A bootloader is a small program that gets executed at startup time. The bootloader loads data and other startup process into RAM where they can be executed.
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How do you recover from formating your partition with grub?
I had my laptop's HDD separated in 3 partitions:
NTFS - Win XP install (primary)
NTFS - common space (extended)
ext4 - Ubuntu 10.10 (extended)
Running out of space, I deleted my 2nd partition, and ...
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How can I get the grub menu on boot?
This is for a friend's Toshiba Portege laptop with Ubuntu 10.4.1 on it. They want the original Windows XP for tablet PC installed; they do have the disk, but the Portege seems unable to boot from a ...
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After installing Ubuntu from USB, GRUB2 can't be installed!
Hello ladies and gentlemen! I installed Ubuntu alongside with Windows 7 using live USB.
It wouldn't let me install GRUB, it says there's a fatal error with the partition chose. I literally chose ...
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On which partition is my bootloader installed?
How can I check on which partition Ubuntu installed my bootloader from within Ubuntu?
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Unable to boot Into Windows 7 after Ubuntu 10.04 update
I'm running a dual boot Windows 7 / Ubuntu 10.04 system. I ran the Ubuntu update last night, and today when I tried to boot into Windows 7, it goes straight to the windows recovery on my Acer 5517 ...
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How to change the menu order of BURG
I have BURG installed with GRUB2 to provide nice GRUB themes on my GRUB loader. I have it all setup right but I want to know if it's possible to change the order of my menu icons. As of now, I ...
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Wiped Ubuntu files, bootloader still there, how can I remove it and restore Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?
I had Ubuntu installed through the Windows 7 dual boot option. Not knowing exactly what I was doing, I just deleted the ...
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How to install Ubuntu from a USB key using syslinux?
I'm making a bootable USB key for myself, and one function of it is to install Ubuntu.
I have downloaded the ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso file.
There is a pretty good method for installation of ...
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Why can't I choose Ubuntu at boot?
I installed Ubuntu along side windows xp, and at the choose OS screen my keyboard doesn't work. I can't even hit enter to just start xp I have to wait for the count down. Any ideas?
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Windows Vista disappeared after installing Ubuntu10.10?
I had Windows Vista Ultimate SP2
160 GB HDD, 1GB RAM,INTEL DUAL CORE
One of my friend told that UBUNTU is also a better OS and is an open source programme and u can use alternately both Ubuntu or ...
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Can I make grub2 boot from a CD in an external USB CD drive?
I would like to boot from an external USB CD/DVD drive on a Toshiba Portege which can't. I've tried with plop, but haven't had any luck.
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Windows 8 no longer boots after Grub wiped out the Windows Bootsector
I was using Win8 and installed Ubuntu 12.10... There is an entry in GRUB for W8, but when selecting it - GRUB comes back again, so Windows never boot up. I can only launch my Ubuntu.
/dev/sda1 * ...
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Bootloader Issue
I had a system with dual booting of Windows and Ubuntu. Windows was Installed First and Ubuntu Second. Now Windows is all virus- Virus and I want to format it. but once I format and reinstall windows ...
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Contents of Grub Menu On Booting
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 7 in a different partition. Then I formatted the partition where Windows 7 was installed.Now i want my grub menu to display only Ubuntu for Booting. But it ...
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Cannot boot Windows 7 or boot from any bootable media
I deleted the Ubuntu partition via Windows 7. I rebooted the machine and I it drops to a Grub rescue prompt.
I tried to boot from Ubuntu live DVD, USB and Windows 7 Repair CD, but didn't succeed. I ...
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Updating to Windows 8 on dual boot with Ubuntu
I have dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows Vista on separate partitions. I want to update Vista to Windows 8, buy I'm worried that I can mess up something.
How should I prepare for the update?
How ...
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Where do I install the bootloader for a dual-boot system?
This may be an odd question, but whenever I start up 12.04 installation from my flashdrive, it finishes installation. Then, at the end of the installation it says "Failed to install bootloader, would ...
