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What is the expected outcome of installing Windows 7 in BIOS mode onto a GPT drive [duplicate]
I'd like to start by saying that i am fully aware that windows 7 is no longer supported, and i am also aware of the implications of running an outdated vulnerable operating system on my physical ...
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will Kali linux GRUB make changes to MBR on windows OS
I am new to Kali Linux and am trying to install it in a Virtual Box on my windows 7 system. My question is will Kali linux GRUB make changes to the 'Actual' MBR on Windows OS when I am installing ...
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Windows 7 not booting. grub bash shell appears
My Windows 7 x64 desktop PC stopped booting after I restarted it.
This message appears:
drive 0x80(LBA): C/H/S=1023/255/63, Sector Count/Size=16434495/512
Partition num: 0, active, Filesystem ...
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How to install MBR on to harddrive
Little bit of background... And i may be incorrect.
Someone before me, installed the MBR on one hard drive & the Windows 2008 OS on another ard drive. So when the hard drive with the MBR went ...
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How to reinstall Windows MBR with no Windows listed?
There is nice article how to reinstall windows MBR:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392
however there is a catch. I have Windows system, but when I go with repair mode it is not shown and as the ...
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Kali Linux & Windows 7 : Switching Grub to MBR
I'm trying to install Kali Linux (i386) alongside Windows 7 (x64). I have prepared suitable free disk space and placed Kali there. The last thing done by installation was to prepare GRUB. whole kali ...
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Does rebuilding the BCD affect the MBR?
I'm dual booting Linux Mint and Windows 7, and windows 7 is having a "device inaccessible" error preventing it from booting. I'm using grub for my MBR.
From what I understand, the BCD is what ...
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Linux AutoNeoGrub0.mbr is corrupt of missing? [duplicate]
I've been trying to get my windows boot manager working so I can boot both Windows 7 and Linux. Currently, I can boot both, but only run when I click on "Windows 7" in the boot manager (Linux will run ...
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How to fix Truecrypt MBR using Command Prompt or Linux live USB?
I was playing with TrueCrypt and decided to make a fresh installation of Windows 7 from USB stick.
Unfortunately Windows 7 installer: "setup was unable to create a new system partition"
My entire ...
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Netbook Windows 7 recovery
I have an Asus 1005PE netbook which I installed Ubuntu on as a second partition a while back. Its primary partition is Windows 7 Starter. I've now upgraded to a bigger laptop and am selling this ...
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Operating System Not Found - BIOS recognizes, Live OS doesn't (Laptop)
Here's the deal:
I have a multi-partitioned hard drive on my laptop set up with GRUB. I got a blue-screen while working on Windows 7 and when rebooting I got the Operating System Not Found error ...
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How to uninstall GRUB and get windows 7 bootloader back?
I have windows 7 home premium currently installed and I have just recently installed Linux Mint and it has replaced my MBR with GRUB.
Is there any way I can restore the normal Windows 7 Boot Loader ...
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windows 7 not booting after ubuntu partition deletion
I had on my laptop windows 7 and ubuntu server 9.10 (the partition with windows 7 was automatically selected at boot time). Today I wanted to install ubuntu 10.4, and for that I deleted the 9.10 ...
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How to repair boot in a dual boot setup with two Windows 7?
I installed a second Windows 7 installation on a separate hard drive on a computer that already had a Windows 7 installation.
Initially all worked great - each time I restarted I received a boot menu ...
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Windows 7 destroys my GRUB2 on every boot
I have a dual boot setup with Ubuntu and Windows 7, I generally use Ubuntu but some times start Windows 7. Every time I have used Windows 7 my GRUB2 installation brakes and as soon as GRUB2 is ...
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