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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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How to safely delete the second bootloader created by EasyBCD and leave GRUB?

I have two bootloaders now; I have the GRUB and the EasyBCD that I've created before the Linux was installed properly. After reinstalling Ubuntu for the second time, the GRUB came right, but now that ...
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Windows 8.1 cannot be started from grub2

today I decided to use linux again after installing Windows 8.1... I've tried to boot one of the already existing Linux partitions on my computer but I wasn't successful. So I installed PinguyOS (A ...
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Dual boot Win8.1 and Linux mint messed up

I have the following setup: sda: 1 partition for win programs (NTFS), 1 partition for data (NTFS), 1 partition for Linux Mint (ext4), 1 swap partition sdb: 64gb SSD with W8.1 ...
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