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Can I boot Linux from a VHD?
Is there some way to boot a Linux system from a VHD in Windows 7?
If there is a way, how do I put it there in the first place?
EDIT: To clarify, I'm not trying to run Linux in a VM. I'm trying to ...
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Dual boot Linux with Windows 7
I am trying to recover an installation of Linux on my machine, preferably without having to reinstall Linux (and possibly Windows) altogether.
I have installed Pear OS first, and then installed ...
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Can't boot from USB - even with BIOS set correctly
I can't boot from USB even though the BIOS is set to boot from USB first. Windows Boot manager somehow seems to be taking precedence. I have Windows 7, Linux Mint and Ubuntu installed on my hard-drive....
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Linux Won't Boot From Option in Windows Boot Manager
I have a pre-existing option to boot from (Windows 7), and a also made a Linux option which was made from Easy BCD.
I'm able to load Linux when I click on Windows 7 (When my external HDD with it is ...
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How to make a bootable windows USB in Kali Linux
When I tried to boot my PC into Windows 10 I got a screen with a sad face saying unmountable_boot_volume.
After searching it said I needed a Windows 10 USB or CD which I do not have.
I still have ...
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Need to fix Windows MBR without using a CD
I have a laptop which was Linux/Windows 7 dual-boot. I need to get rid of the Linux partition so that it only boots into windows.
I know how to do this if I have the Windows 7 CD(which I do). But ...
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Computer wont boot to windows
I recently installed a Linux operating system (backtrack 5 r3) I couldn't connect to the internet with it so I removed the partition manually. After that, whenever I turn on my computer it goes to a ...
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How can I undo “mark partition as active” using GParted/Linux live CD?
In the process of trying to shrink my hard drive partition, I marked my C: drive (the only drive I have) as “active” in Windows’s “Disk Management” software. When I rebooted, it said something like “...
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Using GRUB to boot into encrypted windows disk
This is similar to other questions already asked here before. Still none of them actually answered my problem.
My PC has two SSDs. One containing Windows 7, one containing Kubuntu 15.04.
The Linux ...
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Should I create an EFI Partition In The Debian Installer?
In the Debian Installer after you are done partitioning I was asked if I wanted to create an EFI partition. I do have Windows 7 already installed in EFI mode apparently (that was a mess up on my part) ...
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Can't Boot Windows after BackTrack 5 install
My computer won't allow me to boot into Windows 7 after I installed BackTrack 5 (A Linux Distro). I don't believe this is a boot sector problem because, as you will see in the video, the Windows ...
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