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Any way to install Windows on Linux PC without any Virtual Machine or CD/DVD/USB?
Long story short I got stuck with Linux on my PC. Can't find a way to install windows back on it. I've tried using my rooted android and boot windows 10 iso but it tells me I'm missing drivers. I've ...
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PC won't identify Linux Live USB. "non-system disk or disk error replace and strike any key when ready"
I installed Mint 19.1 Cinnamon and it was working poorly. The USB port were not identifying flash drives. I tried lots and lots of things (really, lots of possibilities), but nothing worked. Then I ...
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Repairing Corrupted Windows 7 USB/Internet Drivers from Linux Boot
I have a Windows 7 Pro computer for which all drivers (internet, USB, COM) are corrupted or missing. I was able to use a PS2 keyboard to go into to the computer and confirm this.
I then tried the ...
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Same computer, mouse axis rotated 90 degrees no matter what OS is booted
My PC turned off suddenly due to blackout. When I turned it back on, the USB mouse axes were rotated 90 degrees to the right.
It's a dual boot (Windows/Linux) system, but no matter which one is ...
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Slow Phone USB 3.0 Speeds on Windows 7, but not Linux
Phone: Pixel XL
Cable Used: anker powerline+ (https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Powerli.../dp/B01GN0M6NE)
When copying the same file from my labtop using linux i can copy in about 2mins (3gb movie)
On ...
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Can I boot windows 7 from a USB WITHOUT installing it?
I'm considering making my Linux PC able to dual boot, but frankly don't have the storage or patience for that. Can I make a portable version via USB drive, boot that, and not install it? Or will it ...
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Live USB: Why Windows OS requires an MBR to be installed?
I have always managed to create bootable linux usb devices using only dd. But when it comes to Windows, the computer fails to boot from USB .. - I don't know why it doesn't work that way, but the most ...
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How to access LVM encrypted partition from Windows 7?
Before any admin decides to close my question or put it on hold for being possibly a duplicate, I want to say that I have thoroughly and painstakingly done my research and tests of various software on ...
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USB or CD don't detects on boot menu
I bought new Acer ES1-533-P21L Laptop having Linpus Linux. The issue is I can't get option for usb nor for DVD in boot menu. Help me in this situation. Thanks in advance.!
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How to make force use a general chipset driver for a vendor-modded USB Wlan adapter?
I have a Buffalo WLI-UC-GNHP adapter, which use a Ralink RT3070 chipset (https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Buffalo_WLI-UC-GNHP). But this adapter cannot work out-of-box on Windows and Linux, and it don't even ...
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Under WIn7, how to streamline usage LibreCrypt?
I work in linux occasionally using LUKS encryption on the command line. Wife works in Win7 with no encryption experience.
I need to encrypt a USB external hard drive from the linux command line, then ...
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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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Read hard drive with btrfs filesystem on Windows or Virtual machine with linux distro
I have to read data from WD Red Pro Hard Drive (BTRFS file system) connected to Windows PC via USB 3.0 Docking station.
I read that it is not possible from Windows level. That's why i've created ...
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How to make a bootable windows USB in Kali Linux
When I tried to boot my PC into Windows 10 I got a screen with a sad face saying unmountable_boot_volume.
After searching it said I needed a Windows 10 USB or CD which I do not have.
I still have ...
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Sharing media devices from linux to windows
I want to have a raspberry pi as a USB hub in a windows network. Let me explain: we have about 10 windows PC's and we need to have access to USB media devices (like a usb stick, an android phone, a ...
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0211: Keyboard error - external USB keyboard confirmed to work
I have gotten a message stating that the following error:
0211: Keyboard error
The keyboard is also not responding, I have used this keyboard on a different computer without any problems. The ...
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I'm hoping to turn a USB stick into a multi-partition (4+), multi-boot tool. How do I properly set it up?
There are a lot of links about multi-boot, multi-OS USB drives and various tools to create them. What they don't explain in detail is how to, or whether or not it's possible to, properly partition and ...
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Too loud headset
I have creative 720 headset and they are too loud on Windows 7 and Linux Mint 17.1. Adjusting volume to 1% in control panel of win7 is not enough, they are still loud. On linux pulseaudio minimum ...
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How can I access the internet connection on a windows machine via usb from a linux machine?
Suppose I have a laptop with a linux system with no internet connection, and a windows 7 pc connected to the internet.
How can I use the internet connection of the pc on the laptop, connecting the ...
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Booting Debian from USB stick fails although Secure Boot is disabled
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon (3rd gen.; 2015) with Windows 8. I used Unetbootin to create a bootable USB stick with Debian Testing (the USB stick is FAT32 formatted). When I plug in the USB ...
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None of USB ports are working on Windows and Linux
None of the USB ports work anymore on my Acer Aspire E1-571G laptop which is running both Windows 7 and Fedora 21. It can’t detect anything. For example flash memories, USB mouse, my Android phone ...
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How to install Windows 7 to an USB HDD from Linux? [duplicate]
I'm trying to install Windows 7 from a CD to a HDD connected via USB. Windows complaints about not being able to install itself to USB-connected drives. All guides I found involve downloading a set of ...
