Questions tagged [dual-boot]
For questions regarding the installation of two or more operating systems on a single computer.
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Did i lose my ubuntu? I have no idea what actually happend to all its data
So, I decided to try out ubuntu on a dual boot with windows. The way I did everything was:
I shrunk my OS drive in windows disk manager, then using live boot Ubuntu and gparted I made 3 partitions for ...
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How to access Windows files from Ubuntu 23.10 which is installed alongside Windows Boot Manager
I used the Install Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager option, and now whenever I try accessing my SSD I run into this error:
Error mounting /dev/nvme0n1p3 at ...SSD: wrong fs type , bad option, ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 does not start after running CHKDSK from Windows in a unused partition
In my system I have two SDDs:
with Ubuntu 23.10 and Windows 11
two main partitions: one ext4 for /home and one NTFS for generic storage in Windows
Until few weeks ago I was able to mount the "...
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Dual boot Ubuntu 22.04.03 : how to free more space on disk
I recently dual booted my Lenovo i7 windows computer to use Ubuntu 22.04.03. I initially freed 100 go of memory for the OS but I realize that it is not much. My computer is 1 To. I understand that I ...
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Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Fedora Stuck at install on HP Spectre x360 Meteor Lake Core Ultra 155H Laptop dual boot
I am a beginner at linux and trying to install it on a HP Spectre X360 laptop with Meteor Lake Core Ultra 155H with dual boot on a single 2TB NVME disk.
I am creating a separate /root partition, but ...
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Grub failure after removal of second system
I installed Ubuntu Server 23.10 on the computer with Kubuntu 23.10 on the second disk. After some time I deleted the second system, just formatted the disk and on Kubuntu I did update-grub. After ...
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Trying to boot Ubuntu from flash drive in UEFI mode does nothing
I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu on a tabletop computer with Windows 10 on it, and an Asus motherboard. I checked that the partition types on my disks is GPT and that the BIOS mode is UEFI, and so I ...
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How can I re-encrypt my laptop? After windows 11 dualboot with ubuntu 23.10
How can I re-encrypt my laptop?
When I turned it on I had windows 11, and I wanted to dual boot it with ubuntu 23.10.
I had to disable the windows 11 bitlocker to install it.
After installation I can'...
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Unable to access ubuntu partition - GRUB issue
I have huge problems in accessing Ubuntu. I have dual-boot and recently reinstalled windows. This caused a problem to grub boot-loader, in the sense that Ubuntu is completeley inaccessible. The first ...
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Partition usage
I am using dual boot of Windows 11 and Ubuntu.
I see a lot of partitions in Ubuntu. I want to find out the partitions that contain Windows or Ubuntu operating system files. Then I want to merge ...
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"no bootable device" after unsuccessful dual boot install attempt
I wanted to dual boot Xubuntu with Windows. I didn't notice that the laptop wasn't plugged in until it was too late. I still need to keep Windows, but I don't know how to boot it.
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rsyslog and dbus (and others) failing to start after custom-partition install
After installing Ubuntu 22.04.3 with the option to manually choose the partitions (for dual boot reasons; I chose /boot on an 2 GB ext2 partition and / on an encrypted ext4 partition), systemd-...
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Windows boot black screen after partion and install of Ubuntu 22.04
I have a MacBook Pro (13,2) that underwent a physical malfunction that didn't allow me to run OSX anymore as it was stuck in an error (touchbar lost all connect).
I then wiped the whole computer and ...
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Ubuntu not detecting particular wifi (dual boot, Macbook)
This is not a question, but to provide a solution to people suffering this problem. I've tried every step suggested out there, but none of them worked.
To describe my issue, I have a Macbook Pro, duel ...
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How to set up dual monitor 3840 x 1080, single background image
I have just installed Ubuntu 23.10, "mantic" on my Beelink Mini-S computer. I have two HDMI monitors, and they are configured for 3840x1080, and I have full access to the dual desktop, I ...
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Having a "Device Error" while loading Ubuntu after a fresh dual install with Windows 10 on a Lenovo E595
I have an NVMe with Windows installed and another SSD with freshly installed Ubuntu 23.10. I followed the best practices and configured BIOS in UEFI only mode, turned off Fast Boot and Secure Boot. In ...
