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After cloning, the system Windows 8.1 shows the size of the smaller disk
I have ask a related question elsewhere. I have cloned 4TB HDD onto 8.TB but the
system (Win 8.1) shows the size of the lower of the 2 disks, i.e. the size of the source while cloning.
How do I assign ...
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Installing ubuntu dualboot - windows wont start
I was installing Ubuntu on one old notebook on the same HDD as windows. There was no EFI partition so I create one during the ubuntu installation process. There were some errors and in the end, I ...
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Merge unnecessary partitions on a hard drive (with complications)
So I have bought this computer with windows 8 pre-installed. When I originally got it on my approximately 1TB HDD, there were a few partitions that did (and still do) things i don't know about. I ...
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How to recover the unallocated space while doing disk partitioning?
I recently installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 8, and I partitioned my D drive and allocated 57GB for Ubuntu. But unfortunately, somehow the other partition in my D drive became unallocated like this
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Installing ubuntu while retaining Windows 8 recovery option
I have a problem with retaining the option to recover Windows 8 on a laptop, Acer Aspire E1. On my own laptop I have Win7 and had a partition called Windows recovery partition and I just left it there ...
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Win 8.1 setup program cannot any drive attached to my computer even I see them on Ubuntu Live CD
I try to install Win8.1 with a bootable USB. When I boot the PC with the Win8.1 DVD and select the Install Now option at the drive list there is no recognized drive to install OS even there are one ...
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How to recover data from ubuntu when unable to load
Recently, I upgraded my desktop hardware to i3 4th gen processor, ram, motherboard and new SSD. I had ubuntu installed earlier on 320GB HDD and I've installed a fresh windows 8 OS on new 120gb SSD and ...
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Lenovo laptop doesn't go beyond boot screen, can't enter BIOS menu
My Lenovo U510 was originally installed with Windows 8, and I wanted to dual boot Ubuntu alongside it, so I shrunk the existing Windows volumes (there's an SSD and a HDD) slightly in order to make ...
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Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Your computer hardware may not support booting to this disk
Trying to install Window 8 on a separate partition alongside Ubuntu, I got the message "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Your computer hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure ...
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How to format to NTFS my EXT4 partition on Windows 8?
I'd like to format one of my partitions to NTFS which is EXT4 at the moment and an ubuntu is installed on, that I don't need anymore.
I can't see the partition in My Computer and I've never tried ...
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windows 8 data lost while installing ubuntu 14.04
I had windows operating system. I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 operating system by over writing windows 8. But I lost 5 GB of data which was very important.
I tried test disk tool to recover data but ...
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Install Windows 8 to last partition on drive
I have a laptop with Ubuntu installed. I wanted to Dual boot Windows 8, but i came across a problem.
My drive is partition as follows
Drive 0 Partition 1 27.9gb 0.0MB free Logical //my root ...
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How to repair Windows partition after moving GRUB in different disk
I had a dual boot setup with Windows 8 and Ubuntu. The laptop has a normal HDD and a smaller SSD. Both OS were on the HDD.
I decided to make a clean install of a newer version of Ubuntu on the SSD. ...
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How to boot Windows 8 after an Ubuntu specific partition install?
I have an EFI based laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed. I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.04 in dual boot, started from the Windows boot manager.
I shrinked a Windows partition, booted Ubuntu from a USB ...
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I deleted the recovery partion for my Windows OS and now I cannot boot to Windows. Is there a solution other than a reinstall?
I was trying to create a dual boot for Windows and Ubuntu on my laptop, but I had too many particions and I could not get GRUB2 to work correctly, that is I could not boot to GRUB2. My computer came ...
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