For questions regarding the installation of two or more operating systems on a single computer.
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How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)
I installed Windows 7, which ate Ubuntu's boot file. When starting up the computer, it now goes straight to Windows, without giving me the option of booting Ubuntu.
How can I get Ubuntu back?
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16answers
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How do I set Windows to boot as the default in the boot loader?
How do I set the bootloader so that in my dualboot with Windows 7/Ubuntu 11.04, Windows start up as standard instead of Ubuntu?
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1answer
8k views
How do I set up a dual boot Windows and Ubuntu?
I currently have Windows 7 on my computer and I want to install Ubuntu alongside Windows safely. Could someone please provide a good tutorial? Thanks!
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9answers
5k views
How can I install Ubuntu without removing Windows?
I need my pre-installed version of Windows 7 (or any other version of Windows), how could I install Ubuntu without erasing it?
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4answers
48k views
Grub rescue - error: unknown filesystem
I have a multiboot system set up. The system has three drives. Multiboot is configured with Windows XP, Windows 7, and Ubuntu - all on the first drive. I had a lot of unpartitioned space left on the ...
11
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4answers
1k views
Why can't I install Ubuntu or Wubi on a dynamic disk? (“The request isn't supported” from bcdedit.exe)
I've been trying to install 12.04 for a while now, I'm running on Windows 7 and I already made the partition (it's dynamic). I've tried booting from a disc and also the Windows installer. I haven't ...
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11answers
44k views
How can I install Windows 7 after I've installed Ubuntu?
I have Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) on my laptop. Now I want install Windows 7 in doubleboot. How can I do this?
I can't lose my Ubuntu 10.10, and I'm afraid that I might break GRUB.
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6answers
35k views
How to automount NTFS partitions?
I have two NTFS partitions, and I don't want to mount them everytime I start Ubuntu.
How can I do this ?
Is there a tool or a code to use?
If so, is it safe to automount? specially when they are ...
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2answers
12k views
How do I install Windows 7 alongside a pre-existing Ubuntu installation?
I purchased a PC six months ago for work related tasks. I do 95% of my work on Ubuntu (web development). Now, I want to install Windows on another partition to play a few games on my relax time. Which ...
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0answers
5k views
How to mount NTFS drive at startup [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to automount NTFS partitions?
I'm not even sure if this is the right question, but basically I have a partition with Windows 7 on it (named Acer in my Ubuntu places ...
4
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1answer
5k views
Windows 7 doesn't boot after Ubuntu install
I had windows 7 installed on my pc, then I installed Ubuntu 10.10/
During the installation process I have chosen to manually set my partitions:
I set a 10GB drive for ubuntu root
1GB drive for swap
...
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6answers
32k views
How to install Windows 7 after Ubuntu and dual boot?
I just installed Ubuntu, a full install removing the prior OS. I was forced to remove Windows 7 from my HP dv6 because of the max four partitions already being there. I didn't lose anything, all ...
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4answers
15k views
Ubuntu 12.04 does not see windows already install on my computer (dual installation)
I was trying to install the ubuntu 12.4 along side windows 7 on my new HP Pavilion 64k desktop with windows 7 computer but Ubuntu said that ( This computer has no detected operating system) and some ...
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3answers
16k views
How to uninstall Ubuntu from a dual boot system? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?
I have dual boot laptop having two os windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04 i wants to remove ubuntu and merge space with windows. can ...
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5answers
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Can't boot into Win7 since Update to 12.04
I had dual boot, Win7 64bit, and Ubuntu 11.10
I updated to Ubuntu 12.04
Now I am not met with the prompt asking which OS to boot into (setup via EasyBCD in Windows while I had Ubuntu 11.10)
Is ...
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4answers
3k views
How to uninstall Windows?
I installed Ubuntu in the dual-boot configuration so that I can still boot up in Windows. But I just want to get Windows off of the machine.
Anyone know how to do this without having to go through ...
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6answers
12k views
Automatically mount NTFS drive when I login
I use Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows7 dual boot with Ubuntu as my primary OS.