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Windows bootloader is not recognized after installing Ubuntu 22.04
I had previously tested this dual boot on an older legacy BIOS PC, and it worked fine. I have a new Dell Precision 3660 with UEFI BIOS, with 2 x 1TB NVMe drives. It came with Windows 11 installed, and ...
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Laptop turns off immediately while not on charge on ubuntu but stays on windows
I have this weird issue with my MSI GF 65 thin laptop with RTX 3060 graphic card. My laptop works properly with windows without being put on charge but turns off immediately when booting into ubuntu.
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Ubuntu dual boot: Windows boots in recovery mode
I have a HP Elitebook Bang&Olufsen laptop installed with a corporate Windows OS distribution.
I recently decided to make it into a dual boot with Ubuntu 22.xx LTS. Steps:
Go into the only Windows ...
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Error when switching from Windows 11 to Ubuntu
I have Windows and Ubuntu installed. Both systems work properly. Switching from Ubuntu to Windows has no problems.
But when switching from Windows to Ubuntu the computer hangs up showing error message ...
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How to fix boot Ubuntu - SQUASHFS error: Unable to read inode 0x503
I have Windows 10 installed on an Asus and I want to switch to Ubuntu 22.04, so I tried to install Ubuntu. When I started the installation, I saw this error message. I tried everything, but at first ...
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DMAR Firmware Bug - No firmware reserved region can cover this RMRR - what does this mean?
I recently installed a new mSATA 512GB SSD into a Lenovo ThinkPad X220 i5 - I installed Xubuntu 22.04 onto it successfully, and I can even boot into Xubuntu and it works fine (I'm even writing this ...
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Monitor screen randomly goes blank while using Ubuntu
I have a weird problem. When I am on Ubuntu, screen randomly goes blank and comes back while I am moving the mouse or pressing keys on keyboard. Monitor connections, cables are all fine.
The same ...
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System doesnt go to GNU GRUB when restarting, but goes to it when doing cold boot shutdowns
I installed ubuntu 22.04 along side my windows 10. Everytime I press restart buttons from both OS, no boot devices are found so laptop has to shut down and boot again to go to GNU GRUB. This is kind ...
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Can't Boot Ubuntu lts version 22.04
Subject: Boot Stuck Issue with LTS Version on Ubuntu Installation
Hello Ask Ubuntu community,
I am encountering an issue with the LTS version of Ubuntu during the installation process. After preparing ...
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fresh dual boot used mrchromebox and chrx. attempting linux boot and presented with "/syslinux/vmlinuz" not found
using mrchromebox and chrx, i successfully partitioned and used chrx -d xubuntu modifier to install linux rather than USB.
booting into grub, it shows
error:file /syslinux/cmlinuz.A not found,
press ...
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Alternative to Easybcd
Recently installed Ubuntu on my Windows 10. Both OS work fine but I am unable to update the boot order via EasyBCD as Windows policy is not allowing add entry in EasyBCD. please share the alternative ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 stuck on boot
After an update that happened to my Ubuntu, when i boot i'm always stuck to the loading menu with the MSI logo and Ubuntu.
What can i do to resolve that issue and access my ubuntu ?
Thanks
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Dual booting problems with ubuntu and windows 10
So basicly i dual booted ubuntu and windows on my laptop but the problem is windows is gone after I dual booted it
This is basicly what I did:
1 downloaded unetbootin on my windows
2 downloaded the ...
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merge unallocated/free space sections
My system currently has Win11 + Ubuntu 22.04LTS installed, and they dual boot with no problem. They are both installed to the same SSD. I do have a 2nd SSD, but it is only for data storage.
I am ...
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Stuck on GNU GRUB Version 2.04
I downloaded and dual booted Ubuntu with IOS (Catalina) for a project and to learn Linux. I put it on a separate partition from my Catalina container and only used about 10% of my drive. I didn’t need ...
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Does nautilus encrypt files on BitLocker encrypted drive?
I have an Ubuntu 23.10/Windows 11 dual-boot setup with one of my SSDs and an HDD, both encrypted using BitLocker's New Encryption Mode (XTS-AES). And I read that Linux systems natively don't have ...
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How to solve the screen resulution and booting problem of Ubuntu Linux system?
