Questions tagged [dual-boot]
For questions regarding the installation of two or more operating systems on a single computer.
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Laptop won't recognize my drives as bootable after installing Ubuntu
Previously, I have Windows 10 installed on my SSD, and my files are on multiple partitions of my HDD (files, programs,...)
Now I've decided to install Ubuntu and replace Windows.
I've wiped my SSD, ...
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How to copy files from Linux partition to windows partition (dual boot)?
I have tried copying to mounted windows system, but error is such
cp /home/siim/aeg /run/media/siim/96A09DB9A09DA073
cp: cannot create regular file '/run/media/siim/96A09DB9A09DA073/aeg': Read-only ...
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Dual Boot unistallation [duplicate]
My system is in Dual boot 1) Ubuntu 2) Windows 8.
How can I uninstall Windows8
If I uninstall Windows8 would it affect my other partitions (Drive D,E).
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Black screen/end kernel panic while trying to boot live from USB
I'm trying to install a dual-boot setup of Ubuntu/Windows 10 on my current Windows laptop
Laptop: Inspiron 5577 (Dell)
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
BIOS: 1.0.5
Processor: Intel i5-7300HQ
RAM: 8192 MB
GPU: ...
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GRUB2 Doesn't show Windows10 on SSD
I have a problem with Grub2. I recently mounted an SSD on my computer with Windows 10. My HDD had dual boot installed in Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.10 LTS.
Then I decided to format my HDD, updating ...
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Kubuntu installation disk problem
WIN10. I've done all necessary changes on UEFI, I've also created a 25GB partition. When I try to install Kubuntu 17.10.1, I get up to the network stage, then it says that I only have 7.8GB which is ...
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Automount Windows partition (NTFS) doesn't work in dual boot
I have recently set-up a dual boot Ubuntu 16.04 / Windows 10 on my laptop SSD. I am mainly using Ubuntu, but for some applications and to avoid file duplicates between the 2 OS I would like to mount ...
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How can I get boot into an existing Windows 10 from Grub?
I have a Lenovo Ideapad 710s-14IKB that I would like to dual boot but I'm having trouble. I apologize for the long-winded message but I believe it's all important information to understanding what I'...
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My Machine is taking more than usual to boot (Ubuntu 16.04)
I've been working with Ubuntu as my main OS for the past two/three months, and up until two or three weeks ago it began to boot slower than usual,
reading in some forum posts I began to run ...
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Windows 10 corrupts Ubuntu 18.04 partitions
I have a dual boot machine, booting both Windows 10 and Ubuntu. Ubuntu 16.04 works fine, but each time after I boot Windows 10, Ubuntu 18.04 has a corrupted superblock, or so it says. The only way to ...
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Windows 10 hides grub after booting, can you help me?
I have a Sony Vaio with UEFI bios (can be changed to Legacy) and dual boot Ubuntu 16.04 LTS/ Windows 10.
The problem is the following:
If I boot Ubuntu from GRUB, the next boot my computer boots ...
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Can't boot (grub disappeared), internal hard drive not being recognized
Up until today, I have had a dual boot installation of Windows and Ubuntu 16.04 installed on my laptop's internal SSD. I partitioned the drive so that most of it is for my Ubuntu installation and the ...
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Won't boot into Windows after partitioning with ubuntu installer [duplicate]
So I tried to install Ubuntu on my Dell laptop and I wanted to create a separate partition. I took away some free space from another partition already created. The space was listed as unusable, so I ...
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Can booting Windows from GRUB cause BSOD?
Since installing Ubuntu 16.04 as a dual-boot setup with Windows 10 I'm having frequent blue screens of death in Windows (about 5 per day).
All the error codes are related to a problem in Windows ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 wont boot after changing xorg.conf files
I have made a file in xorg.conf.d folder to persist some mouse settings, and now when I start ubuntu it stops on black screen with some text displayed.
This started when I added this one .conf file, ...
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Windows 10 stopped loading after one or more Ubuntu upgrades
On my Dell XPS15 9560 I have a dual-boot setup with Ubuntu and Windows 10. I was using Ubuntu 16 with Windows 10 for some time, booting to either OS just fine. Then I upgraded to Ubuntu 17, and was ...
