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Can't boot SSD from USB but with Super Grub Disk I managed to boot it. Why? How to solve?
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I have a very complex situation. Basically I have an o.s. on a SSD which I run on my home PC through eSata. That's ok, I use it on a daily basis, the o.s. runs fine, the SSD have no issues (...
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Removed and re-installed SDRAM chips, computer won't boot (Fans on full blast)
I've made a horrible mistake! My boss's computer has been having problems lately and he suspected they had to do with his solid state drive. He asked me to swap his SSD with another identical computer ...
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Switched 3 HDD's from IDE to AHCI, I cannot see one of them in Windows now
I noticed my setup is running in IDE mode, which I changed to AHCI in bios.
1) SSD with Windows 8, booted up successfully in safe mode, after that, booted up in normal mode easily
2) 1TB HDD with ...
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I cannot format my PC
I have a Toshiba Satellite(1) l505 with 6gb RAM and a 6.00 GB hard disk.
Initially I had motherboard problems with another satellite (#2). Since I have HDD problems with the first one (#1) I decided ...
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Windows 7 crash when install on SSD
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on an SSD drive but the system crashes after the first restart during install. I've tried different SATA ports and a different brand of SSD drive but still get the same ...
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Making sysvinit load EVERYTHING in parallel - why does this even work?
I edited /etc/init.d/rc on my Debian machine and changed startup boot to startup boot &. Boot time decreases ridiculously, and no race conditions happen at all. Way faster than even Systemd (which ...
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How to add an SSD and boot from that?
I have purchased an SSD and installed it - in addition to my existing SATA drive.
I want to use the SSD to contain my Windows and programs, leaving my data on the SATA drive.
I have cloned the ...
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What to change in the registry to boot Windows from a PCIe Sata controller?
What to change in the registry to boot Windows from a PCIe Sata controller?
I have an intel mainboard that supports only 3GB Sata. I want to upgrade it to 6GB Sata with a controller like this:
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7+ minute Windows 7 boot/restart time with SSD + HDD
I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I had Windows 7 x64 on my HDD for a while before begin gifted an OCZ Agility 64Gb SSD as a boot drive and to hold often-used applications. Because ...
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Intel SSD remains unbootable despite reinstalling grub
I have a HP 4530s laptop and I've swapped the original HDD with an 180GB Intel 335 SSD. The problem is, I can't boot from it.
I've transfered my openSUSE 12.3 x86_64 from the HDD via cpio, as ...
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Installing Windows onto 2nd drive then removing 1st drive
I have Windows 8 installed on a hard drive and I have just purchased an SSD drive that I'm going to slap Windows 8 onto as well, with the view to chuck the old hard drive out.
I have installed the ...
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Cannot start Fedora when installed on two disks
My laptop has an SSD and a HDD. There is now no OS on my laptop.
Before I had installed Fedora 18 successfully (it was only on the SSD). Then I made some mistakes and the OS broke. Now I want to ...
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Disk Read Error and more problems - Any ideas what to do?
I'm having problems with my PC, first of all I started getting Disk Read Errors when trying to boot from my SSD. However I usually was able to restart my computer a few times and it would eventually ...
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New OS SSD - unable to boot with it
Yesterday I connected my new 240GB SSD disk which is meant to replace my old 60GB SSD, which is my current OS disk.
I used "Paragon Migrate OS to SSD" to copy the OS (Windows 8) from the 60GB disk to ...
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Can not boot into windows 8 after cloning HDD to SSD
I have a problem about transition from HDD to SSD.
I have a Sony Vaio laptop (a third gen Intel) which came with a HDD. For higher speeds I bought a new OCZ vector SSD to replace it and a HDD box to ...
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