master boot record (MBR)
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Dual Boot Windows 7 & Ubuntu 12.10. Managed to boot in Win7 but not in Ubuntu
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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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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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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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2answers
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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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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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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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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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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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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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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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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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1answer
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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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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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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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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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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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0answers
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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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0answers
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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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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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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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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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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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0answers
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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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0answers
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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 ...