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I installed Windows 7 after Ubuntu, how do I get the Grub menu back?
I want to install Windows7 on my system with pre-installed Ubuntu 11.10 to play some games in my relax time.
But after installing Windows7 over Ubuntu my computer doesn't show OS chooser (GRUB) in ...
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Help with BURG on 12.04
Can anyone tell me if this article for BURG Boot-loader is correct? I'm sure it is due to the fact that I have never had a problem with the site before. But I am always weary of things made for older ...
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How to replace GRUB with Windows NT Bootloader?
I'm not really a big fan of GRUB (I had a bad experience), nor very knowledgeable about Linux, so how do I remove GRUB, and replace it with Windows NT Bootloader, yet keep the same list/number/entries ...
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Formatted Ubuntu partition & now grub says “error: no such partition” - can't enter windows
I had installed Ubuntu (current version: 11.xx) alongside Windows Vista. Now I formatted the Ubuntu partition & merged it with another partition (without thinking, obviously).
Now, when I ...
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Win7 and Ubuntu refuse to coexist
I'll make this quick: I have an HP laptop with win7, I installed Ubuntu on a separate partition, and when I tried to boot win7 from grub I got the loading screen and no progress-ever. I did a /fixmbr ...
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Restoring GRUB2 on Software RAID 0 using LiveCD after Windows 7 wiped it
I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my system. However, I need to install Windows 7 back, and I expect that it would alter GRUB and it did.
Right now, my partition on my Software RAID 0 looks like this:
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Direct boot to a named USB device
Is there a method for adding an option line in the GRUB loader (Ubuntu 10.10) that directs the boot specifically to a named USB device? If so, can you provide an example of the line to add? This is ...
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Where to install bootloader when installing a second Linux OS?
I want to try Bodhi Linux (which is very close to Ubuntu) beside the already installed Lubuntu Quantual (which was in a dual boot with WinXP). So, I want a 3-boot: to chose between these three at ...
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Can't restart from Ubuntu 12.10
I am dual-booting Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 8 Pro. Both run seamlessly but I've had the persistent issue of not being able to restart my machine properly from Ubuntu.
If I am on Ubuntu and hit the ...
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Burg Custom Icons work only with specific themes
I have made a custom icon for burg loader for my Lenovo Recovery Partition.I have made 3 icons :
large_qdrive.png (128 X 128 pixels)
small_qdrive.png (24 X 24 pixels)
grey_qdrive.png (128 x 128 ...
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Does Ubuntu's bootloader support native virtual machine booting?
I'm still fairly new to Linux and I was wondering if the Ubuntu boot loader can be configured to boot natively to a virtual machine similar to Windows7/Server 2008 "vhd with native boot" feature?
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Installing Ubuntu 10.04 to external HDD overwrites the MBR of the internal HDD
I have a Asus A42F laptop which has Windows 7 32 bit installed on it's internal HDD.
I have just installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a portable HDD using the laptop. Now my laptop does not boot Windows 7 if ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit and 32 bit on two drives
I recently acquired a 64 bit machine which works well (AMD 64 3800+). I had an old Dell P4 machine which I had configured to dual-boot 11.10 32-bit and Win XP SP3.
I wish to install the disk from my ...
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GRUB Drops to Rescue Shell - Fix MBR and Windows Bootloader
I shall just give a bit of background information. I updated a broken Ubuntu installation to Oneiric from the live CD a while ago, and everything appeared to be working fine. Because I don't use the ...
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How to remove a duplicate Ubuntu Installation without ruining OS boot menu
I have a dual boot setup: windows vista and ubuntu.
But, I actually have a duplicate Ubuntu install that I setup a long time ago to get my bootmenu back... (my computer at one point could not find ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 does not start on MacBook Pro: Black screen
I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 on my MacBook Pro running OSX 10.8 (the laptop itself is brand new as of March 2013, if that tells you something about the model.) However, when I boot Ubuntu, I'm ...
