Questions tagged [dual-boot]
For questions regarding the installation of two or more operating systems on a single computer.
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How to remove Ubuntu 18.04 from dual boot when both are ubuntu and set up on differnet partition?
I have ubuntu 18.04 on one partition & disco dingo on another partition. I have deleted all files from the 18.04 partition because I had problems starting up 18.04. Now , I can access disco dingo ,...
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Dual Boot Ubuntu (with LUKS, TPM) and Windows 10 (with BitLocker)
I'm looking for a way to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 10 on a single hard drive with:
LUKS + TPM on Ubuntu, with a pre-boot password
BitLocker + TPM on Windows 10, with a pre-boot PIN/password
Is ...
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Ubuntu 19.04 grub error: relocation 0x0 is not implemented yet
I boot my laptop today as usual and this error appeared:
relocation 0x0 is not implemented yet
Aborted. press any key to exit
Then it went into windows boot manager after pressing any key. I'm using ...
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How can I use Ubuntu 18.04 on double screen?
I am currently on my laptop in dual boot Windows 10/Ubuntu 18.04.
It has an HDMI output that I can use on Windows to connect a second monitor.
But on my Ubuntu boot, the HDMI output doesn't seem to ...
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auto mount drive or external drive on boot ubuntu 18.04 (dual boot system)
I have a dual boot system with drives that store data which I use to share between windows/linux. I want to setup an automount for these drives. I tried this to setup auto mounting on Ubuntu 18.04. ...
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Dual boot - Windows 8 and Ubuntu - restore Windows and install Ubuntu properly
I've tried to install Ubuntu on my laptop (HP Pavilion g6) since I have to use a program which only runs in Linux.
For that I tried dual boot Ubuntu alongside Windows using this how-to (https://www....
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My OS won't starting
I installed Ubuntu alongside my Windows 7 OS. But after the installation whenever I select Windows 7 from selection menu all it showing me is a blank purple screen. So I choosed "recommended repairs" ...
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Ubuntu won't boot after deleting Windows-Partition [duplicate]
Edit: This is not a duplicate of the marked issue above. The marked issue is about Win7 being installed and the PC directly booting to Windows... This is about nothing booting (i.e. Ubuntu) at all ...
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No Linux-Swap listed, how do increase the disk space on already installed Ubuntu without live CD
I have dual boot with windows and Ubuntu 18.04. I have recently run out of space and would like to increase my disk space on Ubuntu 18.04.
I have shrank my volumes on Windows system to increase some ...
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How to free space from ubuntu dev/sda1 to install another OS [duplicate]
Current disk structure
only have dev/sd1 with full disk space how can I resize it to get some unallocated space for installing another os?
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Install Ubuntu next to deepin [duplicate]
I have been running Deepin for a while. I have enough space left to run Ubuntu and I would like to check it out. How can I accomplish that?
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Can't install Ubuntu, log goes crazy, pops the low disk space error, installation crashes [closed]
So I built a new computer on which I was planning on having Windows and Linux (Ubuntu or Mint). Specs: i5 8400, 16GB RAM, 250GB SSD, GTX 960, connected via Ethernet, also has a WiFi card.
I have 5 ...
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Grub menu working but hidden, can't make it visible
after upgrading to 19.04 the Grub menu have become hidden. It still works and I can boot to both Windows 10 and Ubuntu by blindly finding the entry and pressing enter. I have tried to edit the /etc/...
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multiboot boot order
I have Ubuntu 18.04 as my primary operating system on sda1. I have installed other operating systems, in order to support members of the family. On separate drives or partitions.
Each time I install ...
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Dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 19.04
I'm not a beginner with creating a dual booting system, but I guess I have a lot to learn still because I have been struggling with the current system for days.
I started off with a Windows 7 system ...
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Dualbooting doesn't work, defaults to windows 8
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I can not boot from the installation media in UEFI mode. I have disabled all of the fast/enhanced/accelerated startup options from intel/microsoft, I have disabled all CSM, I have configured the ...
