master boot record (MBR)
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What do I select for “GRUB install devices” after an update?
After running Update Manager, a debconf window (titled "Configuring grub-pc"), popped up, requiring me to select the appropriateGRUB install devices for my system. I've made no changes to grub or ...
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2answers
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How to dump disk sectors?
I want to see the content of the sector 0 (mbr) of my hard drive. It is possible?
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3answers
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Upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 lost MBR
I think I've lost my MBR upgrading from ubuntu 10.04 to 10.10.
During the upgrade it gave me a message saying which partitions did I want the grub details to go on, saying if I was unsure to select ...
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2answers
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How to manually fix a partition table ?
I recently had trouble with the MBR/partition table on my laptop. I managed to rebuild the partition table using testdisk, and install GRUB to get it booting properly again (I'm using a dual-boot with ...
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3answers
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How to boot into Windows 7 when grub is installed in the Windows partition?
Original title: How can i solve (un)booting windows 7 on the same partition with grub?
I've been researching for 2/3 days about this problem and I have came up empty.
Basically, partition 1 is ...
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2answers
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Unable to install GRUB
Unfortunately (as you can see) I cannot install grub. I have tried /dev/sda as well.
Here is my partitioning schema:
Troubleshooting + problems:
Installed Windows 8 to logical partition ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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Where to put the MBR
I have 2 separate HDDs - one has Win7 and the other has Ubuntu 11.04.
When I installed Ubuntu I placed the GRUB/MBR on the partition, not the device, is this why it will not boot into Ubuntu?
Can I ...
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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 ...
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2answers
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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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2answers
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How to recover Ubuntu installed with Wubi with corrupted GRUB
I have ubuntu installed inside Windows 7 using Wubi.
Yesterday, I tried installing Ubuntu using GRUB but it seem that GRUB was corrupted. To recover, I fixed the MBR using the Windows 7 CD.
Now ...
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0answers
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How to replace GRUB with BURG without overwriting MBR? [closed]
I'd like to install BURG but I don't want it to overwrite my MBR. That's because I've got two bootloaders in my system :
Default Windows 7 in MBR
Grub in /dev/sda2
With the first power button, it ...
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4answers
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Windows Vista disappeared after installing Ubuntu10.10?
I had Windows Vista Ultimate SP2
160 GB HDD, 1GB RAM,INTEL DUAL CORE
One of my friend told that UBUNTU is also a better OS and is an open source programme and u can use alternately both Ubuntu or ...
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5answers
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Windows 7 won't boot after Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot installation failed
I basically used a LIVEusb I had made of Ubuntu 12.04 to try and dual boot both OS'. but it crashed at the partitioning stage and now Windows 7 won't boot. g Parted shows the same partitions that ...
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5answers
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GRUB boot into Windows 7 breaks GRUB and makes system unbootable
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 (daily-live iso from 21.04.12) alongside Windows 7 on an HP EliteBook laptop.
The installation went fine, except that it installed grub onto my usb disk (/dev/sdb) ...
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2answers
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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 ...
2
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1answer
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Partitions mixing up
I am trying to install ubuntu alongside my windows 7. The problem is that ubuntu is not detecting all of my partitions and basically clubs together many of them. The same thing is done by using ...
2
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1answer
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GPTsync mismatch problem
I have a hybrid disk. After trying to copy some files from another disk to this one, I lost my OSX and Ubuntu boot capability. Ran gptsync and got:
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA ...
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1answer
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GRUB Drops to Rescue Shell - Fix MBR and Windows Bootloader
I shall just give a bit of background information. I updated a broken Ubuntu installation to Oneiric from the live CD a while ago, and everything appeared to be working fine. Because I don't use the ...
2
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1answer
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Cannot install burg: error during installation
I tried to install burg and I got an error.
I've used the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/burg
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install
sudo apt-get install burg ...
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5answers
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Windows 7 and Ubuntu Boot issue
I had the idea to dual boot Win 7 and Ubuntu and what I did was the following:
Made a clean install of win 7 using all of my hard drive, next I used the Ubuntu live cd and gparted to partition my ...
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2answers
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How to fix MBR partition prior to Ubuntu Installation? A partition overlaps GPT backup sectors
My main problem is that i have just acquired an ASUS laptop with WINDOWS 7 and I want to install Ubuntu on it.
I want to have a dual boot to choose between both Operating systems, I read that it's ...
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4answers
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Grub installation and Dell recovery partition
I'd like to install Ubuntu 10.04 on a brand new Dell vostro v130.
Dell notebooks usually come with a recovery partition, which allows you to restore the original Windows configuration of the notebook.
...
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2answers
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Accidentally partitioned drive from MBR to GUID
[SOLVED]
Thanks everybody, the MBR schema now is restored via TestDisk, and thanks to the author for this piece of software.
I wanted to format only my Data (NTFS) partition for a fresh start. But I ...
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2answers
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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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1answer
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where did my 766 kb in partition go?
I used fdisk -l and saw this.
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size ...
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2answers
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Uninstalling Ubuntu from dual boot / Change bootloader
I have a Win/Ubuntu 11.10 dual-boot setup, where I am running the OSes on separate partitions of my laptop HDD. I assume the best method of uninstalling is 'simply' a matter of deleting the Ubuntu ...