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Change Bootloader title to include bit
Secondlife runs on 32 bit linux. I've tried WINE, Crossover, and installing the 32 bit libraries. Nothing has worked so now I'm having to install a 32 bit copy of Ubuntu as a second partition just to ...
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Dual Boot Ubuntu and Windows 7: BOOTMGR is missing when I tried to boot in Windows
So, I don't know what exactly how I managed to delete the MBR record on windows partition. But let me explain what I did next, I ran the ubuntu boot repair tool and now Windows is not even listed in ...
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OS-Prober not recognized! [closed]
So due to some shenanigans with trying to get rid of all traces of grub-customizer, I accidentally hit "delete" an extra time while in a root nautilus, and deleted my os-prober script in ...
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Edit Windows Boot Loader from Ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 12.10, and Windows 7. I accidentally removed the Windows option from the Windows Boot Loader using EasyBCD. I do not know how to access the windows boot loader configuration files. I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Bootloader failed to install
Sorry about the excessively long question, but I figured giving more information would be better.
I recently bought a new desktop for myself, running Windows 7. It has two hard drives, and I wanted ...
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Windows 7 Pro won't load after installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
So I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit using the DVD. I followed LinuxBSDos guide for dual booting Windows 7 (first installed) and Ubuntu 12.04 (second install) on 2 Separate Hard drives.
I had ...
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Why I am taken to grub4dos when selecting Ubuntu from the boatloader menu? [duplicate]
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 64x alongside Windows 7 (Ubuntu after Windows 7) on my laptop. Ubuntu installed properly without any errors. When I booted the first time, I didn't see grub menu ...
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grub will not boot ubuntu [closed]
this is my first attempt at Linux. I'm trying to dual boot XP sp2 and Ubuntu 11.10. I have the following partitions:
Primary 115GB windows ntfs
Primary 1GB /boot ext4
Primary 25 GB / ...
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How to disable intel GPU on boot without using BIOS [closed]
I have a Pavilion dv6-3182ea laptop with an ATI/Intel hybrid graphics, and I would like to know if it is possible to switch the Intel GPU off when Ubuntu 11.10 boots, I have tried to mess around with ...
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Asus A6 won't boot after installation [closed]
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 (Desctop i386) alongside Window 7.
After installation notebook don't boot: after BIOS loading i see just black screen and blinking cursor and nothing is going on.
If i press ...
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Wubi won't boot after a kernel update [closed]
I use Windows Vista 32bit and have a Wubi install of the 10.10 RC. It worked great, until one day when I upgraded the kernel and rebooted.
Now, whenever I select Ubuntu from the Windows boot menu, ...
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How to Load ubuntu with windows 8 boot loader
I have a Toshiba laptop which came with windows 7. I partitioned my hard drive and am now triple booting windows 7,windows 8 consumer preview (installed first),Ubuntu 12.04 (installed second). I would ...
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Where to install grub?
So,
My partition table looks like:
/dev/sda
/dev/sda1 16708MB (Windows Recovery Environment (loader))
/dev/sda2 367MB (Windows 7 (Loader))
/dev/sda3 368203MB (Windows 7 Files)
/dev/sda5 ...
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Win7 no longer available after installing 12.04
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 but my Windows 7 partition seems to have been lost. It is in sda2.
Can anyone help me how to get this Windows 7 partition back without having to reinstall Windows 7?
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How can I remove Ubuntu from my system and install the Windows bootloader?
I want to completely remove Ubuntu from my system. But if I delete the partition, the Grub files will be deleted and that will leave me "Bootloader-less". How can I workaround this?
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How can I reinstall the boot loader? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)
I've just installed windows 7, and I can't access Ubuntu any more.
Is there any way I can ...
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Problem when generating grub.cfg
When I ran update-grub in terminal it gave me this message:
root@ThinkPad-W520:/dev# sudo update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-25-generic
Found initrd image: ...
