Questions tagged [dual-boot]
For questions regarding the installation of two or more operating systems on a single computer.
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Boot-repair Failure: Unable to locate package grub-common:i386 [closed]
I am on a system dual-booting Windows and Debian (usually using the latter), and a recent Windows update appears to have wreaked havoc on the Debian boot system. I managed to boot Windows again, but ...
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How to add an SSD full of data into another machine
Before I have an SSD and the SSD is used in one machine and installed with Ubuntu 16.04.
Now I unload it for that machine, and I wonder I can use it or access the data in that SSD upon another machine....
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Internal hard drives not recognise after ubuntu installation. Please help!
I have 3 internal hard disks in my PC. One containing my OS windows 10, and the other two contains no operating system and are both formatted with ReFS containing data.
It is only after I added a ...
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Dual Boot Windows 10 and Linux Ubuntu on Separate SSD
I am brand new to Ubuntu. I have just built my new PC, it has 2 separate hard drives installed in it. I would like to install Windows 10 on the first SSD (They are both 250GB Samsung 850 EVO) and i ...
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Whay i am not able to merge ext4 partition with unalloted space?
I had windows and ubuntu os on my machine. I have deleted the windows os and free up 68 gb.
But still i cant resize the partition, when i click on resize/move it gives max and min as same which means ...
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How to tidy and expand my partitions after Windows removal from dual boot [duplicate]
I recently removed the Windows part of my dual boot drive. I now just have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
I now want to maximize the amount of disk space my remaining Ubuntu partition has and to tidy things up.
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"Install alongside Windows 10" not showing in installer 18.04
I'm new in Linux world so for the first time I downloaded ubuntu 17.10.1 and booted on my flash drive and there was an option "Install alongside Windows 10" so I chose that and installed it on my new ...
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Remove the grub menu after removing Windows dual boot
I have a Spectre x360 laptop, one which I had dual boot of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04.
I followed online to remove Windows, which was a success. However, the options to boot Ubuntu or Windows still ...
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How to resize a partition (to make my Ubuntu partition bigger) without losing any data?
I currently dual boot my laptop with Windows and Ubuntu.
Unfortunately when I partitioned my hard drive I did not leave enough room for my Ubuntu partition.
Now it is almost out of space. Running ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 upgrade stuck on splash screen [duplicate]
Just did an upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 from 16.04 and i am getting stuck on the splash screen.
Right now i have turned off quiet splash and found that I am getting stuck on:
"Started Update UTMP about ...
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System requirement for Dual Boot Doubt [duplicate]
I have a i3 processor at 3 GHz and 2 GB Ram is it good for a win 7 and Ubuntu 16.04 dual boot
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Help grub not on my windows dual boot with linux
Searching for grub instalation ... found: /boot/grub/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 116: /usr/sbin/grub: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
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Disadvantages of an encrypted /boot?
Been doing a lot of reading on Linux encryption techniques, and one that I've come across is encrypting the /boot directory by keeping it on the same partition as the root. I recall reading somewhere ...
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No sound in Ubuntu 18.04 after rebooting from windows 10 [closed]
I'm on 18.04 in a Asus Zenbook laptop and my sound works fine after a shutdown (clean slate). If I boot into ubuntu, sound works, if i reboot still into ubuntu, sound still works. If I boot into ...
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Unable to create folder and paste in Windows from Ubuntu [duplicate]
In my computer I have many drives I installed Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 dual boot. The problem is I am not able to modify (write) Windows drive files.
: mkdir: cannot create directory ‘foldername’:...
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Cannot find formatted drive to install Ubuntu
I am installing ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64 to my Win10 T460P ThinkPad but I have a little question at the final partition step. I wanna store it on my Linux(L:), which is about 55GB. But I cannot find ...
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How can I resize an ext root partition in Ubuntu 16.04 with GParted?
I am using a dual boot Windows 10 Pro 64-bit with Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit.
I am getting a warning as I log in on Ubuntu about low space in the root.
How can I resize an ext root partition in Ubuntu 16....
