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Windows 7 Slow bootup after installing Ubuntu

my initial machine was Windows 7 x64. then I decided to try Ubuntu 12.04. so as of now Ubuntu 12.04 is installed in another partition and it really boots fast. however when I select Windows 7 as my ...
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I have separate HDD for Ubuntu and windows 7 HDD problems

I know this question was already asked before on how to repair my MBR. I disabled my harddrives in BIOS before installing Ubuntu (13.0x latest one) and seems it must have messed up my MBR to my ...
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Messed up Ubuntu 12.04 installation, Now Windows 7 will not boot

I have an HP laptop that came with factory installed Windows 7 Home Premium. I was attempting to install Ubuntu 12.04 as a dual boot on a partition that I had already created. I didn't have anything ...
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Ubuntu does not start, and computer stops

I installed Ubuntu 13.04 x64-bit on my computer with Windows 7 on the same partition. Now, Windows 7 starts normally, but Ubuntu does not start, and my computer crashes if I start Ubuntu. Ubuntu stop ...
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Cannot start windows

I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 LTS and I had made a partition in Windows, and I booted from a live CD and tried to install on that partition. The installation didn't work, so I checked the file, and ...
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remove grub using from inside windows 7

last year I installed Ubuntu on my pc and everything worked fine then one day i accidentally removed the Ubuntu partition but the boot menu that allow u to choose between windows 7 and Ubuntu was ...
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assistance recovering/reinstalling/installing ubuntu and win7

I should know better, I've done it correctly so many times..... new computer with Win7 installed, I defrag, shrink, re-boot from Ubuntu live USB, go to gparted and look at partitions before installing ...
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Installed Ubuntu 13.04 but PC still tries to boot up win7

So I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my PC. in the installation i chose the option to only install Ubuntu and delete win7 completely. when i reboot after the installation is complete it tries to boot up ...
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Accidental shutdown by user during boot: Does it cause damage to ubuntu?

A few weeks ago, I got Ubuntu. The day after that, my sister using my computer wanted to boot into Windows 7, but she booted into Ubuntu instead. While it was booting, she shut it down. Today I want ...
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Installed 13.04 alongside Windows 7, now I cant boot into Windows

I believe what I did was I installed Ubuntu to the same partition as windows 7, I thought that was what I was suppose to do but now I cant boot into windows. When I try it tells me "boot manager ...
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no boot HP Mini 1104 dual boot Windows 7 with Ubuntu

Have successfully dual booted several HP desktop models with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7. Have also installed Ubuntu 12.04 on USB flashdrive, which works correctly in a desktop PC. Have tried more than ...
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Trouble with GRUB in dual boot

so I'm fairly new to linux and I have a problem after installing Ubuntu on my PC. I've dual booted ubuntu and osx before on my mac without trouble. I would be given the option of which OS to use. Now, ...
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ASUS UX31A keeps looping ASUS Preload Recovery and won't boot Win7 after installing ubuntu

The title pretty much says everything. It looks like I have the same problem as Unable to boot Windows after installing Ubuntu 12.04 - error: invalid efi file path but I already cycled that about 20 ...
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My laptop wont boot in either windows 7 or ubuntu 13.04 after dual-boot installation

I am a fan of Ubuntu products and not the newest in dealing with its Desktops and servers, but i have come across a huge problem. When Ubuntu 13.04 came out and claimed it supported UEFI, i ...
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Data deleting from shared drive

I am currently running a dual boot windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 system. Thisis the first time that I have set up a dual boot and I may have gone wrong. Firstly, booting into either OS is fine. However, ...
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Error while installing ubuntu 13.04: “no medium found for files”

I tried installing Ubuntu 13.04 on my Windows 7 Home Premium Toshiba. First I downloaded it, then burned it on a virtual disc using magicdisc, afterwards tried installing. I had to use the cd help in ...
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cant boot Windows 7 after boot-repair

