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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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Remove GRUB when Bootsect and Bootrec didn't work
I recently installed Ubuntu 15.04 in an external hard drive (let's call it HDD2), with an Acer Aspire E1-572G. It already had installed Windows 8.1 on its internal hard drive (let's call it HDD1).
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deleted linux mint from windows 8 dual boot reinstalled linux can't make it work
I have a lenovo g710 laptop with windows 8.1 preinstalled.I made a dual boot with linux mint and everything was ok.Then i did something in linux terminal and when i restarted the pc linux wouldn't ...
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To which extent will bitlocker affect my boot chain
My laptop has the following setup:
uefi (no secure boot)
gpt ssd
custom bootmanager (refind, similar to grub)
leading to windows 8.1 (via windows bootloader) and a varying linux distro (via grub)
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Windows 8.1 dual-boot with openSUSE boot failure
I already have Windows 8.1 on my newly built PC and wanted to dual-boot with openSUSE. I wrote the install image to a USB, but the install kept hanging so I used network install (also written to a ...
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Windows won't boot after trying to boot linux live usb
I've created a Linux Tails liveUSB with YUMI, and tried to boot it. I got to the main screen where you get to choose which distro you'd like to boot (since YUMI makes multiboot usb) but I chose the "...
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Can't get Windows 8.1 to appear in loader list in GRUB
I have a Dell laptop with Win 8.1 preinstalled and wanted to dual boot to Linux. So I partitioned off 100gb of the main and only hard drive and installed Kali Linux (Debian 7). It asked if I wanted to ...
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After installing Fedora Linux using Asus vivobook, cannot access OS
3 days ago, I installed Fedora on my Asus Vivobook s551. After the installation, I could not enter either the Linux OS nor the original Windows 8.1 OS!
I need to access my original operating system, ...
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Windows 8.1 reboot upon reaching the logo
I have a HDD which was used just for Windows 8.1. That is, the HDD had two partitions, system reserved and Windows.
Now I got a SSD and switched back to Linux as my main OS, but yet I have the HDD ...
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Mint 17 and Windows 8.1 Dual Boot: No EFI partition
I am working on the installation for Mint 17 and need to understand what is going on with my Windows 8.1 booting. Here is an image showing all partitions from Windows:
As you can see the EFI patition ...
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Ubuntu can't be booted from DVD drive?
I bought a Lenovo Ideapad G50-70 (with pre-installed Windows 8.1) lately. Thinking of dual-boot, I downloaded the Ubuntu LiveCD, and created a bootable disc. Later, I restarted the PC (with my CD ...
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2 x Windows 8.1 + Linux - boot configuration
I've got a strange situation. I must install two windows 8.1 systems and one linux (for example Debian) on one machine (one disk). I know that there is a huge amount of information about it on the ...
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microsoft boot manager replaced by grub2?
I was running my pc with Win 8.1. I was thinking about trying linux for a long time so I decided to give it a try. I tried to install it several times but I was never able to boot to it, all I could ...
