For questions regarding the installation of two or more operating systems on a single computer.
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need to re-install grub2 to /boot pbr (not mbr). Use live cd and the grub-install?
I have dual boot system(Windows XP and Ubuntu 12.04) that was running fine until an auto-update of grub2 this past week-end.
I had been using the Windows boot loader to choose the O/S, which allowed ...
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How to dualboot 12.4.2 alongside Windows 8 without Wubi?
I've just bought a new Acer laptop that came preinstalled with Windows 8 in Secure Boot (enabled). Since Wine can only do so much, I want to keep my Windows8 and install Ubuntu 12.4.2 alongside it, ...
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Dual Boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu while using Windows 8 Loader
So I did a search and found a similar problem but not quite. My laptop came with Windows 8 and I have now decided to install Ubuntu onto a seperate partition. That went through fine, but I couldn't ...
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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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Can't boot ubuntu 12.04 after installing windows 8? [duplicate]
After installing windows 8 , i can not access to my linux ubuntu 12.04!
There's no list to choose the OSes!
how can i change my grub by ubuntu live to fix this problem?
Beforehand Tnx a lot !
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Updating to Ubuntu Studio
I would like to install Ubuntu Studio on my computer which has currently a dual boot Ubuntu_13.04/Windows_7. Surfing in the internet I saw that it is possible to upgrade Ubuntu to Ubuntu Studio. The ...
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No primary partitions left: how to install Ubuntu now that wubi is no longer supported? [duplicate]
On my pc with Windows7 preinstalled, there is no primary partition left to install Ubuntu in.
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 ...
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Need help installing Ubuntu 12.04.2 desktop AMD-64 dual boot with Windows 7
I'm running Windows 7 (I'm not sure what service pack), and I want to do a dual boot with Ubuntu. I've done some research and homework, but I don't know how to allocate the space on the hard drive ...
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Cannot find “Run Ubuntu alongside with windows” option when installing
I have Windows 7, and I'm trying to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu. However, when I try to install Ubuntu with a USB, it doesn't give me the option to dual boot. I can only "Replace Windows 7 with ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 kernel panic (suspend)
I believe the issues occurs with suspend. I installed from scratch and dual boot Win 8.
This seems to be happening intermittently, but I believe it's occurring as follows:
1. Running Windows 8
2. ...
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How make VirtualBox share virtual machine list in a dual boot system (Windows 7 and Ubuntu)?
I need that my VirtualBox on Ubuntu display in its VM list the VMs I created in VirtualBox while running Windows 7. Windows 7 partition is accessible and writable from my Ubuntu and I changed the
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UEFI setup extreme3 gen3 American Megatrends [closed]
I would like to dual boot win7 and U13.04 on an Asrock extreme3 gen3 mainboard which has an American Megatrends UEFI. Now, this used to be easy: I had a working system with 12.04 and win7 on sepatate ...
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What essentials do I need to start using Ubuntu instead of windows? [closed]
I would like to dual boot ubuntu with windows 8 after I fix my windows 8 (Ubuntu is just way too pretty!). I found this tutorial about dual-booting the two without problems ...
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Windows 8 OS not detected when trying to install Ubuntu
I have a new Toshiba laptop model satellite C850-1NU, which came with Windows 8. I would like to dual boot Ubuntu with windows 8 but when I try to install I only get two options Erase disk and ...
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ubuntu 13.04 alongside windows 8 not working
I installed ubuntu 13.04 alongside windows 8 but now when I start the syatem windows 8 boots up. It does not even show the option of ubuntu 13.04.
I was having trouble with ubuntu 12.04 - which kept ...
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12.10 not booting from grub line but will boot to generic version
I am new to Ubuntu and installed it as a method to access the internet while I attempted to repair my internet connection for Windows XP SP3. Dual boot for both Ubuntu and XP worked great. Failing to ...
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Can't install Ubuntu Dual Boot
I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 7 and it's not intalling .Before i got a black screen witha blinking cursor.I added nomodeset and now the problem is I'm have a grub menu and after i click ...
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Dual-boot Win7& Ubuntu 13.04 — Add to Active Directory on Ubuntu side?
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 along side my Windows 7 installation on a Dell Precision M4600 laptop. My Windows 7 install is currently setup on our Active Directory system. I would like to add the ...
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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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Ubuntu installation in BIOS mode
I want to know what kind of installation is the best for me. I bought my computer with windows 7 preinstalled in it and I upgraded it to windows 8. It is in BIOS mode and I saw that i need to install ...
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Missing vmlinuz and initrd.img in 13.04
I am attempting to set up a new MacBook Pro as dual boot OSX Mountain Lion/Ubuntu 13.04, using rEFInd as the boot manager, and the most recent 64-bit Mac image from here.
According to all the ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 don't boot with Windows 7
So I just installed the Gnome, I used the Gparted to make the partitions because the basic mode to install side by side with windows was not working. Ok, I made the partitions and installed, no ...
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dual booting ubuntu without affecting recovery disk
I bought a new laptop with genuine windows 8 with a recovery partition built in. I need to install ubuntu without affecting to the current configurations.
This is how my partition table looks in ...
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How to install Windows 8 on top of two Ubuntu OS
I am currently having both 13.04 64-bit and 12.04 64-bit installed using GRUB2. 13.04 is the main one and I allocated 100GB volume for 12.04.
I am trying to add a Windows 8 64-bit OS on top of the ...
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Time changes when rebooting kubuntu
I have installed a dual boot system with windows 7 and kubuntu but every time i reboot my system; time changes in my kubuntu. Initially frequency of time changing was less but now its changing every ...
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ubuntu 12.04 alongside windows 8 not booting
I installed ubuntu 12.04 alongside windows 8 without any problems.