Last night I switched off my computer, everything as usual, nothing special. The next day I start the computer via the button, it starts booting, BIOS starts, the Ubuntu boot window pops up, then a ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 dual boot on successful but needs quality checks : Other sofware and driver missing
I have a Lenovo Slim 7i (Windows 11 home). I have dual-booted in Ubuntu 22.04.3 using a bootable USB (created from Rufus software).
More precisely, I :
Partitioned my disk to free 100Go for Ubuntu (I ...
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Allocate unallocated space to ubuntu partition (windows dualboot)
I dual-booted Windows with Ubuntu (Ubuntu became the second partition). Now I want to transition to a single-boot system with Ubuntu. I have removed the Windows partition and turned it into ...
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trying to install Ubuntu Server on partition of Win10 drive in offline computer [duplicate]
Setup: I am very new to Linux and am looking for detailed steps, please. I have a internal HDD with Win10 installed on a computer with no internet access. I have an empty 80Gb partition where I ...
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The fan rotates at a high speed and the system does not boot
I know this can't be OS related completely, but maybe a solution can be provided for it. I connected a broken vga cable to my dual boot system
The problem was that the vga cable was broken and Ubuntu ...
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Trouble installing ubuntu 22.04.3
I am trying to install ubuntu on my desktop (currently running windows), but am getting stuck pretty early in the process.
Here's a recap of the steps I followed:
download the ubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-...
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Windows encountered recovery code error 0x000000428 after installing alongside Ubuntu [duplicate]
hey i am trying to dual boot Windows 11 and Ubuntu 64bit but then Windows gets an error which is recovery code 0x000000428.
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ACPI Error : AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, Failure creating named object while trying to install Ubuntu on dual boot
ASUS Strix G16, SSD, NVIDIA 4060 GPU, 19 13980HX CPU, Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 22.04.3.
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Boot 2 different versions of Ubuntu on the same computer
I am completely ignorant about how Grub works, I want to have two different versions of Ubuntu 22.04 installed on the same computer and have both of them appear in the Grub boot menu. The two versions ...
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I want to incrementally backup my os to a copy: is this even practical? [closed]
I want to use redundancy to avoid problems in the case I accidentally brick my system.
I have one main drive and what I want to do is something like the following:
Have a small partition set aside ...
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Mounted drive appearing empty in Kubuntu and Windows
Just a quick overview of system:
Dual boot Kubuntu 22.04 and Windows 10 (Kubuntu is primary)
1 nvme SSD with 3 partitions (Ubuntu boot; Windows boot; and a shared partition).
My issue:
I only actually ...
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Dualbooting Problem
I installed Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.03 to my system. My system has 2 seperated disk, so I installed them into different disks. I firstly installed windows to my second disk, after that I installed ...
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Files reduce to zero byte(empty) whenever I paste it or save it in a particular partition
In a dual boot system, I have a directory which can be access by Ubuntu also. Folders can be created, files can be renamed and files can be copied from, but whenever I try to paste or save any file in ...
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How to Install Windows from Extracted ISO on NTFS Partition with Grub2"
I am running Lubuntu 23.04 on /dev/sda3, and it's working well. However, my Windows partition (/dev/sda2) is corrupted. As I don't have access to USB or DVD, I extracted a Windows 10 32-bit ISO to an ...
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Ubuntu doesn't boot after i accidentally restarted while changing settings
I bought Asus Zen screen and it was working fine then for one Python project I messed up the Nvidia and changed the graphic card from setting-> update software and changed to something like "x ...
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Restoring Windows Boot Sector/Hidden Partition after Dual Boot fail
A few months back, I attempted to dual boot my laptop with both Windows 10 and xUbuntu, to test out both and see which one I liked more. In the process, I believe I accidentally overrode the boot ...
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PC not responding in Sleep Mode
I have a PC in dual-boot Windows-Ubuntu where I use almost only Ubuntu. As described, if I put in Sleep Mode my PC, which is a SiComputer S.p.A. Nauta 01E, it doesn't wake up neither with the keyboard,...
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Windows entry in Grub with two hard disks
I have two SSDs in my machine. One has Ubuntu and the other has Windows. After a recent update, the Windows entry was removed from Grub. Both disks and OSs are still bootable from Bios, but I'd prefer ...