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how to partition 1TB for ubuntu [closed]
I have 2 hard drives. Windows 10 on 4TB which I am using currently. I have another 1TB hard drive where I want to install Ubuntu alongside windows. Please help me with no of required partitions and ...
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Installing Ubuntu alongside Windows⠀ [duplicate]
I want to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows. I saw a lot of tutorials and they do partitioning, but I'm confused if I should do partitioning or just select the option "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows". ...
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hibernate ubuntu 16.04
I have both windows and Ubuntu installed on my PC. It has 16 GB of RAM, initially it didn't have any Linux swap partition so I created one of size 10GB
Even though i have sufficient swap size, i ...
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How to install Ubuntu 18.04 along with Windows 10 in Legacy BIOS Mode?
I am using Windows 10, recently I want to move Ubuntu 18.04, and for some reason I can't completely uninstall Windows 10 now, So I want to use Ubuntu 18.04 along with Windows 10. But the problem is: ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Server unable to see Windows 10 OS as dual boot [duplicate]
My machine config:
Threadripper 1950x 16-core + Gigabyte X399 aorus 7
32GB DDR4
Samsung NVME 960 512GB
UEFI mode with GPT partition scheme
Windows 10 Pro + Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS
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How to fix corrupted Boot loader
I had Ubuntu 17 and Windows 10 dual booted in my Lenovo Z51-70 laptop. Due to some issues in Windows 10, I needed to reinstall it. So, I created a bootable Windows 10 USB stick from Ubuntu by ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 boots slowly
after installing Ubuntu 18.04 with minimal installation,
I noticed that it boots slowly
here is the output of systemd-analyze blame.
21.048s systemd-journal-flush.service
19.300s dev-sda7....
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How to fix TPM2 ACPI table does not define a memory resource
I have a Surface Pro 3. I set it up to duel boot both Windows and Ubuntu. Today I went into Ubuntu and used the updater to install some updates. Now when I try to boot into Ubuntu it gives me a boot ...
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How to get rid of GRUB teminal (dual boot)?
I have tried to solve this using boot-repair but it did nothing. I can still stop the boot sequence and get into choosing the Windows10/Ubuntu. But doing a regular startup i always get stuck in grub-...
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How to install Ubuntu 18.04 alongside Windows 10 [duplicate]
How to install Ubuntu 18.04 alongside Windows 10?
I have tried different process to install Ubuntu 18.04 in my PC in dual boot mode alongside Windows 10. But it turned out that most of the process ...
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why cant i start xsesion
I have a tripple boot configuration(windows on sda1(ssd 256 gb) ubuntu on sdb2(hdd 500 gb) on my laptop and kali on sdb3 and after i resized sda4 so i could have a school partition acessable from any ...
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Grub 2 installation failed during 18.04 installation
I was having Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Windows 10 and having dual boot and everything was just fine. I deleted the partition of Ubuntu 16.04 from Disk Management in Windows in order to install 18.04 on ...
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Installing Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS but it's not detecting my Samsung PCIe NVME SSD
I am trying to install Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS along side Windows 10, but it's not detecting my Samsung EVO 960 PCIe NVME SSD(500 GB). The same is visible and useable from Windows 10 Professional. ...
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macos boot broken after installing 18.04
I installed 18.04 a few weeks ago as a third partition on my Macbook Pro, which had High Sierra and 16.04. I noticed that rather than defaulting to refind, the boot loader was Ubuntu's and had 18.04 ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu 18.04 on my Asus FX553VD laptop
I have been trying to get Ubuntu work on my laptop (dual boot alongside Windows 10) for quite a while now. It all started with me installing Ubuntu 16.04. It worked just fine, but I wasn't able to ...
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How to create a bootable DVD to install Ubuntu 18.04 in Windows 10 [duplicate]
Yesterday I downloaded Ubuntu ISO file from https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop. Then I used Windows file explorer to burn the ISO to my DVD-R. Then I went to boot manager and selected the DVD ...
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How to reinstall Ubuntu 17.10?
I installed Ubuntu 17.10 one year ago alongside Windows 10 boot manager. Unfortunately, Ubuntu 17.10 stopped working suddenly - Ubuntu boots normally but it gets stuck at the login screen which won't ...
