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What is the best partitioning and its sizes for SSD, to contain everything related to Mint 19.1 [closed]
++ For a Laptop, 300GB HDD, 3GB Ram, USB2, with Win7.
++ To install Linux Mint 19.1, with a dual boot with Win7.
++ In the case of installing Linux Mint 19.1, on a 120GB SSD, mounted in a Caddy DVD.
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virtualbox: guest linux mint copied text cannot be pasted to windows 7 host with mouse button click
I am using virtualbox 5.1.30 with host windows 7 64 bit and guest linux mint 18.2 64 bit. I would like to achieve very simple/quick data transfer through clipboard between host and guest by using ...
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Windows client sees IP addres, not host name
I have setup a small linux mint server which I try to access from windows. In windows I can neither ping nor map this linux mint server by host name, but I can do both by IP address. I added wins to /...
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How to dual boot Linux Mint 18.1 along with windows 7?
I recently installed Linux Mint 18.1, the latest stable release, on top of Windows 7. The installation went well. However, windows 7 is not listed in the boot loader at all even though I have access ...
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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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Removing User Accounts in Linux Mint/Windows 7
I am preparing a laptop for sale. Instead of wiping the whole drive, I just want to delete the personal information I have. I have an ssd by the way with TRIM support so even if I delete the files ...
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Windows cannot be installed. The selected disk has the maximum number of partitions of this type [duplicate]
I want to install Windows 10 and I want to keep Windows 7 since it'll take time to get used to W10. I also have Linux Mint. The problem is that my computer is 5+ years old Dell laptop, from what I ...
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How do I sync the time on my Linux Mint VM with my Windows 7 host?
I'm running Linux Mint 17 VM using VirtualBox on a Windows 7 (host). I've followed the steps found here and installed all three packages, but I still can't make the time sync with the host.
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Properly Restore Data Backup from Windows 7 in Linux (Mint)
I recently installed Linux Mint on my computer, dual booting with Windows 7. However, in the process I managed to corrupt my hard drive (trying to convert a "dynamic" Windows disk back to a "basic" ...
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Dual boot system with Linux and Windows: No internet connection under Linux
So I installed Windows 7 on my PC first, then Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon onto the same hard drive. Then I installed the LAN driver under Windows 7 because it didnt't recognize the interface at first. ...
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How to recover windows system from grub rescue error?
uI have run two OS's (windows 7 n opensuse) in my pc. Later I tried to remove opensuse using minitool partition wizard. When I tried to restart,it is showing an error:grub rescue. I am unable to open ...
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How to create a WIndows bootable USB from ISO on Linux Mint Rebecca
Searched, all the results that came up were opposite of what I wanted.
I downloaded a Windows 7 (64-bit Home Premium) ISO from digitalrivercontent.net, I have a windows key. How do I burn the ISO to ...
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Stop automatically scanning for Wi-Fi on Linux Mint
How can I disable the automatic scan for other Wi-Fi networks when I'm already connected on Linux Mint? I have an HP laptop with touchscreen buttons and the Wi-Fi button doesn't act as usual. It ...
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Linux Mint installation and partitions restore
I tried to install Linux Mint and accidentally selected to install over other OS. After that it imediatly transfered me to where I must select my time zone. I aborted install, restarted PC and looks ...
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Why is my computer screen black whenever I load an OS?
Whenever I boot up windows I get the "Starting Windows" screen and then I'm shown a black screen with a mouse cursor (which I can move). I installed Linux Mint 17 on an entirely different hard drive ...
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Windows 7 & Linux Mint sharing: W7 can't see LM
I have a Linux Mint 15 desktop and Windows 7 laptop that I am attempting to share files and a printer with. I have a bit of an odd problem that I can't figure out how to resolve.
I've configured the ...
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Sound not working in VMware player
Guest operating system is Windows 7 and I have VMware player 6.0.1 installed. On it latest version of Mint Linux is run. The problem is Linux never gets sound. How do I fix this? The message "the ...
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Linux Virtual Machine for Windows 7 that will run Keryx?
I'm having a problem getting packages onto a Linux computer that doesn't have an internet connection. The accepted answer here suggests Keryx, which needs a Linux computer with internet to get ...
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Windows 7 getting 'Setup was unable to create new system partition' when trying to install on dual boot with Linux Mint 15
I know there are a LOT of threads with this error message in but my case is different. I sold my windows PC and want to dual Boot Windows 7 Ultimate and Linux Mint 15. I have Linux Mint 15 installed ...
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"BOOTMGR is missing" while trying to boot off usb
everyone.
here's the problem:
I made a bootable USB stick to boot Linux mint using Unetbootin.
When I tried to boot off it, though, the following message came:
BOOTMGR is missing.
press CTRL-ALT-...
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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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How to create portable Linux system on a USB Drive?
I want to create a portable Linux system which I can keep on my 8GB USB drive and take with with me anywhere I go, basically I want to have all my programs, settings and files stored on the USB so ...
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Dual booting windows 7 and Mint 14 with "something else" option
I would like to do a dual boot of Windows 7 and Mint 14 on my Acer netbook which already has Windows 7 Pro 64-bit installed on a terabyte hard drive. I have already shrunk the Windows 7 partition to ...
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Why does it take longer for Linux to tell me that my user password is wrong, than it does for Windows?
I use both Linux Mint and Windows 7 depending on the task. I've noticed that when I try to login in with an incorrect password it takes longer to tell me so in Linux than it it does in Windows 7.
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How to remove linux mint? [duplicate]
I've windows 8 and Linux mint both installed on my system , Now I want to remove both Linux mint and windows 8 and install windows 7 from a USB flash drive .
I don't know where the Linux mint files ...
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Dual boot linux mint 14 partitioning
I have 2 primary partitions installed: 100MB system reserved (NTFS) and 230GB Windows (NTFS).
Can I make a linux /home partition so that different distros can point at it and use it's files? And will ...
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Dual boot modular partitioning
I want to install linux mint 14 alongside my already installed windows 7; there is an install alongside windows 7 option but I don't know how that will partition my drive and I don't think it will ...
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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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Multibooting Windows 7 and Linux Mint 13
I have a few softwares that can only be run in Windows. So I'm thinking about multiboot. But I've a few questions. Firstly, does multibooting effects the performance of LM even a tiny negligible bit ...
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How can I load Windows 7 after I installed Mint 12 KDE?
I have Windows 7 installed. I attempted to install Mint side by side. Though, when I choose Windows from the Grub loader(knowing that Windows needs MBR) nothing happens. What is the best way to ...
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Remove mint 12 dvd version and leave windows 7
I dual booted my xp, installing linux mint 12 lisa with no problem.
My brother decided to do the same, he dual booted his windows 7, installing linux mint 12 cd version, then upgraded to the dvd ...
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Linux mint 10 seems to corrupt ntfs filesystem
I have Linux Mint 10 and Windows 7 installed on the same HDD. First partition is Linux, then swap, then the Windows system partition and finally an NTFS partition for commonly used data I would like ...
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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 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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