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Merge USB partitions into single partition on Windows 8.1
I was trying to install Ubuntu in dual mode on my PC, but it failed and it divided my USB drive into three partitions whilst making USB a bootable device.
Now I want to merge these USB partitions ...
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Type of partition required for a dual boot system
What kind of a hard disk partition is required for dual booting a computer(specifically taking windows and ubuntu). Since, I did not know anything about partitioning, I decided to dedicate my E drive(...
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Dual booting Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu: Can I keep fast startup enabled in Windows if I do NOT have a shared partition?
After recently reformatting, I installed Windows 8.1, leaving half my drive unallocated. I would like to install Ubuntu in that unallocated space. The common wisdom seems to be that it is necessary to ...
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Deleted bootloader when deleting Ubuntu partition, and I don't have a disk
I deleted my Ubuntu partition to free up some hard drive space two days ago. I restarted my computer the next day and it doesn't boot up, just says
error: no such partition
Entering rescue mode
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External HDD unrecognized in Win10 but works fine in Win8.1
An external drive (Seagate Freeagent Xtreme 1.5TB) has some issues:
the filesystem cannot be recognized (1 NTFS partition but detected as RAW)
the drive cannot be accessed - an error pops up saying "...
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Ubuntu doesn't show hard drive partitions properly
I first had Windows 8.1 on my laptop installed and now I'm trying to add Ubuntu 15.10 and be able to dual boot. I have freed up some space and partitioned my hard drive for the Ubuntu installation.
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Ubuntu 14.04 is not showing my existing Windows 8.1 partitions
I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 8.1. My hard disk drive has three partitions, but they are not recognized by the installer:
What should I do to Install Ubuntu alongside the ...
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Installing linux on unallocated partition
That's my HD. I want to install Elementary OS (Ubuntu based) on that unallocated partition without loosing Windows or any other partition.
I tried to make a new partition out of it in gparted but it ...
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Windows 8.1 no longer recognize disk with a NTFS AND a ext4 ubuntu install
So, as I do every 6 month, I installed a Ubuntu partition on my computer. I have a main SSD (C:) with Win8.1 on it and I had a secondary HDD (D:) with a single huge NTFS partition on it for my data. ...
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System Reserved partition is showing up in “My Computer” along with other partitions
I use Windows 8.1 along with Ubuntu 14.04(Gnome) a dual boot. I used boot manager in Ubuntu to fix the grub in Linux to make Windows boot appear in the grub.
Later I found Windows has two entries in ...
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Is installing a different distro over ubuntu on a dualboot system possible? Or deleting partition necessarily?
I run a dualboot with ubuntu 14.04 and windows 8.1. I messed up the ubuntu and now I'm going to install elementary OS instead of ubuntu. I wounder how I should do it in the easiest way possible ...
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Lenovo Y50-70 w/ Windows 8.1: What to do before deleting the D: partition?
I would like to use the space on the Lenovo's Y50-70's D: drive, for installing there Ubuntu 14.
This is how the laptop's partitioning looks, out-of-the-box:
And from Ubuntu:
Before doing so, ...
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Is it safe to delete the 100 MB System Reserved Partition on Windows 8? [duplicate]
I have 100MB System Reserved Partition. I have other 3 partitions (making a total of 4 - max for a basic disk)
1 for Windows 8.1
1 for Ubuntu 12.04
1 common extended partition with 2 logical drives
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OS Installation order
I have a laptop with a blank hard drive and I want to install Windows 8.1 Pro along with Ubuntu 14.04 (dual-boot)
Which should I install first??
But before I install anything, I'm going to split the ...
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Replacing windows 8.1 with Ubuntu. Is it possible to recover original windows later after some years?
I have bought a new Dell Inspiron 15. It came with Windows 8.1 installed. But I want to replace it with Ubuntu (formatting OS partition & install Ubuntu), but afraid of loosing the original copy ...
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