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Problem installing Lubuntu in UEFI alongside Windows 7
I have a Samsung N Series notebook with 2 GB RAM. Last year, I installed Lubuntu 17.10 but during installation I left 150-200 GB of my 500 GB Hard drive as unallocated (Only 3 primary partitions ...
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Reshaped HDD, Shared disk part. with Windows, then grub got corrupted
I have SSD(W10 only), and 1tb HDD (Ubuntu Only).
I decided to leave 300gb for the Ubuntu, I wanted to share the rest(600gb) between W10 and Ubuntu.
Reshaped HDD, left 300gb for ubuntu
Splitted 600gb ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 nvme problems continue
I was recently watching netflix on ubuntu when all of a sudden the entire system froze. I couldn't do anything, the system was just stuck so I had to do a hard shutdown. After that the ubuntu loader ...
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Alternative for grub for autoloading last choice
Could you suggest alternative for grub for autoloading an OS of last choice without timeout?
I have tried to configure GRUB, but unsuccessfully - boot loader or not be showed, or set up timeout to ...
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Help me with bootloader
I had ubuntu 16.04 alongside with win10 , everything was normal .then I installed ubuntu 17.10 on the same ubuntu 16.04 partition and formatted it.
now when I boot , I go directly to windows 10 ...
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I messed up my partitions
I mounted linux onto my windows partition. I tried to make a windows bootable so many times and live boot it but the screen flashes blue when i try and boot it. Im completly lost and I really want ...
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non system disk error when booting after attempting ubuntu 16.04 server
i tried to install ubuntu server 16.04 on my hp laptop elitebook 6930p and i was at the partitioning stage. the ui was confusing for me so i fiddled with it a bit but i never actually completed the ...
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Triple boot on MacBook Pro probelm
I first installed Windows 10 using BootCamp, everything was working fine. Then after I installed Ubuntu 14.04, everytime I try to boot into Windows using the Option key at the start-up I get this ...
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How to tell if Ubuntu SSD is corrupted/near death?
Last night when I rebooted my Ubuntu environment because it was seeming quite slow, it stuck at a warning screen with several lines of text (don't have, something about radeon Invalid ROM contents). I ...
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Hy my goal boot system (win 10 & Ubuntu) does not doal boot
I can't choose between the systems on the beginning of the pc startup and my win10 suddenly don't get recognized by the system , once I tried again to install I got an error that bootloader install ...
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Having a bunch of issues with Ubuntu 16.04 on WD Black NVMe drive
I'm still new to Ubuntu. Would appreciate any help with this, thank you.
Here are my specs. I'm using a laptop Clevo P7xxTM1 with
i7 8700
32GB RAM
gtx 1070 GPU
I dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 BIOS problem
It was some time back when I had dual booted my laptop (Lenovo g50-30) with Ubuntu 17.10, which used to have Windows 10. After some time, I deleted Ubuntu to only have windows 10.
Also, I was trying ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 boot into busybox
I use a laptop which dual boot with Windows 10.
When I switch on my laptop it will boots into busybox.
When I reboot by typing reboot in busybox it will boot correctly into Ubuntu.
I have search ...
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Ubuntu live usb does not detect HDD
I am trying to setup a dual boot system of windows pro 10 and ubuntu 16.04.1.
Currently I am stuck where I boot from my live usb in "Try Ubuntu" but I could not detect my hard drive at all. The live ...
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Limit on number of primary partitions: install Windows 7 32-bit after Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10 dual boot [duplicate]
My Lenovo T420 came with preinstalled Windows 10 and then I installed Ubuntu 16.04 for a dual boot machine. I tried installing Windows 7 Professional in the unallocated partition using the Windows ...
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Ubuntu goes slower than windows
Hello and thanks for reading, i'm new on this community and i hope you can help me
Long story short, i really like ubuntu, and installed multiple times, but always with the same problem, that in ...
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Installed Ubuntu 14.04 on Mac 2013 laptop, but stuck at flashing folder and cannot use it [duplicate]
I have a Macbook Pro laptop, Late 2013 edition, etc. I wish to wipe out OS X and put Ubuntu 14.04 on it, since I need 14.04 for my work.
