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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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Installation of Ubuntu 12.04 terminates every time
I tried to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop alongside Windows 7 as a dual boot PC. After selecting the option Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7, a black screen comes up showing the message ...
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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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How to update Ubuntu on a dual boot system without internet connection?
I have windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.4 on my Lenovo G580. I want to upgrade my Ubuntu to 12.04 without removing windows is it possible?
Just to add WIFI/LAN do not work with Ubuntu 10.4 on my laptop due ...
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Samsung recovery solution corrupted
After I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in my samsung laptop with windows 7 pre installed, I cant access my samsung recovery solution, I need to factory reset my windows 7. Any help?
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How to nuke (and rebuild) Windows 7 from Orbit [closed]
The Windows install of my dual-boot Win7/Ubuntu 12.04 is running about 10x slower than it should be... I've tried various things, but have come to the conclusion that I need to do a clean re-install ...
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ubuntu 13.04 installation alongside win 7
I have Win 7 already installed and I want to install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside it.
I read over the net how to do so. Now while installing when I select something else in the install Ubuntu menu, there ...
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Windows 7/Ubuntu installed on seperate drives, get Invalid EFI message when selecting Windows at boot
I recently decided to take the plunge with Linux, by installing what I understand is the most user friendly of the distributions, Ubuntu. I had a spare HDD going, after switching to an SSD for my Win ...
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Windows 7 doesn't show up in the boot options
I have an ASUS-K55V. I had a dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10.
Recently I upgraded my Ubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04 using the do-release-upgrade command. The update went fine, but after the ...
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How can I tell if Windows 7 update is deleting my kernel?
I have a dual install going with windows 7 and ubuntu 12.04. My window updates have been set to manual however I just find it really strange that every time I do a windows update my linux kernel goes ...
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Ubuntu doesn't boot after manual bootloader install (Windows 7 dual-boot)
This is the link I got after bootloader rapair:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/5743624/
Boot-loader comes up, but after selecting Ubuntu I see a black screen. My SSD has 4 partitions:
dev/sda1 - ntfs 120 ...
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Windows 7/Ubuntu 13.04 dual boot woes
I tried dual-booting Windows/Ubuntu. I first set up partitions using GParted:
/dev/sda1 ext4 Ubuntu Primary
/dev/sda2 ntfs Windows Primary
/dev/sda3 ntfs Data ...
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touchpad not working after dual boot with windows 7
i have recently dual booted my machine (msi U180) with ubuntu and windows7 with ubuntu firstly installed.before dual boot my touchpad worked fine but after installed windows 7 on a partition my touch ...
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Grub menu doesn't appear on HP Z220 Workstation
I bought an analytical machine for some research purpose, the company provided
an HP Z220 Workstation with Windows 7 Professional preinstalled. I have tried to install Ubuntu 12.04 on this computer.
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Windows 7 side by side with Ubuntu
I have Ubuntu already installed. I wanted to get windows 7 as well, I followed the instructions I was given, to partition my hard drive and to format it to a NTFS for Windows but now When I try to ...
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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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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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Ubuntu 12.04/Win7 dual boot - Ubuntu boots fine, Win7 boots to a blue screen of death
I've been trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 to dual boot alongside Windows 7 on my Lenovo Ideapad U410 for a while now.
THE SHORT VERSION:
At first I couldn't boot anything. This was my non-working ...
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How to remove windows [duplicate]
I want to remove windows and delete it's partition. Also I want to enlarge the Linux partition to fill up the free'd up space. Can anyone explain me how to do that?
I installed it via windows using ...
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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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Ubuntu installation for specific usage
I want to install a latest or optimum version of Ubuntu as a dual boot with my Windows 7, 64-bit. I want to install Ubuntu to run OpenFOAM which is an open source CFD software. My computer Specs are ...
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Need help installing Ubuntu 12.04.2 alongside Windows 7; installer isn't showing partitions
I’m trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.2 alongside Windows 7, but when I run through the install guide I end up at the partition screen, and it won’t show any of my partitions or let me click on any of ...
