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Installing EFI boot on 128GB memory card
I am using laptop having 5200rpm hdd, and I stuck with its speed, so I was thinking to purchase a ssd which can improve performance but hdd are so expensive, and I can't keep both hdd in my laptop. So ...
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Can someone explain how I got a Windows EFI error message without trying to install Windows?
I'm using a HP Z620 workstation.
My main hard drive is Ubuntu, and it was working fine. I physically removed the hard disk with Ubuntu on and put in a brand new hard disk, and tried to install ...
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installing 32-bit windows: diskpart convert mbr error
I have an efi-based 64 bit system with win 8 pre-installed. I want to downgrade to 32-bit win 7 and so I booted up a bootable win 7 usb and opened command-prompt with shift+f10. I used convert mbr ...
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Can't install Windows on GPT device
I have a bit of a conundrum here. My windows installation doesn't boot with EFI, so the only way to boot from it is to turn off efi boot on my BIOS settings. Then I can boot into the disk, but my ...
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Deleted EFI partition Windows 8
I dual boot windows 7 and 8 and I accidently converted my windows 8 disk to dynamic while I was in 7.
I used AOMEI Dynamic Disk Manager to turn it back to basic, but it removed my EFI partition. Now ...
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Repair EFI Bootloader?
I'm aware there are other topics on this subject, but i've tried the fixes to no avail, hence making this post.
So I had a 1TB HDD with Windows 8.1 installed along with a partition with a recovery ...
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Can I delete {fwbootmgr} and system will default to {bootmgr}?
{Fwbootmgr} skips {bootmgr}
I used bcdboot C:\Windows /l en-gb /s B: /f ALL from bootable USB when ASUS K55A - HI5014L magically corrupted boot information when multiple f1-12 keys were pressed at a ...
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GRUB2 on USB with Ubuntu and Windows 8 Recovery
I have a Surface Pro. I have moved my recovery partition off of the Surface Pro onto a USB flash drive. I have also installed GRUB2 on the flash drive with Ubuntu Live/Persistent (I backed up the ...
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How to recover files on EFI boot partition
I have a laptop with Windows 7. When I try to install Fedora I delete Efi boot partition. Then I again created it. Then I remove Fedora and now nothings work. How to recover files on EFI boot ...
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Which bootloader to use when dual booting a Mac without OSX (Win/Ubuntu)
A while back I used Bootcamp to install Windows 8 on my 2011 27' iMac. Accidentally using the Windows installer I overwrote Windows onto my OSX partition. Now I would like to install Ubuntu on to my ...
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Do I need to re-install windows 8 to enable UEFI?
I know that UEFI provides for much faster boot up speeds, but as of right now it is disabled in my BIOS. Should I enable it and it'll switch over auto-magically?
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Are 2011 Apple Macs EFI-ready for Boot Camp?
I would like to know if the most recent Apple Macs have the EFI firmware up to date to boot Windows through Boot Camp.
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How to know if my BIOS supports UEFI?
I recently bought a new Dell notebook for my girlfriend and I want to know if the computer comes with a UEFI BIOS, unfortunately I didnt find any information in the manual or on Windows, is there some ...
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How do I remove an EFI System partition from a drive in Windows 7?
I have an external HD which used to be my TimeMachine drive. I got a different drive for that, so I want the original drive back as an external on my Windows box, but it has this random 200 MB ...
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