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(SOLVED) Dual-boot: (Windows 10, Ubuntu 18.04) Can't see files from other OS in shared NTFS partition
I'm quite new on Ubuntu and I'm still learning how Linux works.
My question is simple. But first, I'll give you my context.
I just got a new laptop and added Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to it, alongside ...
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Windows 10 is not booting from grub menu after dual booting Ubuntu 18.04 [closed]
Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at ...
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buffers managed by USB controller
I am working in Ubuntu 16.04 LTC OS, where I have connected a DSP which supports USB 3.0.
My system configuration Memory 3.6GiB
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz × 4
Grpahics Intel® ...
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What can I do after black screen with blinking cursor after boot?
I am trying not duplicate similar queries on this, but the recommendations regarding what sounds like this issue have not worked. For what it is worth, my system is a windows 10 dual-boot with Ubuntu ...
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File sharing between Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows 10 on same machine
I am planning to partition my SSD and install Ubuntu on my machine currently running on Windows. I understand I (obviously) need to install separate versions of applications like firefox, VLC etc.
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how can I extend root partition with unallocated space before that? [duplicate]
I dual booted windows 10 and ubuntu
my hard drive is 1 tb
first part of hard disk about 700 gb is windows
then second part was another windows drive with 200 gb space
that I recently deleted it
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Unable to boot into windows after installing Ubuntu on a second HDD [duplicate]
I have windows 10 installed on a SSD in my computer. I installed Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS onto an empty SATA drive. When I select windows from the GRUB boot list, appears as "Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/...
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BIOS/Grub2 not showing windows : BOOT to win10 after attempt to install
I know there are a lot of questions on the topic, but I think my situation is slightly different from the ones I saw.
I have a brand new dell precision 3530 which came with ubuntu 18.04 LTS on a 512 ...
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Is it recommended to store files on NTFS partition?
I am using Win10 + Ubuntu 18.04 dual boot and I have a sharing folder which is a NTFS partition, right now I don't see any issues, also from both sides I sync the files by the same cloud app and I don'...
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Blank screen display after new Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installation (on a system having windows 10
So I could boot from USB in my Acer AN515 system with only uefi boot option. I had secure boot enabled and got the system installed. When it rebooted after installation, it got stuck in a black screen ...
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Prevent Windows from removing Ubuntu 18.04 installed on external HDD from boot sequence (UEFI)
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 in UEFI mode on my external HDD to run on my Dell XPS 15 9570 which has Windows 10 natively installed. I didn't want to dual boot from my internal SSD since I didn't want to ...
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What is the performance difference between VM and dual-booted Ubuntu install?
I am currently trying to switch my laptop from exclusively Windows 10 to a dual-boot with Ubuntu (just the regular distribution).
To test Ubuntu and see if I liked it, I downloaded VirtualBox and ran ...
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Ubuntu and SparkyLinux Gameover
Is it possible to dual-boot Ubuntu and SparkyLinux?
If yes - Can someone help me with info how to do it?
Thanks in advance.
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Cannot log in to Ubuntu after upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04
I am using a dual boot on a Dell laptop with both Windows and Ubuntu installed, I recently upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 and it seemed fine. I was asked to restart the system after the update. However, ...
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Unable to copy files to pendrive
I've a dualboot mode for Ubuntu and Windows. Earlier, everything was working perfectly fine. But, I'm unable to copy any files to pendrive.
I know this question has been asked several times, but my ...
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Unable to boot Windows 10
Any know how to add windows 10 to my boot menu, I have windows 10 installed in a separate drive,I don't know how to edit the grub menu to show the windows boot option. I have disabled my UEFI and ...
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How can I access my LVM partition from Windows 10? [closed]
I have 2 SSD drives in my laptop. One has Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and the other has Windows 10. I am able to boot into either one separately by telling the BIOS which drive to boot. I have some files on ...
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I can't install Lubuntu 18.04.2 alongside Windows 10
I've an Acer Apire One KAV60, that one with Android-Windows 7 dual-boot.
Now it runs (or walks) Windows 10. To make it faster, I'm planning to install Lubuntu alongside Windows, but the only option ...