But when I start my system, windows 8 boots up without even asking which os I want to use.
Why is this happening and how can I ...
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Would like to install Ubuntu on secondary hard drive within my computer
Okay, so here's the story. I am trying to install Ubuntu 13.04. I currently have a 2TB drive in my computer where Windows 7 boots from, and a secondary 500GB drive that also has a bootable ...
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grub rescue…delete ubuntu…windows 8…purple screen [duplicate]
Okay so I noticed I am basically screwed and have been working on this for hours. I tried to dual boot my windows 8, but I am still a beginner and failed. I am at the point where I delete ubuntu, get ...
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Installing Ubuntu help
I have a PC with 2 HDDs, and want to install Ubuntu 13.04 . Unfortunately, my active partition is not on my Windows XP partition. I assume my drive list when boot from LiveUSB similar like this:
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Question About Ubuntu on Windows 8 [duplicate]
I just wanted to know the risks involved with trying to boot Ubuntu in Windows 8. I would try to follow the guide on THIS page (second post down). Is it possible I could ruin my Windows? I really want ...
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Dual boot windows 8 and Linux Mint 13 (based on Ubuntu 12.04) [closed]
I've searched a lot for my problem but couldn't ensure what should I do in my case.
I bought my Asus N56VZ several months ago, and it came with Windows 7 and bunch of bloatwares that I don't like, ...
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Easiest way to stop using a separate partition for /boot?
I have an older machine that I originally set up as a dual boot with Windows 7 and Lubuntu. Part of that setup was establishing a small partition for /boot. The partition is 89 MB, and with recent ...
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invalid EFI file path on windows 8
I installed ubuntu 13.04 on my new notebook (that came with windows 8 installed) and now when I try to load windows 8 appear the error:
impossible to find command 'drivemap'. (this is in ...
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Increase Ubuntu 12.04 disk space by converting some NTFS disk space from other drives
I am sure that this question has been asked. But my situation is a bit different. OK here it is:
a.) I have a PC with dual boot OS (Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows XP).
b.) Windows XP uses 2 physical ...
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wanted to install the windows xp
I have installed the unbutu latest version on my laptop. then i am trying to install the windows xp as dual boot . could any body please suggest me how to do it . i have tried the following procedure ...
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Time clock dual boot win 8 ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
I finally have dual boot working great with ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8.
The only thing I cant figure out is why the time of day clock is 4 hours off
between the 2 OS's. I can set the time on win8 and ...
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Can I dowload Ubuntu and quickly change back to Windows 8? [duplicate]
but I also like the Windows 8 that is already on my computer. I'm not really technologically inclined, so my question to the world is if there is an easy way to switch back and forth between Ubuntu OS ...
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Grub issue in 12.04: “Booting in blind mode.”
I just turned on my PC where I'm dual-booting Ubuntu and Windows 8 and I had the following message at startup:
Invalid video mode 'text'
Booting in blind mode
Fortunately for me the laptop booted ...
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secure boot not enabled
i have Q400A Asus laptop, which was running windows 8 when i bought,i installed win7 as the main OS for the system and win8 and Ubuntu 12.04 running on side.
I wanna try 13.04 so i download the ...
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Unable to extend ubuntu partiton
I'm trying to expand my Ubuntu partition, I booted up my LiveCD, opened GParted and freed some space. But when I'm trying to expand the partition, it doesn't show any free space. It does this only for ...
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GRUB2: When I choose Windows 8, error invalid EFI file path
I had a problem with install Ubuntu 13.04 next to Windows 8. I have a Dell inspiron 15 notebook with UEFI.
In Boot-setup I changed to Legacy Boot on and switched UEFI boot off. Then I installed ...
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How can I change partition table without data loss?
I hope that I name it that right. I have a root partition a home partition and swap. All I want is to add a partition for windows. BUT my drive is full so I want to shrink the logical home partition ...
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Grub rescue unknown file system error
I formatted my partition of Ubuntu 11.04 and created a new simple volume in Windows. But when I rebooted my laptop, I got an error :no such partition.
I tried nearly all commands suggested, but could ...
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Deleted ang0 and ang1
I accidentally deleted ang0 and ang1 from my PC. I was dual-booting ubuntu with Windows 8 as default. How do I repair it? I installed ubuntu with UNetBootIn.
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grub2 C/H/S value error on Laptop Second hard drive (ODD)
I was living happily with my one hard drive in laptop then I installed a SSD as my first (hd0) then installed the old drive in laptop's second hard drive caddy in CD/DVD drive bay.
now I can't boot ...
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binary is whitelisted installin from live-cd win8
i'm trying to install ubuntu 12.04.2 64bit on a asus k55n running a preinstalled win8.
the bios (of uefi o this computer) are set to load from UEFI usb device, the fast boot is disabled and the ...
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Can't boot Chromium OS from USB! [closed]
I've recently downloaded the vanilla chromium os from hexxah and have written it on my usb stick. I followed every step and plugged it into my laptop. After I changed the boot order I managed to boot ...
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Ubuntu and Windows7 [duplicate]
I know, this is a stupid question but I need your help.
I have ubuntu 12.04 on my Computer but I need windows to play Metin2 (yes I need because I am gamemaster). Wine doesn't work because of ...
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How to boot into Linux on a regular basis with a grub that has Windows as the default?
In a PC using Windows, I'd like to schedule a boot into Linux every x days (alternatively every x bootstraps).
Is there a way to have Grub2 make this timed, cron-like, boot?
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Would I benefit from switching to Lubuntu or Xubuntu?
I just settled down with my ideal setup, a dual boot of Windows 7 and Ubuntu, but for some reason Ubuntu's running slow for me. I heard that Ubuntu was pretty small and resource light, but should I ...
