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Ubuntu will not boot
I had Ubuntu running on an acer easyStore box. When the power supply got too loud, I decided to move the harddrive to a desktop box. However, when I tried to boot up, the screen tells me to pick a cd ...
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Error When Installing Ubuntu Linux 12.10
First, I originally posted this on another site I am on. Not getting to much help, here is the post...
THE IMAGES ARE FROM THE INSTALLATION THROUGH WUBI (Windows installer)
So, I understand that my ...
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URGENT Help with GRUB!
Solved for the GRUB issue!
Now just need to try to make the USB drives readable on windows again.
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Deleted Windows boot partition by mistake
I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop. Today, while trying to manually partition the drive for Linux install, I accidentally formatted the 100 MB System Reserved partition to ext4. Then, I ignored ...
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Will partition sequence affect dual booting Win7 + Ubuntu 12.10?
Current partition sequence:
PQService (Acer)
System Reserved
Windows 7
Shared Data (NTFS)
Total of 4 Primary partitions
I want to install Ubuntu by deleting the PQService because I don't need it ...
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Windows missing from GRUB menu
When I turn on the computer, I can see the GRUB and boot into Ubuntu. But I can't boot into Windows because I don't see it in the GRUB.
I have tried both boot-repair and sudo update-grub to no avail. ...
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Grub cannot write bootloader - Dell xps 14 Intel smart response
I have a Dell xps 14 with dualboot windows 7 / ubuntu 12.10
on the windows side is active intel smart response ssd caching, while on the ubuntu side 11Gb ssd space is accessible as /dev/sdb1 .
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Replace Windows MBR with Ubuntu MBR(?) [duplicate]
I read that the MBR that "comes with windows" will not boot from logical partitions,
and I read that other MBRs may read from a logical partition.
Here it is: "need to make sure that the MBR code ...
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Cannot start PC without rescatux?
I'm aware that askubuntu is probably not the ideal place to ask this question, but considering that the problem occurred while I was installing ubuntu I'm guessing others may have run into the ...
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How to boot to Windows if grub is broken and BIOS won't open?
I recently accidentally deleted my Ubuntu partition. When I rebooted the computer, I got the dreaded grub rescue> prompt. I thought, "simple fix, boot an ubuntu CD and add a new MBR". However, my ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 MBR not loading from dual boot selector
Since I am new to the forums here I cannot post pictures, but hopefully this link to my error screen will work.
Error when selecting to boot the Ubuntu mbr
Basically no matter what I do, windows ...
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Fix Windows MBR using Ubuntu Live CD
I'm trying to fix the MBR using Ubuntu live CD. I already have the ms-sys installed but from the threads that I saw, I'm not completely sure in which /dev I should execute the command:
sudo ms-sys ...
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Expert help needed due to an insidious trap when triple booting OS/W7/Ubuntu… which I fell into
This was going to be my first Ubuntu install, aiming to triple boot from a Mac Book Air OS, W7 and Ubuntu. I used USB sticks for both the W7 and Ubuntu. After successfully partitioning using OS (it is ...
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install grub, but NOT in the mbr
you may have become tired of the question i'm about to ask, since i've already found some posts concerning my issue. however, none of those seemed to work for me.
so here's the thing:
my goal is to ...
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GRUB 2 Error : No such disk
I have gone through many pains to boot through my windows 7 partition.
I had windows 7, then one fine day I installed Ubuntu and again formatted the partition where Ubuntu was installed only to find ...
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How to remove linux from bootable partition?
I have linux mint which I don`t need, besides my ubuntu. It resides on bootable partition. How do I remove it without destroying mbr?
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Boot menu has a problem I can not boot Ubuntu or anything because the menu does not show [duplicate]
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Ubuntu not showing up on boot menu after Wubi installation
Alright so I downloaded and installed Ubuntu to a Windows XP machine via wubi. When I rebooted the boot menu ...
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Unable to boot: Missing Operating system
i had installed Ubuntu 11.10 along with the another Ubuntu 11.10 which already installed in my netbook. Later I formatted the partition I newly installed. Next time when I boot it went to Grub Rescue ...
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How to fix my MBR? While installing random Ubuntu my MBR is not getting overwritten anymore
I boot with liveUSB. But how do i fix now my MBR, so that i can re-install Ubuntu? (after installing ubuntu i get mostly this blinking cursor and black screen)
root@ubuntu:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: ...
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How to make a USB drive bootable after live image is copied into it using `dd` command?
I was unable to create live USB drive using dd command while unetbootin works. The former method used to work fine on the particular USB Drive. Is the USB drive filesystem corrupted? If yes, how do I ...
