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Partition resize error
I've decided to remove my old linux [/] partition and enlarge my Win7 partition, before install new linux distro.
For first time in my experience something gone wrong
when I tried to resize (enlarge ...
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Windows 7 changes my uefi default boot when it starts
I installed Windows 7 in a HP Compaq 6300. First I disabled secure boot and enabled legacy mode. Then I installed Ubuntu in other partition. Ubuntu detected some uefi partitions and let me create / ...
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GRUB Bootloader selection window showing 2 times
Currently I have installed 4 os on my 2 HDDs, Windows 7, Windows XP, Ubuntu 14.04 & Open Suse 12.3, in same order.
Before I have Installed Open Suse.
GRUB was showing options:
Windows XP
Windows ...
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Grub can't find Windows 7
Using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS after upgrading from 12.04. I have 3 hard drives: sda has Windows, sdb has Ubuntu, sdc is a non-bootable backup drive. Before I upgraded to 14.04, I had an option to boot ...
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Restoring Windows boot entry on GRUB
I made a lot of mistakes lately with my systems, and now I have an issue.
After installing fedora 20, I tried to resize my windows 7 partition, and generated an error with the actual size of the ...
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Is my Windows partition too far down on the disk?
I have /boot/ on /dev/sda1 (1GB), followed by my Linux root LVM on /dev/sda2 (1.3GB). Finally, I freshly installed Windows 7 on /dev/sda3 in the remaining 700GB of space.
When I select Windows 7 in ...
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Computer sometimes load grub not Windows bootloader
Sometimes my notebook loads grub instead of windows bootloader and I do not know why. Before I reinstalled Windows 7 32 bit I had ubuntu on it (windows installation). I have not installed another ...
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Setting up a dualboot by installing cloned partitions using clonezilla
I'm trying to setup a dual boot system where I have Windows 7 and Linux Mint. Here's the kicker both are partitions I've saved using Clonzezilla from different places and to make matters worse Linux ...
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Cloning Linux and Windows from two separate disks to a single SSD
Backstory TL;DR: cloned OpenSUSE from /dev/sda2 to /dev/sdc1, Windows 7 from /dev/sdb1 to /dev/sdc2; formatted /dev/sda2 and /dev/sdb1; reconfigured GRUB2 and installed it on /dev/sdc; OpenSUSE loads, ...
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GRUB doesn't show up when second hard drive is present
I just finished messing with Windows 7 + Linux Mint dualboot and finally got it to work. Grub handles the booting. It works as expected as long as I have only my main hard drive connected.
When I ...
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How to restore Ubuntu broken partition after Windows 7 install
I previously had a Windows 7 partition and a Ubuntu partition. When I formatted and reinstalled Windows 7, somehow the Ubuntu partition got corrupted. I can't open it and recover my files even with ...
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Create live mulitbootable flash drive with linux and windows7
So recently I have been having some trouble with my laptop, been getting bsod...
So I thought, instead of carrying my external around with me and risking it becoming damaged, why not create a ...
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Can't boot into Windows with Grub | Debian install
I have Windows 7 installed on a second harddrive, and I just installed Debian on my first hard drive. Sadly, the bootloader (grub2) is not picking up my existing Windows installation, and I can't ...
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boot error: unknow filesystem. GRUB rescue
I've been struggling with a problem for a few days now, and hope some of you can help me out. I'll just explain what happend breifly.
Well, I have an AMD E-350 APU HTPC, which I use for media center ...
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Unable to boot into windows after removing Linux
I had Linux Ubuntu and Windows dual booting from my computer. I used partition manager to remove the Linux Ubuntu partitions, now I can't get into Windows.
The machine loads in to a command prompt ( ...
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