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Mistakenly edited something while booting Windows. Now it doesn't boot
I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10..
I had just finished a session on Win7 which was extremely slow, and I decided to restart in safe mode to uninstall some ...
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Grub does not detect windows 10 efi boot files
I recently installed lubuntu on new partition, and in doing so, I formatted the efi partition to FAT32. Now I want to boot into Windows 10, but none of the usual recovery methods have worked for me - ...
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How to make boot menu always appear without pressing F11
How do I make boot menu appear without pressing f11 every time? I switch between operating systems like few times a day, which makes it annoying having to press it all the time. I have a MSI ...
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Installed Ubuntu alongside Windows, Windows partition is present but Windows bootloader doesn't start
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 alongside Windows, it never occured to me before but when I try to enter Windows from its bootloader it doesn't load, the partition remains present and I can access the files ...
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Extra entry in Grub menu
My Toshiba laptop came with Windows 7 pre-installed. I installed Xubuntu on dual-boot (BIOS not UEFI). When Windows 10 came out, I upgraded to it, but now Grub shows two entries for Windows (besides ...
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Grub rescue, unknown file system. Can't boot into Windows 7
I am confused, so I am also going to use this question to get clarification and fix my computer.
Some background: I had Windows 7 on a 1 TB HDD and decided to partition my hard drive into two ~500 GB ...
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rEFInd mountvol incorrect parameter
I had Ubuntu 14.04 on a single drive. Then, I felt like installing Windows 10 along side with Ubuntu. I resized the main Ubuntu partition and unallocated half of the safe. Then, I installed Windows 10 ...
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How to copy windows recovery iso to usb in linux? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Can windows 7 recovery iso be used to create a bootable recovery usb?
How can I create a Windows bootable USB stick using Ubuntu?
I'm trying to restore my windows bootloader ...
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Grub will not boot to windows
I recently installed Ubuntu with the grub boot loader that comes with it. After the install Grub fails to find the Windows.
My setup:
HD1 & HD2 -> Samsung SSDs in Raid0 via Motherboard ...
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Unchaining grub2 and windows bootloader(s)
I would like to find out if it is possible to unchain grub2 and windows boot-loader and I could not find a convincing answer anywhere, perhaps it is just not possible...
The situation is as follows: ...
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How to change to grub bootloader from windows bootloader
I have ubuntu, linux mint and windows 8 on my computer.
A few days ago my windows installation failed, so I reinstalled it on the 500GB partition.
My hard drive is 1TB. Windows is 500GB, Ubuntu is ...
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Trouble with installing Ubuntu in HP ProBook 4530s
I installed many times Ubuntu in my ProBook 4530s along with Windows 8.1 but I can't boot that when I start the system, and also I fully installed the Ubuntu on my pc. But when the installation got ...
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Change windows 7 as the primary bootloader
Uh, I'll first tell you the history of OS Changes that have ever occurred to my computer :
First I installed Windows 7 on a partition (333 GB).
Next after Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released, I ...
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Just installed windows 8 after ubuntu and I have no boot loader
I just installed windows 8 after ubuntu. The installation was from a CD and it installed correctly, but when it asked me to restart, there is no boot loader, i.e. there is just a blinking cursor ...
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How to remove Ubuntu partition and fix the Windows bootloader
I have a Laptop with Windows Vista 32 Home Edition and Ubuntu. I'd like to remove Ubuntu, but I'd also fix the Vista bootloader, so I can start it without any error.
How can I do it?
Of course, I ...
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