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Difficulty loading Ubuntu 13.04 on 2nd hard drive (dual boot) with Windows 7 on 1st hard drive
I have two 500 GB hard drives. I was wanting the first to be Windows 7 64 bit (already installed) and the second drive to be Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit. I am able to install Ubuntu 13.04 onto the second ...
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12.04 LTS Installation Process Suddenly Stops
I plan to install Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS alongside Windows 7 in Asus A43E Series and I had an unsuccessful experience about the installation.
Here is the chronology:
I installed Ubuntu via USB Stick. ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Error: No root file system when installing dualboot
I am trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside a Windows7 system. I have shrunk my 280 GB Windows partition to 174GB. Now I have an unusable partition of 127423MB to install Ubuntu. But it seems it ...
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Windows 7 is not shown in GRUB menu after 13.04 install
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a secondary hard drive, which has succeeded. But there is no GRUB entry for Windows 7 as an option. Boot-Repair and update-grub did not appear to help.
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Transferring files from windows partition to the Ubuntu one? [duplicate]
bit of a noob with linux still but I love it and absolutely love Ubuntu. I have my hard drive dual booted with Ubuntu and windows 7 and for some reason I cannot get into windows 7 at all or restore ...
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How can I be able to start Windows 7 from Ubuntu, and not from grub? [duplicate]
While I was in Windows 7, I once changed my System Settings to have Ubuntu starting automatically, and since then I don't know how to run Windows again (what a stupid thing I did). Since I can't run ...
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installing ubuntu 13.04 divided my HDD
I just tried installing ubuntu 13.04 and I'm sure I followed the Right steps until he loading screen after the restart required ...when it boot up it asked between win 7 disk1 or win 7 disk2. And ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Shutdown Error
My computer recently ceased to boot Windows 7 after I turned it off one day for a reason that I do not understand, and have not resolved yet. But, Ubuntu was working fine, until today...
Before ...
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Installing ubuntu to a specific disk drive alongside Windows 7 on separate disk
I have deleted an entire disk drive (120 GB ssd) for ubuntu to be installed on. However, when I install ubuntu 13.04 from DVD, it never prompts me as to which disk drive to install on.
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Dual boot installation not booting Windows
I ave an ASUS G75VW gaming laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium and UBUNTU 13.04. After the installation of Ubuntu, the computer gives an error after selecting the Windows option from Grub. I've tried ...
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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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Ubuntu 13.04 not detecting Windows 7 during Install
I am trying to Install the latest Ubuntu 13.04 on my netbook but the installation is not able to detect any operating system installed on the machine. And asking me to either wipe out the whole disk ...
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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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Files downloaded with ubuntu cannot be accesed with win 7
I have a dualboot system with Ubuntu and Win 7. After updating ubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04 I encountered some problems:
When I download files with ubuntu to a shared ntfs partition, I cannot open them ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 not detecting windows 7 os during installation
I just bought a Lenovo y500 and freshly installed Windows 7-32 bit, which is working fine. Now I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 with dual boot. But it's not detecting Windows 7 and shows the whole ...
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I Can't Install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside windows 7
I download ubuntu-13.04-desktop-amd64.iso and write on a DVD then check it with a MD5 checker and it's OK.
I decide to Install Ubuntu on my PC that have Windows 7 sp1 64-bit simultaneously.
I follow ...
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ubuntu 13.04 AMD64 installation does not detect windows 7
I am trying to dual boot windows 7 64 professional with ubuntu 13.04 amd64 desktop.
but the installation cannot detect other operating systems(windows).
My laptop is an Asus g75vw. It was ...
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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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Sharing folders between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 in dual boot
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 as a dual boot in a preexisting Windows 7 PC. Both OS's are on an SSD and the Windows files are on a separate internal HDD ("Storage" in W7 : sda + sda1 in Ubuntu - I ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 installed but always start only Windows 7
I'm tring to install Ubuntu 13.04 on my PC desktop but when i restart my PC, it always starts Windows 7, without asking me which OS would i like to run. I've got 3 HDD on my PC:
1: 200 GB with ...