I originally have windows 7 64 bits, then I tried to dual-boot with Ubuntu 13.04. but after installation my computer was only able to boot Windows (Ubuntu was not there as option). So I boot from ...
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PC wont boot either Ubuntu or Windows 7

I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 7. After I installed Ubuntu ran the first time. After I restarted I couldn't get it to boot. I went on Windows and looked for a fix. I tried it in the terminal, ...
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Ubuntu hangs on start on system that have Windows 7

I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 using Live-USB stick on a system that have Windows 7 in Asus 1025ce, but after selecting Ubuntu in boot menu, system not started in first time and these messages ...
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How to boot into Windows 7 after install Ubuntu? [duplicate]

My computer had Windows 7. Then I installed Ubuntu. But after the installation I can only go to Ubuntu.
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Installing Ubuntu with preloaded Windows 7

I am trying to install Ubuntu as a Dual Boot with my preloaded Windows 7. I have a 1 TB hard disk. Primary Partition for windows is limited at 80gb and the rest of the space was unallocated and i ...
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No grub menu in dual boot with Windows 7

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10, and once I restarted and changed the boot order to normal, it just went like a normal boot into Windows 7. I couldn't even select which OS I wanted to boot into. So ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu after installing it and it looks like it isn't even installed in the disc management

I Installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a 45GB partition, and when it asked me to reboot the computer, the dual boot menu didn't appear, it boot directly Windows 7. When I checked the disc management, there was ...
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boot failure w8,w7,ubuntu

i have hp desktop with w7 and i dual booted it with windows 8 first but then i wanted to install ubuntu so i deleted the w8 partition and using w7 and by using an app easybcd i set windows 7 to be ...
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Windows missing from GRUB menu

When I turn on the computer, I can see the GRUB and boot into Ubuntu. But I can't boot into Windows because I don't see it in the GRUB. I have tried both boot-repair and sudo update-grub to no avail. ...
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Recover files from Ubuntu using Win 7, and repair start-up

About 4 months ago, I installed Ubuntu 12.04 via wubi onto my laptop to run alongside Windows 7. At start-up, I can select which OS I would like to use. Last night, I was working on two reports, and ...
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Attempted downgrade from GRUB2 to GRUB; can't boot into ubuntu anymore

So I just did a clean install of windows 7 ultimate and installed ubuntu 12.10 beside it. I kept the windows bootloader in the mbr at the advice if my tutorial (i used easyBCD to enable an option for ...
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Can't start Windows after installing ubuntu [duplicate]

First I've installed Windows 7 and then Linux Mint on another hard-drive. So when I started the PC I saw the Grub-Menu with the possibilities to start Mint or Win7. Then I wanted to install Ubuntu ...
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How do I remove Windows 7 when I am dual booting Ubuntu 12.10 as well [duplicate]

I would like to remove the Windows 7 OS and only use the Ubuntu 12.10 install. Is there a way for it to work?
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Dualboot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on UEFI Unable to Boot to Ubuntu

Here is the layout of my disk: /dev/sda1 (EFI partition) /dev/sda2 (Recovery partition) /dev/sda3 /dev/sda4 (Windows 7 partition -- boot) /dev/sda5 (/boot) /dev/sda6 (swap) /dev/sda7 (/) I have ...
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two windows 7 systems and Ubuntu

I have experience with dual boot windows vista and windows XP with Grub. But now I have two windows 7 systems and worry if I will install ubuntu it will delete boot sector for my windows 7 system. I ...
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How can I change my boot options from within Windows 7?

I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 7, however when I boot it up, it gives me graphic issues and will not proceed. I can fix it by adding nosplash nomodeset to the parameters, but I don't know how to ...
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How do I boot Ubuntu off a DVD?