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Reverted BIOS to default, now don't have GRUB?
I have a lenovo laptop with Windows 10. Some time later I installed Ubuntu on this laptop and could choose whether I wanted to use Windows or Ubuntu from GRUB. Today something strange happened, I ...
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Not able to manually partition while Installing Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 along Windows 10
I have a Windows 10 machine and want to install Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04 using a DVD drive but when I boot, at step 4, I didn't get the option of Install Ubuntu alongside windows boot manager, so I chose ...
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I cannot access my hard drive from ubuntu [duplicate]
After booting my computer one day, my computer routed me to the "grub rescue" shell. All the settings there seemed fine. I booted ubuntu from my usb drive to try to get to my ubuntu partition on my ...
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Failed to open \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\grubx64.efi, can't enter BIOS
I just installed Ubuntu on my laptop (HP b119es), but it kept booting into Windows (it has a hard-coded EFI). So, I used the Boot-Repair tool to rename EFI files - the result is this:
Failed to open \...
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grub and os-prober don't see Windows10 after upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04
Can be related to Ubuntu 18.04 Server unable to see Windows 10 OS as dual boot
My Initial configuration: Dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on separate drive since 16.04 release. No problem,both ...
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Can't Install Kubuntu 19.04 on MSI Laptop (GV62)
I have a new MSI GV62 8RE that came with Windows 10 Home pre-installed. I would like to install Kubuntu 19.04 alongside the Windows installation (I've installed Linux on 2 of my previous machines), ...
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Unable to boot into Ubuntu after W10 System Image Restore
I have a 500GB SSD, and a 3TB HDD. When I originally dual booted, I created a 200GB partition of the HDD, and installed Ubuntu. I just did a system image restore of my windows SSD. Now, I am unable to ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu 18.04 / Windows 10
I'm not understanding about the disk partitioning with Windows 10 for a dual boot. I'm just able to boot with legacy devices (Ubuntu), but when I try to boot in efi mode, then the default boot device ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 / Windows 10 dual boot error
So I've been trying everything from Boot-Repair to TestDisk to try and fix boot errors after trying to install an older version of Ubuntu. I had both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 and using grub ...
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How to control auto-generated grub entries for other operating systems?
On my computer I have Ubuntu 19.04 intalled along with Windows 10 and Fedora 29.
In Ubuntu, running sudo update-grub gives the following:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/...
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Dual boot Windows 7 Ultimate + Ubuntu 18.04.2, boot from USB flash disk, can try Ubuntu, but cannot install it
Computer information:
My laptop is Lenovo G460
system: win7 ultimate,32 bits
graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce 310M
CPU:Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 M380 @ 2.53GHz
RAM: 2G
BIOS: LENOVO 29CN35WW(V2.12)
I want to ...
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Black screen after GRUB selection, boot from USB live
I've got new laptop and I've been trying to install Ubuntu dualboot alongside with Windows 10.
I'm in GRUB menu after boot USB where options are:
Try Ubuntu without installing
Install Ubuntu
OEM ...
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Losing the Write permission to windows files from ubuntu 19.04
I am using Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo along with Windows 10 (Dual Boot). All the last years, mounting the windows partition in Files in Ubuntu I could access all the files and folders in Windows.
Two ...
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Dual boot Kubuntu/Win10 issues after replacing kde
I have been having nothing but issues trying to get Linux set up on my brand new Dell xps 15.
Had Kde neon user installed but it gave me too many fan and freezing issues so I deleted the partitions ...
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Windows 10 will not boot after Ubuntu installation on MacBook Air
Sick of macOS therefore I wanted to install dual boot of
Win 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on a MacBook Air mid 2013 model.
Windows is installed and configured to boot via UEFI.
Ubuntu is installed and ...
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Can't install Ubuntu 18.04 desktop [duplicate]
I couldn't install Ubuntu 18.04 from a bootable USB drive. This error is being shown.
Failed to open \EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi - Not Found
Failed to load image \EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi: Not Found
Failed to ...