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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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