I've burnt the Ubuntu 12.10 image onto a DVD and I'm not sure what to do next. How do I boot off of it and can I go back to Windows 7 when I'm done with Ubuntu? I used this as my tutorial: ...
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Not able to boot Ubuntu 12.04 after installation in Windows 7 PC

I tried installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS using USB drive. Only the UEFI port option is shown in the initial boot screen and not the Legacy boot. Once I select , install along with Windows it goes through ...
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Ubuntu has been removed but still shows up in boot menu [duplicate]

I installed Ubuntu as a dual-boot with my Windows 7 PC and then later removed Ubuntu (by deleting the partition and also by clicking 'Uninstall Ubuntu' in the Windows 7 control panel). However when ...
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Dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows trouble with Grub, and EasyBCD

well the story is kinda long, so I'm gonna give the link explaining my first problem... How to install GRUB on the hard-disk? Now, I read in some answers, forums, and more... To install EasyBCD in my ...
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Can Ubuntu repair windows 7 that won't boot?

So my old computers motherboard died and right in the middle of a windows boot. As you imagine, after buying a new and suitable rig windows 7 will not boot. windows gets to the "windows starting up" ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 difficulties with first time startup on USB external hard drive

Today I decided to finally try out Ubuntu, so I followed the Windows installation guide. I downloaded the Desktop Ubuntu 12.10 ISO for Windows, and used the Pen Drive Linux USB Installer to install ...
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Can't Install Ubuntu Dual Boot With Windows 7 [duplicate]

Two months ago I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 on my new Fujitsu laptop. I downloaded Wubi and installed Ubuntu with it. When I restarted the computer after the installation, I got a error while ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 grub menu does not show Win 7 dual boot option

I did a dual install of ubuntu, probably messed something up on the way as win 7 install drive gave the no os found screen upon boot and grub went into repair mode or something. I got this sorted out ...
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dual boot win7 ubuntu 12.04 problem

I'we tried to install Ubuntu 12.04 as my second OS. On my PC I have 3 partitions - C where is Win 7, D and I made about 100 GB free space on E( I'we shrinked that partition from 200 GB ) where I ...
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Dual boot with primary Windows

I've installed Lubuntu on my computer, but I let to be Windows primary. How do I get to Lubuntu? I have no offer list while booting Windows, Windows is booting automatically without chance to change ...
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Why does windows 7 (loader) fail to boot on dualboot with 12.10 ? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Grub Won’t Boot WIndows 7 I have windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 installed. In order to make an easier dual boot, I installed windows 7 first and then installed Ubuntu to the ...
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I installed Ubuntu and I can no longer boot win 7 or ubuntu. Can someone help me? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Windows 7 doesn’t boot after Ubuntu install I installed Ubuntu and I can no longer boot win 7 or Ubuntu. Can someone help me? I tried 3 ISO boot boot fixes and none ...
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How do I recover my (potentially) ruined (600+GB) Windows installation?

I was installing Xubuntu onto the same hard disk that my huge installation of Windows was on and I accidentally pressed "Okay" after I chose to do my own partitioning. The last thing I saw before I ...
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Dual-boot bootrec /fixboot issues while uninstalling Ubuntu

Good Day, I want to give Ubuntu more HDD space so I tried to create a new partition then merge it with my Ubuntu's. Windows is unable to create more that 5 partitions I decided to uninstall then ...
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Unable to boot from recovery partition after unistalling Ubuntu 12.04 64bit

I have Sony VAIO laptop of E-series. One day I installed Ubuntu 12.04 64bit on my machine, but it is not useful for me. So I uninstalled Ubuntu and now I'm unable to boot from my recovery partition ...
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intalled ubuntu 12.10 and now cannot boot win 7

so this is my brothers pc and i finally convinced him to try out ubuntu and went about installing it... he did have windows 7 and xp installed (with 4 partitions, win7, documents partition, win xp ...
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Remove Ubuntu but keep windows 7 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I have Ubuntu and Windows 7 but I want to remove Ubuntu and keep Windows 7. I used Ubuntu's way of installing the operating ...
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ubuntu is not booting, after dual boot installation with windows 7 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?) Recently i bought a lenovo u410 ultrabook. It has given along with windows 7 and 4 primary ...

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