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How to fix accidentally deleting EFI partitions on dualboot windows 7 and linux
TL; DR: How to fix EFI partitions that accidently deleted and cause windows 7 gone from dual boot
What happend: So recently im dualbooting windows 7 with linux zorin os (based on ubuntu) and tried to ...
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I am stuck in grub
Ok , i was running windows 7 dual boot with ubuntu , everything was fine.I tried to install windows 10 (while dual booting) i ran setup.exe everything went fine it installed about 30% , it restarted (...
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Windows + Arch with 2 EFI partitions: Boot select only discovers windows
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I wish to install Arch-Linux in a dual-boot configuration with windows 10. I have partitioned one singular drive into 7 partitions as shown here. I wish to enter into GRUB going ...
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How do I install Linux as a third OS alongside Windows 7 and Windows 10?
I currently have dual-boot with Windows 7 and Windows 10, although I'm not sure they boot correctly.
If I previously booted Windows 7, the next boot I get a black & white, DOS-looking boot menu. ...
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How to find USB thumbdrive volume on PC booted from Easy Recovery Essentials?
My PC (Windows 7) was having a problem and I'm using https://neosmart.net/EasyRE/ to try to fix it. It seems to be a minimal Linux-like OS that boots and lets you get files off the native file system ...
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Windows 10 has removed the GRUB menu
I have installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 10 in dual boot. Windows 10 was already installed, and I manually installed Ubuntu from a bootable USB. Dual boot was working properly and I was able to ...
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Lenovo Y410 restore grub
I have an old Lenovo Y410 Centrino Duo core. I have triple boot (no UEFI) windows xp, windows vista, linux partition.
I tried to install Lubuntu, as Xubuntu gave me desktop problems. There was an ...
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Stuck in Grub Rescue
I had a dual boot laptop which I had to fix, so I figured I just had to delete the Linux partitions and reinstall Windows.
After formatting the Linux partitions and rebooting to reinstall Windows I ...
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How to repair boot info from Kali Linux to get Windows 10 booting again?
I have a laptop in which Windows 10 war pre-installed. I made a USB stick boot of Kali Linux and tried installing it on a partition of my disk. During the process of "Installing Base System" ...
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When installing Kali Linux, Windows 10 suddenly became unbootable
Here's the story about the problem...
Yesterday i was Kali Linux when the setup told me to reboot. I clicked OK on my Windows 10, when suddenly after restart, my dual booted Windows 7 booted up. ...
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Boot Linux Ubuntu using Windows Boot Manager in Legacy mode, is this possible?
It might sound a noob question from the title, but I'm pretty new into operating systems.
I have a laptop and I would like to run Ubuntu alongside Windows 7. Windows 7 is the default OS, and the ...
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How does Ubuntu install on a hard drive with Windows already installed
I know someone who has just installed Ubuntu onto a harddrive which already had Windows 10 as the main operating system. Now there is the option on startup via Grub to either boot Windows or Linux.
I'...
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Possible alternatives to dual-booting and virtualization?
I am primarily a Linux user (Linux Mint). I am also a college student at an online school. My school requires that I install a remote access client (LogMeIn or GoToMeeting) so they can proctor me ...
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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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My computer won't boot, and I don't have another device to install usb repair tools
So, I recently uninstalled Linux on my Hp Elitebook 8570p. It came installed with Windows 7, so, I booted into windows 7 to delete the Linux partition. When I restarted my computer, it won't start! I ...
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