So, I put Ubuntu 14.04 into an empty USB stick following the ...
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How do I add GRUB_COMMAND_LINE argument to non-default boot entry?
I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu 16.4.4 server and Fedora 27. Ubuntu is the default boot entry. I have to boot with the 'noapic' command (because of the older motherboard I guess) and I edited /...
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Nvidia Proprietary Drivers doesnt allow Ubuntu 16.04.4 to boot
this is a continuation of this problem from this link .
So after I thought was a successfull installation of ubuntu gnome 16.04.4 dual boot with windows 10 pro, I thought that was the last of problem....
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Screen artifacts from installation persist in GRUB / Ubuntu 16.04
I installed Ubuntu in dual boot mode using something like this walk-through (maybe this exact one) Install Ubuntu 14.04 in Dual Boot Mode with Windows 8/8.1 UEFI | itsfoss
I was having graphics ...
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Reversing all the bytes or blocks of a partition to easily resize the partition
My current problem is that I want a way to dual boot a Linux system with a Windows or macOS system and still be able to resize both systems, but without moving them. For example, if I had a Windows ...
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Ubuntu - Windows 10 dual boot problem, can't boot Windows [duplicate]
I wanted to use dual boot, but didn't have enough space on my C: drive to do so. So I bought an SSD (on Windows E:\) and here as sda2/sda3 and tried to install it there following the guide from this ...
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Can I install Linux with Windows with the following Partition setup?
The following are my Hard disk partitions, Can I dual boot Linux with Windows after installing Linux in the unallocated space.
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some files in shared drive between Windows 10 and ubuntu gone
I am in a serious problem here.
I am running dual boot windows 10 and Ubuntu. The last time I accessed Windows was 3 weeks ago and I'm fairly sure that it wasn't in the middle of updates or anything ...
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Can't update windows 10 after dual booting with Ubuntu 16.04
I recently successfully dual-booted my laptop with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. However, this week Windows decided it wanted to update. I clicked restart and update, selected windows boot manager ...
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How can I create a shortcut between Ubuntu 16 and Windows 10 on a dualboot? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a one-click shortcut to log out, restart, and boot in the opposite operating system. The only information I've found online is between Windows and Windows and I'm not sure if it's ...
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mount: can't read superblock
I have only one hard drive /dev/sda.
In this hard drive, I've installed two Ubuntu systems: one is Ubuntu 16.04, the other is Ubuntu 17.10.
Both of them have the same architecture of file system:
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Two OSs on two drives, how to do it without problems [duplicate]
I would like to have two OSs without dual boot.
Two drives, two OSs (Ubuntu + Windows 10), full separation of concerns.
The choice what to boot will be handled by Boot menu from the motherboard.
How ...
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Change partition sizes of dualboot system
I know that there are some similar topics to this, however I was not sure which of them could be applied to my case. Because I am afraid of destroying my system, I hope you can give me some advice on ...
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How to keep the Master Boot Record when installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 10? [duplicate]
Recently I tried out Ubuntu in a virtual machine, and I really liked it. I want to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10, but because Grub overwrites the Master Boot Record, I'm scared that I might not ...
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How do I expand my /home partion? [duplicate]
I accidentally left 1tb of unallocated space, and decided to expand my /home partition(sda6) but somehow I cannot, tried all different "answers" here but none of them worked, so I have to ask directly....
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How to change boot order in Mac OS and Ubuntu-Mate 16.04 dual boot from Ubuntu first to OS X first?
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my late 2011 MBP. The systems were autobooting into one another in an order and when I hold the option key I was unable to see Ubuntu partition.
So I followed this link to ...
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MBR or GPT partition when making ubuntu bootable live usb
I just want to clarify.
When making the ubuntu live usb using Rufus, do we select:
GPT partition scheme for UEFI
MBR partition scheme for UEFI
I currently have windows 10 pro installed and would ...
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Triple Boot Ubuntu using Clover (Windows 10, MacOS & Ubuntu)
My PC currently has Windows 10 and Mac installed on separate hard drives with Clover bootloader managing the boot process. I've recently purchased a third hard drive to install Ubuntu onto it; however,...