Every time I need to access a document I need to mount the respective drive, though this is not at all tiresome, still, is ...
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4answers
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How to set Windows bootloader as default bootloader?
I have a Win 7/11.10 dual boot system with Grub 2 as the default bootloader. However, I want to make Windows bootloader the default bootloader (grub 'dos' like interface scrares the hell out of my ...
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1answer
8k views
Hide Grub menu and keystroke to reveal
How do you have the grub appear on a key combination, but have windows boot default.
I'm running ubuntu 11.10 and grub 2.0.
Here is my current /etc/default/grub
# If you change this file, run ...
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2answers
5k views
How to boot WUBI installed Ubuntu within Windows 8?
I have Windows 8 Release Customer Preview on my laptop. I tried to install Ubuntu on it with Ubuntu Windows installer (I have always used this to install, although that was on Windows 7), it installs ...
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1answer
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Dual booting Windows and Ubuntu
My laptop has 500gb hard disk in which for 250gb I installed Windows xp on C drive(primary partition). I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 in the remaing hard drive with dual boot option. When I am going ...
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6answers
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No Grub after installing Ubuntu beside Windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)
I am trying to dual boot Ubuntu 10.10 alongside Windows 7, after install I receive no Grub menu ...
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5answers
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Hide GRUB2 menu UNLESS you hold down Shift key: how to make this happen?
I have a Ubuntu - Windows 7 dual-boot set-up, and I would like to have it that my laptop would boot up Windows 7 unless I press down the Shift key right after boot and bring up the Grub2 menu from ...
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1answer
8k views
Dual boot windows 8 and Ubuntu with Windows 8 Boot manager
I have two partitions on my hard-didk , I have installed ubuntu on my 1st partition and windows 8 later on another partition.Now i can only boot into windows 8 because it doesn't recognize Ubuntu.
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1answer
570 views
How do I dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu?
I already have Ubuntu installed on the machine and a spare NTFS partition.
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5answers
2k views
Why doesn't the installer see all of my hard drives?
I'm trying to setup a dual boot system with Windows Vista 64 (already installed) and Ubuntu 10.10. I added a new drive which is identical to the one Vista is installed on. When I boot into the LiveCD ...
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3answers
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Dual-boot Ubuntu 12.10 on UEFI along Windows 8
Hello after a successfull installation of Ubuntu 12.10 amd64, I am now unable to boot Windows 8.
Here are my actions:
Made room (15 GB) for Ubuntu from Windows 8 Computer Managment
Boot Ubuntu ...
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3answers
1k views
Install Ubuntu on Intel Mac
I've recently taken up a position in an all Mac workshop - We have Intel based Apple machines. Can I dual boot Ubuntu on my machine, if so how?
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4answers
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Error message “Signal out of range 92KHz - 58Hz ” when starting Ubuntu. What is wrong and how can I fix it?
My monitor has an Analogical connection. First I install windows 7, then I install Ubuntu 11.10, when this installation finish I restarted the PC.
Any time there I turn on the PC I see the BIOS ...
2
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1answer
2k views
Remove Windows Vista Partition So Ubuntu Fills Entire Hard Drive?
I created a partition for Ubuntu so I could dual-boot Windows Vista with it. However, Windows is no longer necessary and I want Ubuntu to take up the entire hard drive. I was wondering how to safely ...
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2answers
677 views
One click shutdown Ubuntu and load into alternative bootup
I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7.
My GRUB bootloader defaults to Ubuntu.
I mainly use Ubuntu, but I occasionally need to bootup Windows to do a few things.
If I need to do ...
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3answers
6k views
Dual boot Surface Pro with Ubuntu?
How could I setup a dual boot for Ubuntu and Windows 8 on my Microsoft Surface Pro with 128 GB.
Note: My dual boot solution is below.
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1answer
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grub rescue prompt after install installing Ubuntu in a dual boot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)
I have dual boot with Windows 7 And Ubuntu 11.10. Yesterday I tried installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...
