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How can i install back windows 7 after install linux if i lost my windows 7 product key?
I bought my pc together with the windows 7. After a while, i decided to use linux. So, i install centos 7 on that pc. Now, there is a software which i only know can run in windows 7. So, i have to ...
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Installing a math software on Oracle Virtualbox
I am new to the Oracle Virtualbox world and linux. I am currently in need to install the software here https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~latte/software.php in Oracle Virtualbox running linux and I use ...
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Update CAE linux to latest Ubuntu OS that has been installed with windows 7
I have installed Windows within CAE linux. Can I update linux safely so that the windows OS is not disturbed ??? CAE linux is the primary OS.
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I can't install Windows and Linux through usb
I am trying to install Windows or Linux on my machine. After the initial boot up I can select an option to install but on the next step, when I need to select a partition, installer doesn't show me ...
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install linux on a separate drive from within windows without rebooting
Is it possible to install Linux on a separate drive without rebooting to the live DVD? My setup is I have a 500GB internal HDD with windows and a bland 480GB internal SSD on which I would like to ...
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How to install windows 7 OS into external Hard disk from linux
I have a linux machine installed in my computer and i have a external hard disk of 1TB inserted into linux machine.
I tried installing windows into external hard disk but i get some error like
you ...
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How can I install Windows and keep my current files?
How can I install Windows and keep my current files?
I want to install Windows without deleting my current filesystem/home. Currently I have 4 partitions, should I delete 3 and keep the filesystem/...
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Install Windows 7 On a Computer With No Screen
I have a laptop with the screen dead. It only outputs video on hdmi or vga but not on the lcd screen on it. That means boot up messages, bios settings is not possible in that situation since vga or ...
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How to show the hidden partitions in Ubuntu 14.04 installation?
I have a computer with Windows 7 and I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows. I have a 320GB harddisk partitioned like this:
DISKPART> list volum
::N volume::::Ltr::::::Nom::::: Fs::...
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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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How do I install lzip/plzip?
A former developer backed up all of our files using plzip. We no longer have the server he used to compress them and have not been able to find a program to decompress these files. We have Windows 7 ...
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Unable to installed CentOS 5.6, Could not allocate the requested partition: Partitioning Failed: Not enough space left to create partition for /
I have 160 GB hard disk and i recently format it and installed Windows 7 with following partitions
System reserved = 100 M
Primary partition C: = 40 GB
Extended partitions = 80 GB (with 2 logical ...
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Fixing Windows 7 BSOD Stop 0x7B in a Xen VM after migration from physical partition to a logical volume
I had been dual booting my laptop ( Sony Vaio-VGNCR26B ), with the two os's being Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ( I think this is referred to 12.04.1 LTS now ). Previously, I had been able to boot the ...
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While installing, debian does not show my individual partitions
In my dual boot PC, I am trying to install Debian. This is how my disk partition looks like.
When i try to create a partition in the debian installation it shows this 250GB entirely. When i select ...
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How to install multiple OS's on a clean HDD
I want to install multiple OS's on my clean harddrive.
It will consist of Win 7, Ubuntu, and LinuxMint. I've heard about problems with the boot sequence and such, so is there a standard operating ...
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Can't install any OS after replacing hard drive
I recently upgraded my computer's HDD from 320 GB to 500 GB. It's a Toshiba L650.
I tried to install Windows 7 on it but due to some file error I wasn't able to install it successfully. While ...
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Linux installation says unallocated space is unusable
I have 3 primary partitions, 1 extended already. Here's how my current disk management looks like:
As you can see, I have WinRE(F), System Reserved, C:, and D: (where all my installers, music, games, ...
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unable to install fedora16 KDE
I have already installed Win7 on my machine. There are 3 partitions that have been done. Now i want to install another OS which is fedora 16 on my laptop but not on the virtual machine. i.e I want to ...
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Install Linux in a Windows 7 installed partition
Can I install Linux OS on a Windows 7 installed laptop. My laptop has only a single partition, where Windows 7 is installed.
Can this be done without resulting in any data-loss or other issues?
Or any ...
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Unallocated space problem
I have a hp pc that has a hard drive of 750 gb and a recovery hard drive of 31gb. I installed linux side by side with windows 7 for dual booting. Now I can't boot windows 7 anymore. During the ...
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Linux cannot see Windows 7 partitions on install
I've been trying to install Linux as a dual boot with Windows 7 on my Dell latitude e6510. It is currently running Windows 7 and I have used the MS disk tools to shrink the Win 7 NTFS partition to ...
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How to: Install ubuntu 10.04 on a netbook without killing existing windows and recovery hdd
The question is in the title
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as the tags suggest, i'd like a fresh install of linux using grub2, and partition my harddrive
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