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Could not get PS2 keyboard to work with Startech KVM
I have a Startech 2-port KVM switch I am using between a Windows 7 and Linux box.
Unfortunately I cannot get it to work with a PS2 keyboard that I like (using a PS2-to-USB adapter), although it does ...
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How can I erase a 250gb external usb drive with linux partedmagic boot cd
I run a dual boot of windows 7 and xp on Dell Optiplex 280 with a Pentium 4 mobo, a CPU of 3 Ghz and 2GB ram. My question is "How do I use the ERASER TOOL in Linux Partedmagic Boot Cd to completely ...
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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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How to boot from USB and copy files to USB?
My Windows 7 installation is broken. It won't boot and when I run the installation from bootable USB, it gets stuck right at the beginning saying "Loading something something (can't remember what)", ...
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How to read and write a USB hard drive formatted as EXT3 from Windows 7? [duplicate]
My external hard drive uses EXT3 and must be read + written by Debian and Windows 7 (home and office boxes)
It used to work like a charm with Ext2IFS on Windows XP, but since this software doesn't ...
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How to to boot Linux from external USB SSD drive, attached to Windows 7 machine?
Is there way to boot Linux from external USB SSD drive, attached to Windows 7 machine?(without altering or modification the Windows Boot Configuration Data(BCD)) The same way as boot with bootable ...
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Hardrive test using Gsmartcontrol
Few weeks ago, my laptop hanged all of a sudden while transferring files from an external harddisk. After i restarted, there was a black screen which showed insert boot device. I checked the boot ...
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Changing boot order/booting from USB
I have the kali-linux-1.0.6-amd64 downloaded on my desktop and have used "Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.5.2" to install this on my Usb. With it completed and the Usb plugged into my computer. I then ...
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Make a bootable usb drive a regular storage drive again in Windows?
I made a bootable linux drive using Win32 Disk Imager. The image I wrote on the usb drive was about 4-5 GB. When I stuck the drive in to re-use it as storage, the only part of the drive that is left ...
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When I reboot going from Linux to Windows, the USB keyboard and mouse don't work
When I'm on Linux and I reboot the machine and choose to boot on Windows 7, the keyboard and mouse are turned off, like they aren't receiving power. After another reboot they work fine (unplugging and ...
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Reformatting USB to support large files in Windows, Linux and Mac
I'm trying to copy a 5.3 GB file from hard disk to a USB 3.0 SanDisk 16 GB USB key.
I've tried this both from OS X as well as from Linux. In both cases the file is
partially copied and then the ...
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Very Strange USB Issue
So, I'm using Xubuntu 13.04 (Raring), and I'm having a very strange USB issue. From time to time, I am experiencing hard system locking any time the mouse -MOVES-. When the mouse is stationary, the ...
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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 RNDIS client sends REQUEST without DHCP server IP
My linux based board is running a DHCP server on USB0 port to assign a fixed IP to the connected RNDIS client. When I connect Win XP or Ubuntu machine with this board, host machine gets the fixed IP ...
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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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How to mount a Microsoft Windows 7 USB media under Linux?
I have an original Microsoft Windows 7 USB key. I would like to mount it under Linux, but all my attempts have failed :
# mount -o ro -t ntfs /dev/sdd1 /mnt/usb/
Failed to read last sector (16439295):...
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I want to format(properly) pendrive which has linux installed on it on windows
I used dd command in linux to do byte-copy of a linux-distro iso. I installed it on a computer, I don't have access to that computer, to reformat my pendrive using mkfs.vfat.
In windows only 456 MB(...
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USB mouse disconnecting and reconnecting in windows and linux
I have a problem similar to what is described at "Why is my USB mouse disconnecting and reconnecting randomly and often?" except is is happening in both Windows 7 and Linux (Ubuntu 12/04TLS, fully ...
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Can't boot from USB - even with BIOS set correctly
I can't boot from USB even though the BIOS is set to boot from USB first. Windows Boot manager somehow seems to be taking precedence. I have Windows 7, Linux Mint and Ubuntu installed on my hard-drive....
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Linux boots when I click "Windows 7" in boot manager [duplicate]
I've been trying to dual boot, which has pretty much been successful. I have Linux installed on an external Hard Drive. In the boot manager when I click on Windows 7:
(with the hard drive plugged in),...
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One USB drive with 2 partitions - Can I mount one on host, the other on a guest when using VirtualBox?
I have an external USB drive that has two partitions - one FAT32, the other ext4. My machine runs Fedora 17, and I run Windows 7 as a guest under VirtualBox.
If I just plug in the external drive, it ...
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Windows 7 BSoD + Restart when plugging and unplugging flash drive
I have a Gumstix Overo Fire COM that I have loaded with a basic linux kernel and mass storage drivers. The device is then connected to a host machine, to which it appears as a common USB storage ...
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install grub on pendrive containing linux installation, making it system independent
i have a win7 system and i want to install debian 6 on usb flash drive. the problem is grub loader. i want to install the grub loader on usb itself, so i can just plug in the pendrive in any computer ...
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How can I install Windows 7 without dvd or usb, on linux?
I have a different problem that I don't think can be solved but it's better to ask before loosing all hope.
I currently run Crunchbang (Debian dist) and would like to install Windows 7 as well. ...
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