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How to uninstall GRUB and get windows 7 bootloader back?
I have windows 7 home premium currently installed and I have just recently installed Linux Mint and it has replaced my MBR with GRUB.
Is there any way I can restore the normal Windows 7 Boot Loader ...
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How can I make grub2 boot into Windows 7?
I had Windows 7 installed on my system, then I installed Debian testing with grub2 as its boot manager. Initially I couldn't see windows entry in grub at all, so I ran:
aptitude install os-prober ...
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Installing Windows Update 3033929
I am using grub as default boot loader for my dual boot laptop (DELL Vostro 3750). My system is currently undergoing a reboot loop (infinite) because of Windows Update 3033929.
As described here:
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How do I install GRUB to a partiton and not MBR?
I am trying to dual boot Windows and Linux. I would like to continue using the Windows bootloader in my MBR.
I installed Windows 7 first. During the install I left some unallocated space that I ...
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Can I dual boot Linux and Windows 7 but use the Windows bootloader instead of GRUB?
Is it possible to have the Windows bootloader point to Windows 7 and a Linux partition instead of using GRUB to point to Windows 7 and Linux?
Any links to tutorials, guides, or how-tos would be ...
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Windows won't sleep after booting from grub
I recently added a second hard drive to my computer and I am using it do dual-boot Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) with Windows 7. Both hard drives are SATA. I am using the default grub bootloader on my second ...
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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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Error - unknown filesystem grub rescue - can't boot from any other media whatsoever
I've been trying anything and everything under the sun to fix this problem.
Have a Lenovo Y570 laptop and decided to dual boot Linux Mint alongside Windows 7.
I partitioned some space on the Windows ...
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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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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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Windows 7 not showing on Grub 2 list
I have Linux Mint and Windows 7 installed on two separate drives. I have bounced between the two all day (initially trying to get mint to show in the windows boot list, and now working on getting ...
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Dualbooting Windows 7 and Gentoo, error
I'm trying to setup a dualboot with Gentoo Linux and Windows 7.
Heres my partitions:
/dev/sda1 /boot partition, ext2
/dev/sda2 Windows 7 partition, ntfs
/dev/sda3 swap partition, Linux swap
/dev/...
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How to make my restore partition usable again?
I have an old Samsung X420 in which I had installed Linux years ago, alongside Windows 7.
I gave it to my girlfriend to use and since she didn't deal well with Linux and GRUB, I wiped and recreated ...
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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 delete the bootloader
I dualboot my pc, windows 7 64 bit, and some linux distro, nowadays i'm using crunchbang.
I once had a problem, i lost my bootloader so i created one using easybcd. Later on, i installed a linux ...
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