master boot record (MBR)
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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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Need to repair MBR without using CD
I just reinstalled Windows 7 on my PC which erased my Master Boot Record and I can't boot into my Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin partition. The computer in question is an ultrabook, so I don't have a ...
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Install Windows7 on drive with Ubuntu 12.04 already on. Is my plan good?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 working fine, but need Windows occasionally. I just wanted to check that my plan for installing would work? Any help appreciated.
Current partitions are:
Partition....@ File ...
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Desktop doesn't load after install/restart (dual boot)
I've just finished installing Ubuntu and Windows for dual boot on separate partitions. I installed Windows first because it's pickier about partition style (MBR) and that went fine. I shrank the disk ...
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The partition table is corrupt
I have a corrupt the partition table on the laptop that is running Ubuntu 10.4.
Before the partition table was corrupt I had the following partitions: 2 primary partitions: 1st - NTFS 2nd - Extended ...
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how to format a partition containing Master boot record in Linux 12.10?
few days ago I have installed Linux 12.10 in my 16 GB USB drive. It was working fine. After some days, I wanted USB for my other uses, so I tried to format it. Whole USB gets formatted but the ...
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If I install Ubuntu to a USB with “Universal USB Installer”, will my Windows be broken?
When I tried installing Ubuntu ISO image to my USB drive, the universal USB installer displays this message:
create syslinux MBR on (H:) - existing MBR will be overwritten
If I click next, will my ...
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XUbuntu 12.04 GRUB recovery after separate Windows 7 install
I have a RAID drive: /dev/mapper/isw_bjeeefeied_Lightspeed with root Linux partition at: /dev/mapper/isw_bjeeefeied_Lightspeed7.
I've installed Windows 7 on the separate partition so it rewritten the ...
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Installing 12.04's boot loader on the partition boot record
I want to install ubuntu , without it touching my MBR. I plan to install ubuntu 12.04 on a particular ext3 partition and grub on the PBR of that partition.
From this page: ...
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GRUB broken again
Please help, my grub is broken again, and again, I don't know why, maybe latest update, I'm not sure, it starts to annoy me.
Error I get when I boot:
Symbol not found: grub_divmod64_fulll
And it ...
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Corrupted MBR, MBR repair does not recognise
Alright here's how I got to this point.
I tried to partition my external drive so that I could install multiple OS's on it, 3 linux distros, 1 being ubuntu, and a partition for windows.
So I used ...
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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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Failed Install on external HDD (bootloader installed at wrong place)
I installed Ubuntu using "Erase and use the entire disk" on my external hard drive.
Now the problem is that the bootloader was installed on my internal hard drive from my PC
instead of installing it ...
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How can I “move” GRUB?
I had the following setup on my hard disk
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| Windows (100 GB) | Precise (20 GB) | Documents (~ 360 GB) |
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Remove the additional entries in grub [duplicate]
I was trying to get a dual-boot set up with Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04. After installing Ubuntu, it wouldn't let me go back into Windows 8. So I ran boot-repair and it fixed it self. Now I have all ...
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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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Install Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 8 (not preinstalled) without grub [duplicate]
I want to install x64 Ubuntu 12.04.2 on my HP laptop. I don't like grub, so I want to install without it or install grub onto another partition and then add grub to Windows' bootloader (and set grub ...
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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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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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Windows loader after Grub
I have installed Ubuntu next to Windows7.
When I restart PC, MBR loads windows loader first then if I choose Linux, I have grub loaded.
My problem is that I would like Grub to be loaded first.
Any ...
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Win8 keeps trashing grub2 (12.10 secure remix) [closed]
So I have win8-64 and 12.10 secure remix 64 playing nice together on a new Asus G46vw. I can boot into either after doing a boot-repair/purge. All is wonderful.
...that is until windows - ever so ...
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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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Install Ubuntu to hard disk without overwriting mbr?
What's the best way to install Ubuntu without putting GRUB on the MBR? I would think I can install to another partition (logical?), and then install GRUB on a bootable USB. When I want to boot to ...
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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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Recover Ubuntu after MBR recreation
Initially I had Windows 7. After installing Ubuntu I was not able to boot into Windows.
Therefore I recreated MBR from Windows Repair bootrect /fixmbr.
I am not experience in those things therefore I ...
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Can't access my partitions
I have asked this question some time before as well - but here is the main problem out:
MBR was defect, I used Boot-Repair that I could access my Win-xp partition
With windows ext3 readers I can't ...
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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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Lenovo U410 — Messed up grub/mrb, and can't access bios
I am out of ideas, so I thought I would ask here.
I have a lenovo U410 and it comes with one of those intel hybrid hdd's that has a 32GB ssd in it. I figured I would unraid it and try out ubuntu on ...
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Copying entire root drive to flash drive with different drive sizes on VirtualBox
I have my modified Lubuntu version installed on VirtualBox and I want to copy the entire root filesystem to flash drive in order to boot it on my physical PC.
My flash drive has 1.90GB and the entire ...
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PC BIOS does not recognise External HDD as bootable after installing Linux
I have a Seagate FA GoFlex Desk - 2000 external hard disk. I use it with a Dell Dimension C521 desk top. The internal HDD of 160 GB is dedicated to running Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit) OS. ...
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All drivers disabled after reinstallation
I've been running Ubuntu 12.04 for quite a while, but after installing Windows XP onto another partition, the MBR was overwritten, etc etc.
I downgraded 12.04 to 11.10 using a Live CD, but it still ...
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Is it possible to convert a non partitioned drive to an MBR partition with out losing data? (Ubuntu 12.04)
I tried gparted, but it doesn't like seeing an ext4 file system without the partition type being specified (I suspect). So it won't let me resize or anything since there is no partition. It is ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu 12.04 - Acer Aspire 5750G
I have a Acer Aspire 5750G. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 - 64 bit as a dual boot onto my C: Drive using wubi (or whatever its called) but I couldn't load windows after it and formatted my laptop (later ...
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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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MBR Repair, any help is welcome
Alright if you look at my previous questions you can see just what went wrong and where.
Anyways here it is, after a day of working at my external 500 gig goflex that I could not even create a new ...
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Have I fixed my partition problem with os x 10.5.8? Are my GPT and MBR back to normal?
I'm new to linux and I have overstepped by abilities. I tried dual booting os x 10.5.8 with ubuntu 11.10 with rEFIt, but I been having problems with partitioning. Instead of enduring more headaches, ...
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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 ...