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3answers
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Is a /boot partition necessary anymore?
A fair while ago (~ 2004) I was told to always create a separate partition for the boot directory. And since then I always have. But after reading a few questions about partitioning questions, I'm ...
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3answers
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How can I add an entry for Ubuntu to the Windows 7 boot menu?
I have the following setup:
first partition is windows 7 partition
second partition - ubuntu 12.04 partition
while installing ubuntu I installed grub2 bootloader to ubuntu partition
mbr contains ...
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4answers
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“the partition is misaligned” error in Disk Utility - should I repartition?
I have a Dell XPS M1330 laptop that has Vista installed and I just installed Ubuntu 10.4 LTS so I can dual boot.
Everything seems to be working well, but when I opened the Disk Utility to have a ...
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2answers
787 views
How do I fix grub so that it shows up during boot?
I installed ubuntu alongside windows but grub wont show during boot and windows starts instead.
I used a liveCD and followed these instructions
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
But ...
2
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1answer
530 views
My ubuntu partition was deleted and I can't boot from either a DVD or USB
It's my first time installing ubuntu. I have Windows 7 and 8 before in my laptop (Acer Aspire 4752z). After Ubuntu (12.04) installed in my laptop, the Windows boot loader didn't recognize my Ubuntu so ...
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2answers
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Cant boot into windows after installing ubuntu
I started to use Ubuntu in April. I thought it would give me the option whether to boot into Ubuntu or Windows at each start. But that didn't happen. But I was happy with Ubuntu and didn't have time ...
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1answer
715 views
Accessing my Windows 7 files from my Ubuntu account
I have just installed Ubuntu on my computer and I have windows 7 as my other operating system. is there a way that I can access my windows 7 files from my Ubuntu installation?
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0answers
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I installed ubuntu 11.10 to dual boot but it still boots into windows 7 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 to dual boot with Windows 7, but it still boots into Windows 7. What ...
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6answers
7k views
A common /home partition for multiple Linux distributions
I have an Ubuntu installed in one partition, Debian on the other and now I am planning to install backtrack and SUSE also. Debian mounts a separate partition as its home mount point, whereas Ubuntu ...
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2answers
5k views
Clock time is off by 4 hours
Dual boot system Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu 12.04.
I have the bios set for the correct time and Ubuntu set for US Eastern time. Ubuntu will boot up and the time will be off by -4 hours. If I correct ...
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1answer
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My main username is not in the sudoers file.
I was trying to install some software/edit files with my main username(not root)
But I got this error [X] is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
I tried to edit the /etc/sudoers ...
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3answers
8k views
How to add Ubuntu to the Windows XP boot.ini file? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to boot Ubuntu using the Windows bootloader?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 on a partition separate partition from Windows and was wanting to know ...
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3answers
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Ubuntu hangs at purple screen
I installed Ubuntu 11.10 today. After the reboot I selected Ubuntu and it kept hanging at the purple screen. No error message was shown.
The liveCD went fine and the installation was successful. I ...
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1answer
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Windows Ubuntu dual boot - Share files between OS
Well I have a netbook, so I can't play games on windows either, no problem. But I'm getting a new desktop PC with better hadware and it will be able to run the most popular games and I want to have ...
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2answers
5k views
How do I install 12.10 on a Pavilion-G6 laptop with UEFI
I have a brand new HP Pavilion-G6 which boots to pre-loaded Windows8 and I want to change the machine to boot up into Ubuntu 12.10 whist retaining Windows 8. I am having difficulty booting into ...
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5answers
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Dual boot windows Xp and Ubuntu 12.04
I have 41 GB of space on my E:/ drive. Is it sufficient to install Ubuntu? My Windows XP is installed in C:/ drive. Is it OK for dual boot? Should I install Ubuntu (I am installing using Live CD). I ...
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2answers
886 views
How to dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu?
I have just got a new laptop,
It is running Windows 7 Home Premium.
I have shrunk the windows partition to give me some empty space and now I want to install ubuntu.
From Windows my partitions look ...
