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Trying to install a new OS on an HP Pavilion a6400f using a Cruzer flash drive with a Windows 8.1 iso file on it
Every time I try to install it, I open up the boot menu and it tells me which to boot from. The USB Flash Drive appears in the list, but when I press enter, it just blinks a white underscore over a ...
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Linux command on Windows produces rather unusual behavior
I have 4 text files, each with about 17 million rows (or lines, if you will). The files are named 1.txt, 2.txt, 3.txt and 4.txt. Text file 1.txt contains the following sample data;
0,0:
1,0:
2,0:
3,0:...
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How can I prevent Windows 8.1 overwriting my bootloader?
I have a dual-boot system with Trisquel GNU/Linux and Windows 8.1, using the GRUB bootloader. However, I am having a problem where, every time I boot into Windows, it seems to be overwriting GRUB, so ...
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Running a scripted program between a rapsberry pi and a laptop
What I have: A laptop(CPU: i7 6500U, RAM:8GB, OS: Windows 8.1) and a RPi Zero
What I know: Distributed computing is something that requires a lot of time and effort using special software such as ...
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Jon Erickson's book - bootable CD
Jon Erickson's interesting book on hacking contains a bootable Ubuntu linux-based CD that has preconfigured environment that would help the reader apply the code examples in the book. However, the CD ...
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How much disk space do I need for running Parrot OS?
I just git a notebook from my uncle. The notebook already has Windows 8 x64bit installed but I want to dual boot with Parrot OS. My hard disk is 27GB and has about 13GB of free space in a partition.
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Can I install Linux 64bit OS on VMware workstation player 12?
Simple question. My hardware/software setup is the following:
8GB RAM
2.5 GHz
Windows 8.1 64 bit
VMWare workstation player 12.
Can I install and run 64 bit Linux distributions on my setup? If yes, ...
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Linux Mint partition is visible in Windows 8.1
I have recently made some changes in my partitions as follows:
Previously, I had 3 drives named: C 150 GiB, D 400 GiB, E: 450 GiB
I installed Windows 8.1 and a partition manager software (EaseUS) on ...
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Upgrading to windows 8.1 on a dual-boot computer
I need to upgrade to windows 8.1 (from Windows 8), but when I use the windows store to upgrade I get error "application wasn't installed", and error code 80070002.
I am dual-booting with Linux (...
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How to update Hyper-V integration features in Fedora VM?
I have a virtual machine running Fedora 24 within Hyper-V on my Windows 8.1 physical machine. The summary panel on the machine says that my integration services need upgraded, but I cannot find a way ...
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Send ctrl+alt+numpad2 from Linux to a Windows 8.1 via rdesktop
How to send this combination without using the Virtual Keyboard on Windows?
I've already tried to toggle fullscreen on an off, and -K option do grab or do not grab keybindings, and -N to sync numlock ...
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Compatibility of Linux OS with Windows 8.1 [closed]
I have a Windows 8.1 64-bit i3 processor system. I have two questions to ask.
Firstly, I want to ask that which Linux operating system is best compatible with my current OS? Previously, I dual ...
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How do you fix time out error in Synergy?
I am trying to control my Ubuntu laptop with keyboard and mouse that I use with my Windows laptop. Everything works fine when I set up my Ubuntu laptop as a server and then connect to it with my ...
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Set up dual boot Debian (Mint LMDE) Linux + Windows 8.1 **without** efi
The specifics is that in my case Windows 8.1 is installed not in EFI mode: so the partition table is in msdos/fat format and there is no efi partition.
Unfortunately:
All how-tos and manuals I've ...
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How can I make a windows 8 recovery drive - CD - using Linux Fedora?
My HP 250G3 Windows 8(.1?) computer one day didn't boot - "Boot Device Not Found (...)"
The hard disk drive tests passed.
When I press F11 during startup, nothing happens. Now I have only a old Linux ...
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