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Why Windows 10 Boot Manager can't load Windows Vista?
I had a Windows Vista/7 dual boot set up in UEFI, GPT mode (i.e using the EFI system partition to boot). The Windows Boot Manager would let me select between 7 and Vista, and both OS's worked fine. ...
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Need partitioning advice for dual boot Linux Mint with Vista
I'm trying to install Linux Mint 18 off DVD on my pc, which already has Vista installed. It has one small HDD, which is the C drive in Vista, and another larger HDD which shows up in Vista as drive G. ...
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Unable to boot to Windows Vista after reinstalling Linux in a dual boot configuration [closed]
I had a dual boot of Vista and Arch Linux. I wanted to delete Arch and install CentOS so I formatted the following partitions of the existing installation and installed CentOS 7:
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How many partitions can windows handle if you include Linux
Am trying to install Ubuntu alongside Windows Vista. So far I have three primary partitions (windows) (Eisa) (Recovery). How many Linux partitions (root, home, swap) can I create on free space without ...
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laptop only boots with usbstick
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I can't boot my laptop.
It will ONLY boot when I insert a RescueLiveBootUSB, it then shows the normal bootmenu.
Longer description of the problem:
After moving/resizing the partitions, I ...
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Need help fixing MBR on 2K3/Vista multiboot Dell 620
Such a long story and pain in the butt... My customer has asked me to load 7 windows vista clients and 4 windows server 2K3 machines bare metal(because apparently VM's aren't good enough) on a Dell ...
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Triple boot (OSX, Vista, Ubuntu 12.04): replace Ubuntu with CrunchBang
I'm probably not really a power user (I can read instructions) but my problem is pretty specific, so I figured it would fit here. I'm sorry if it doesn't.
I managed to set up triple boot (OS X ...
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How do I get back to Windows when Linux hard drive fails?
I have Windows on one hard drive and Ubuntu on another. Last time I was in Windows and I chose to shut down the computer. It got stuck on "Exiting Windows". I could tell because it took like forever ...
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Install Debian stable linux ISO from USB to dual boot Windows
I want debian as dual boot with my windows vista, Free'd up 50GB in my d drive. Plan to use 40 for debian install, 6GB for swap space
Have a 16GB USB drive
Downloaded http://unetbootin.sourceforge....
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Using Bootcamp with Windows Recovery Disks?
My friend is a regrettable Mac owner and wants to play some Windows-only games. I recently built a new computer with 7 and kept the CD Key from my old Vista 32-bit installation. He has a 1-2 year old ...
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Password reset programs only find passwords from one OS on a dual-boot system
I have an Acer laptop with Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
I need to reset the passwords on Windows Vista, but the password reset programs I have tried only find the Windows 7 passwords and not the ...
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How does one go about restoring the Windows 8 Boot GUI if one chose Windows Vista as the default before knowing they'd loose the nifty GUI interface?
How does one go about restoring the Windows 8 Boot GUI if one chose Windows Vista as the default before knowing they'd loose the nifty GUI interface? I'd rather make Windows 8 Default and choose Vista ...
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Windows Vista machine locks up after login
I've got an HP desktop machine circa 2009, running Windows Vista 64-bit and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. The machine has been in this configuration (dual boot) for some time (3 years) but recently developed a ...
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Multiple OSs in one box
I have a Windows Vista Box running Ubuntu 9.10 (with multiple kernel images) in another partition.
Now, I'd like to install Ubuntu 11.10 beta too so it can coexist with the other two. Are there any ...
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Dual-boot machine fails to run anything but Windows Safe Mode
A friend has an old Compaq laptop set up to run Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows Vista. The computer was apparently operating properly until a few days ago, when it suddenly started malfunctioning. Ubuntu ...
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