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Failed to load ldlinux.32 [duplicate]
I wanted to install Linux on my Windows10 and I used UltraISO to burn ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64 to the bootable USB(FAT32, 32GB). But every time I entered the boot menu either the USB option ...
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after 18.04 beside Win10 UEFI, machine only boots windows-no OS menu
I installed xubuntu 18.04 from a usb onto my Acer Aspire ES1-572-37EP which has Windows 10. It also has Anarchy Linux installed.
The problem is that when I reboot, the machine just boots the Windows ...
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Issues with Kubuntu 18.04 - Boot issues & blank screen on startup
I have recently installed Kubuntu 18.04. It worked fine for a day or so but now I face a couple of issues. Firstly, I have a dual-boot computer running Windows 8.1 along with this distro. When I start ...
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Unable to add unallocated space to Ubuntu partition
I removed 36gb out of my Windows partition with the intent of adding it to my Ubuntu one using GParted, but it's not working.
GParted screenshot
As the image shows, I have my Windows partition(sd3), ...
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Slow boot time on fresh minimal install of 18.04 [duplicate]
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 minimal fresh install with dual boot Windows 10 on a Samsung 850 EVO SSD.
$ systemd-analyze time
Startup finished in 17.129s (firmware) + 3.573s (loader) + 3....
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Dual-boot or Windows Virtualization?
Do I use dual-boot or Windows Virtualization on Ubuntu?
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I am learning how to program and Ubuntu OS, so a Virtualization of Ubuntu on Windows was enough. However, when writting a program to ...
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Please help. I can't boot my new Ubuntu install with the following results from Boot Info Script
Hi all I've recently installed Ubuntu 18.04.
I've tried all the ways that I could find to make it boot but when ever I get my Live Stick out of the laptop it loads the UEFI by default. I've tried the ...
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Windows 7 and Ubuntu 18?
I'm using windows 7 and I want a dual boot with ubuntu 18.04. The installation is giving me a fail all time. Error to install GRUB. It can be because Windows 7 is EFI and Ubuntu 18.04 UEFI or ...
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How to Install Ubuntu on a pre-existing D drive? [duplicate]
Unlike this question, I have 5 already-formatted partitions (Each are "Logical" and "N.T.F.S" style) in the hard disk, and all are being used for specific type of documents. (C drive being used for ...
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Dual Boot Issue 18.04: HDD Partition cant find after log off
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with dual boot. I installed fresh Ubuntu 18.04. But Problem is When I log out my laptop I cant find my other HDD partitions. in my files and other locations section. I ...
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Partition x does not start on physical sector boundary
I recently partitioned a 2TB HDD with Gparted and have been using it for a few weeks without, i think, any problems (although see later). But running fdisk -l i get the 'Partition x does not start on ...
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Unable to properly see grub when external monitor connected
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I have a laptop Dell Latitude E6410 with a dual boot (MS Windows 7 and Ubuntu 18.04) install. I use grub v2.02 to select which OS to launch.
When I use my laptop only, everything works fine:...
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Can I safely resize Windows 10 system partition from Ubuntu?
I have Ubuntu 16.04 and want to switch to 18.04 with a fresh install. I also have Windows 10 installed and want to shrink the Win 10 system partition for reinstallation of Ubuntu.
There appear two ...
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My 240 GB SSD shown as having 2MB
I am using Lenovo IdeaPad Z500
My SSD harddrive is SP ( silicon power ) S60 (240GB).
On the SSD was installed 2 operating systems: Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04.
Last night I couldn't boot my PC and ...
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Windows boot menu hd0 msdos3 not found Please help!
2 days ago i formated all hdd drive (i have 1GBhdd and 550GBsdd) where was my windows 10 to fully get over to linux BUT after a couple of days of sweating under this system i decided to go over ...
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Unable to install dual boot ubuntu on windows 10; caps lock key keeps blinking
I am trying to install dual-boot Ubuntu 16.04 onto Win10 w/USB stick, but after selecting anything from the purple menu (Try w/o installing, install, etc.), the screen flashes, goes black and then ...
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