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2answers
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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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1answer
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I cannot change the grub Default item from OS-1, but I can from OS-2 (dual-boot 10.04 on both)
My 10.04 system (OS-1) got into a tangle the other day, so I installed a second, dual-boot 10.04 (OS-2), so that I could trouble-shoot the hung system...
In case it is relevant to my question, I'll ...
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1answer
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MBR Lost after shrinking Active Partition
I've got a serious issue with MBR.
Initially got Windows 7 Up on my machine.
I shrinked the active partition to create space for installing ubuntu. I formatted the new available space. Now i simply ...
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1answer
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Problems with partitioning on GUID Partition Table
I installed Xubuntu on my new Lenovo G580 notebook. When I tried to partition the HDD and it kept making extra 1 MB partitions at the beginning and the end and they looked like unformatted free space. ...
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1answer
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I made Ubuntu Thrash My Win 8 MBR - Can I restore it and my data?
I have a lovely Lenovo G780 that came with Win7 which I upgraded to Win 8 -
I downloaded the Ubuntu 12.10.Iso and the App that let me set up a boot USB stick.
I tried to run Ubuntu (For the first ...
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2answers
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How to restore GRUB after restoring MBR with boot-repair?
I've a problem after upgrading to 12.10, which is when I choose Windows option from boot options, I got "A disk read error occurred" error.
I followed this tutorial to restore MBR, but the problem ...
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1answer
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Change MBR to GPT on external hard drive with data
Change MBR to GPT on external hard drive with data:
I found a way for the internal one here. However the External drive is a Data drive only, I dont't need to care about any bootloaders etc. So is ...
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1answer
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Wubi Install partition and Windows MBR
I am little afraid of messing up my Windows 7 dual boot mbr (I have 2 Windows 7 installed), which allow booting into either on bootup.
My first question, is whether the Ubuntu loader, is included ...
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Windows on SSD; Ubuntu on HDD
In my System I have a 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD.
I have Windows 7 installed on the SSD and I partitioned the HDD in 2 Partitions on for Windows programs and files. And one for Ubuntu.
But after I ...
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1answer
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Messed up partition table, not recognizible
I managed to mess up the partition table of my main media HDD. gParted cannot recognize it anymore. There's everything I ever had since my first PC. I ran "attempt data recovery" in gParted (it ...
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2answers
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Ubuntu 11.04 install did not work?
I have a laptop that has Windows 7 64-bit as the main OS. I originally installed Ubuntu 10.10 using Wubi so I could have Windows and Linux to choose from at boot up. All worked great up until ...
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2answers
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Ubuntu to replace Vista and thereby reboot my computer?
Ubuntu was recommended to me as a viable option to Vista. I am unable to boot up my computer and have no recovery media. I keep seeing 'BootMGR is missing' on the screen.
If I were to download Ubuntu ...
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0answers
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12.10 not booting from grub line but will boot to generic version
I am new to Ubuntu and installed it as a method to access the internet while I attempted to repair my internet connection for Windows XP SP3. Dual boot for both Ubuntu and XP worked great. Failing to ...
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Dual Boot Windows 7 & Ubuntu 12.10. Managed to boot in Win7 but not in Ubuntu
http://paste2.org/p/3270871
Hi all,
Thanks In advance. Because I know people over there is very knowledgeable and able to help me out.
I just started to use my first linux based operating system as ...
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How to replace GRUB with BURG? Not on MBR
This question is repeating, I know but I can't answer it as I don't have an answer and I cannot comment either to get some insights on this thing.
How to replace GRUB with BURG without overwriting ...
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2answers
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Unable to detect HDD from windows 7 bootable disc
I tried making and running live Ubuntu zip drive and succeeded but somehow i messed up my previous MBR, HDD drivers, file system or maybe something else while trying to make a dual boot system. Now i ...
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Partition table BSD
I messed up the partition table of my HDD and i guess now its in the BSD format and windows/ubuntu both cannot read it. Does this mean I need to format my HDD and lose my entire file system or is ...
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What is the best way to dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 in dual-boot with windows 7 but I am having some problems. I installed GRUB in the MBR (as it is often recommended) and so GRUB was the boot-loader that appeared ...
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Gparted can't create partition table
Here's what the problem is.
About a day or so ago I used Gparted live cd to create 3 NTFS primary partitions on my external 500 gig Goflex and one extended with 2 logical partitiones.
I had planned ...
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Boot menu has a problem I can not boot Ubuntu or anything because the menu does not show [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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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Corrupted partition when it was updated to 11.04 including grub? [closed]
This problem seems centered around me, it has happened twice!
Description of the Problem
My Linux partition (ext4) got corrupted. I believe a bad superblock ...
So when I boot my computer I get no ...
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How to install grub on the PBR instead of MBR?
I own a Mac and I want to install a triple boot. The problem is that I need to keep my windows bootloader to make sure that it works well with Mac OS. But I want Ubuntu too and if I install ubuntu, it ...
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1answer
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mbr seems to be unfixable
My system (1 hdd, 2 partitions - 1=Windows, 2=Ubuntu) is not booting any longer, but when I shut it down from Ubuntu yesterday, there was no problem at all.
My last try was boot-repair (with ...
