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Attempted to install Ubuntu, now I have no boot menu

I attempted to install Ubuntu 13.04 onto my secondary hard drive. I say "attempted" because I had to cancel the installation after it hung on "update-grub" (or something like that) for two or three ...
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Install on usb external hard drive

I am new to ubuntu and i would like some help. I have a laptop with windows 7 installed but i would love to have ubuntu too because it's a great OS. So i would like to install ubuntu on an external ...
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How to make a Ubuntu USB Flash Drive Installer?

How to make a Ubuntu USB Flash Drive Installer with the latest version of Ubuntu (13.04 right now)
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how do i install ubuntu on ssd cache and maintain windows acceleration? [duplicate]

I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I just bought a lenovo u310 preinstalled with windows 7. It has a 32 GB ssd cache drive and a 500 GB hard drive. I want to install Ubuntu root ...
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Ubuntu hard drive space error during install

I am installing Ubuntu 12.10 on a Virtual pc and every time I get an error that there needs to be at least 4.8 GB available drive space. I have 16 GB on the virtual drive and I have tried to set it to ...
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How do I install Ubuntu 12.10 if GParted detects no drive, Western Digital SATA hdd?

I cannot install Ubuntu because it makes the claim that no drive space is available. In reality it is simply not detecting my hard drive, although it is physically hooked up. Update: I am pretty sure ...
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Rough guide on how to partition when installing ubuntu 12.10

I was wondering if someone could give a rough guide on how to partition my desktop. I have a 512 GB SSD and 2 TB SATA HDD. The computer runs on 32 GB RAM and an i7 processor. The computer is for ...
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Addition drivers on a installation usb

Is there a way to install additional drivers on 12.10 64bit installation usb drive? 12.10 usb does not start up properly (holds on blank screen with blinking underscore). I believe this is because I ...
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Run Ubuntu 12.04 Without Hard Drive [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I run Ubuntu without a hard drive? Is there any possible way i can run Ubuntu 12.04 from a live USB drive with out having a hard drive in my computer? The hard ...
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PC wont install from pendrive

I made a bootable usb stick using Pen Drive Linux's USB Installer, but my PC doesn't recognize it when booting. I have set the BIOS to select USB as first choice but it just bypasses it and boots ...
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Ubuntu installation froze on black screen similar to command line

Any help is greatly appreciated as I do a large sum of my work on my PC. Okay so whats happened is I came upstairs and saw my computer running Windows 7 with a blue screen so I assumed nothing of it ...
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Why does the installer say I don't have enough drive space on a new drive?

I have a problem with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I am trying to install it on a new (bare) hard drive and can't get past the first screen (the one that says "For best results, please ensure that this computer: ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32 bit Live CD unable to detect windos XP OS and Drives

I m trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32 bit (Dual Boot) , but its not detecting Xp OS and the drives. Instead it shows complete hard disk in one section 1)No previous detected 2)Drives not ...
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Is it safe to install Ubuntu with an virtual drive? (With Daemon or Alcohol)

Is it safe to install Ubuntu with an virtual diskdrive (With Daemon, Alcohol, or MagicISO)? Because I'm not sure, and won't take the risk.
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How to create fifth drive for ubuntu on Win7?

I have Win7 with 4 drives (basic disk) and a lot of unallocated space.... Now I want to create 5th drive for Ubuntu... But windows don't let me create 5th without making the disk Dynamic. I don't ...
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Can't install ubuntu, continue button doesnt work

I have a laptop without an internal hard drive and I'm struggling to make it work from a USB drive. I have used Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.0.1 to install Ubuntu onto my USB drive. I specified a 250 ...
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12.04 LTS 64 bits does not boot from HDD

I installed 12.04 LTS 64 bits from a USB drive, but I can't seem to boot from the HDD. I have a single partition, with no other OSes. I need to plug in the USB drive for the PC to boot Ubuntu. Is my ...
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Install ubuntu Linux directly onto hard drive via a bridge

the windows XP 32-bit on my laptop recently died and I want to install linux now. The problem is the laptop has no cd or floppy drive anymore and is not able to boot from USB. I borrowed a "bridge" ...
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Make bootable USB Drive from Ubuntu

I need Windows for a few things, and while I love Ubuntu. I think I'll have to install Windows agian for a short period of time. I got the .iso file on my desktop, and need to make it bootable from a ...
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How do I uninstall Ubuntu 11.10 from Ubuntu?

I installed a small 3gb Ubuntu partition just to delete some annoying files in XP, but I accidentally turned the XP partition into Swap and I can only boot in Ubuntu. I do not necessarily want to save ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu wrongly warns “Not enough space” which I do have

While I'm trying to install Ubuntu, I get the X about having less than 4.5GB space available. And when I'm trying to look on my hard drive-I cant, i tried normally' throw Gparted and throw disk ...
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FULL install Ubuntu on 4GB USB drive

Is there a way to full install Ubuntu 11.04 in a 4gb USB drive? It says that I need at least a 4.6 GB drive. I want the full install, not the live persistent installation. I think that it don't need ...
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Why won't my setup see the partitions on my hard drive?

I currently have a dual boot system with 6 partitions on my 180GB hard disk (4 NTFS, 1 for swap and the other one ext4). Ive got WIndows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04 (upgraded from 10.10) installed. The 11.04 ...
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What is the difference between the “Entire Partition” and “Entire Disc”?

I want to install Ubuntu alongside my Windows 7 operation system. During installation I have three options: Install alongside the existing OS. Remove everything and install Ubuntu. Manual ...