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Will converting my first partition to EXT4 make me lose boot info?

I recently switched from Windows to Lubuntu as my sole OS. My filesystem now has a NTFS partition with all my data (which I now would like to convert to EXT4), a EXT4 partition with Lubuntu on it and ...
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I need to convert ext2 filesystem to ext4 to prevent fsck every time I boot?

Installed Ubuntu 12.10 alongside manufacturer-installed Win 8 with no problems. Was "clever" enough to install as ext2 filesystem, which has resulted in the inconvenience of fsck making the usual ...
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Installed ubuntu over windows vista..cant reinstall windows [closed]

I recently used the "compress hard drive" option within windows. i got the horid "boot mngr is compressed" after the restart. i tried booting my system back to windows vista but it doesnt read the cd ...
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Kubuntu 12.10 Slow Boot

I'm having a problem with my Kubuntu. It's almost a fresh install (I've only installed the typical apps/codecs only). Sometimes it boots fast, and sometimes it boots slow. It's almost random. So, I ...
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Ubuntu crashed unexpectedly when browsing

How can I boot to Live CD and then access Ext4 partitions.
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How to improve file access speed?

My computer is very slow when starting applications. You clearly hear how the hard disk seems to read files from all over the disk. A first idea would be to check for fragmentation (since the drive is ...
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Boot partition changes every time it's mounted. How to stop this? [closed]

I'm setting up a Linux system with full disk encryption. I've written a script (to run on every boot) which will verify that neither the MBR or /boot partition (ext4) has been modified. Problem is ...