~500GB space for a potential Linux ...
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Ubuntu Does Not See Any Partition in My Hard Drive

I tried to install Ubuntu along with Windows 10. I followed step by step of this tutorial on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNeJvujdB-0. I copied a boot-able Ubuntu to an USB Drive On "...
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Can I switch back to Windows 10 after i completely wiped it off my hard drive?

I decided to wipe my hard drive and install a few linux distros such as fedora, kali (I don't even know why I tried kali) and Ubuntu. I know I wiped my hard drive because when I was switching from ...
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How to install Ubuntu on separate Windows partition?

I have two separate hard drives: C:\ with Windows 10 and D:\ with data. Now I want to make two partitions on D drive. One with 80GB for Ubuntu installation and other one with all data I have right now....
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Why doesn't Ubuntu constantly run my hard drive like Windows does? [closed]

I'm dual-booting Windows 10 and Xubuntu 14.04. I've noticed that when Windows boots, the hard drive indicator LED on my laptop immediately starts going, and doesn't stop until about 10 minutes after I ...
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