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No primary partitions left: how to install Ubuntu now that wubi is no longer supported? [duplicate]
On my pc with Windows7 preinstalled, there is no primary partition left to install Ubuntu in.
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 ...
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Need help installing Ubuntu 12.04.2 desktop AMD-64 dual boot with Windows 7
I'm running Windows 7 (I'm not sure what service pack), and I want to do a dual boot with Ubuntu. I've done some research and homework, but I don't know how to allocate the space on the hard drive ...
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Cannot find “Run Ubuntu alongside with windows” option when installing
I have Windows 7, and I'm trying to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu. However, when I try to install Ubuntu with a USB, it doesn't give me the option to dual boot. I can only "Replace Windows 7 with ...
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dual booting ubuntu without affecting recovery disk
I bought a new laptop with genuine windows 8 with a recovery partition built in. I need to install ubuntu without affecting to the current configurations.
This is how my partition table looks in ...
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Would like to install Ubuntu on secondary hard drive within my computer
Okay, so here's the story. I am trying to install Ubuntu 13.04. I currently have a 2TB drive in my computer where Windows 7 boots from, and a secondary 500GB drive that also has a bootable ...
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Installing Ubuntu help
I have a PC with 2 HDDs, and want to install Ubuntu 13.04 . Unfortunately, my active partition is not on my Windows XP partition. I assume my drive list when boot from LiveUSB similar like this:
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Easiest way to stop using a separate partition for /boot?
I have an older machine that I originally set up as a dual boot with Windows 7 and Lubuntu. Part of that setup was establishing a small partition for /boot. The partition is 89 MB, and with recent ...
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Increase Ubuntu 12.04 disk space by converting some NTFS disk space from other drives
I am sure that this question has been asked. But my situation is a bit different. OK here it is:
a.) I have a PC with dual boot OS (Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows XP).
b.) Windows XP uses 2 physical ...
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secure boot not enabled
i have Q400A Asus laptop, which was running windows 8 when i bought,i installed win7 as the main OS for the system and win8 and Ubuntu 12.04 running on side.
I wanna try 13.04 so i download the ...
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Unable to extend ubuntu partiton
I'm trying to expand my Ubuntu partition, I booted up my LiveCD, opened GParted and freed some space. But when I'm trying to expand the partition, it doesn't show any free space. It does this only for ...
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How can I change partition table without data loss?
I hope that I name it that right. I have a root partition a home partition and swap. All I want is to add a partition for windows. BUT my drive is full so I want to shrink the logical home partition ...
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Grub rescue unknown file system error
I formatted my partition of Ubuntu 11.04 and created a new simple volume in Windows. But when I rebooted my laptop, I got an error :no such partition.
I tried nearly all commands suggested, but could ...
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When installing Ubuntu from USB, it recognizes previous Windows 8 but I don't get the option to run alongside
When installing Ubuntu from USB, Ubuntu installer recognizes previous Windows 8 OS but I don't get the option to install alongside Windows 8. I only get the option to replace Windows 8 or "Something ...
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Partitioning issues with easeUS how do i proceed
Ok I installed EaseUS to set up a partition for Ubuntu. My laptop automatically has 4 primary drives:
*:SYSTEM
C:
D: Recovery
*: HP_TOOLS
I have an HP laptop. I read online that HP_TOOLS is a back ...
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(U)EFI > Ubuntu vs Windows 8 - problems with booting Windows
I have a problem with a screwed dual-boot of ubuntu 13.04 and windows 8 on a new DELL XPS 12 (EFI/grub2) System not loading windows8 at all,... here is a story:
I've got a new DELL XPS 12 System with ...
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Error: No root file system when installing dualboot
I am trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside a Windows7 system. I have shrunk my 280 GB Windows partition to 174GB. Now I have an unusable partition of 127423MB to install Ubuntu. But it seems it ...
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dual boot automatically partition
I'm trying to install Ubuntu from liveusb 13.04 64bit in dual-boot with windows 8.
I have UEFI active.
I already disabled FastStartup of Windows 8.
No problem with Secureboot (then still active).
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How can I dual boot Ubuntu 13.04 with Windows 7 Home Premium? [duplicate]
I have a nice impression to Ubuntu before and I want to dual boot it with my Windows OS. (I'm a total newbie in this field :D )
I have downloaded the latest Universal USB Installer and the Ubuntu ...
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1 or 2 partitions for 2 op-systems (Windows 7 + Ubuntu)? [duplicate]
What is recommended: installing Ubuntu in the same partition as Windows 7 - or in a separated one?
Ubuntu says:
Begin the installation
Depending on your previous selections, you can now verify that ...
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Dual-boot Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8: Windows doesn't boot
I have installed Ubuntu with dual boot to a preinstalled windows 8 on a Lenovo E-135. I disabled fast start in windows 8 before installation and shrank the partition to give place for Ubuntu. All went ...
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Ubuntu Live CD installation problem
I have LENOVO Ideapad z570 model. when ever i try to install ubuntu(any version 12.04,12.10 or 13.04) it say "no operating system detected" but i have Windows 7 installed on it. And under the option ...
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trying to dual boot Win 8 and Ubuntu 12.10
I have been trying to install Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 ( 64 Bit ) on a Lenovo twist notebook.
I have now installed Windows 8 ( with UEFI, secure boot disabled ) and I am following the instructions ...
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installing ubuntu 13.04 divided my HDD
I just tried installing ubuntu 13.04 and I'm sure I followed the Right steps until he loading screen after the restart required ...when it boot up it asked between win 7 disk1 or win 7 disk2. And ...
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Installing Ubuntu on an MDR disk - problems!
I have an MDR disk with Windows 8 installed and system reserved partition. I have tried installing Ubuntu from both disk and USB, and it just cannot pick up on my partition table either way. It thinks ...
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New to Ubuntu…Installation problem…!
Downloaded ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso from official website and created the bootable pen drive using Universal USB Installer. Then I booted with it and when asked to select installation type, I ...
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No such parition, grub rescue
I have a sony viao laptop with windows 7. I have no access to Windows CD/DVD now. I dual booted with Ubuntu 13.04 and everything was working fine. I then copied all my data from windows C drive to ...
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Can I Adjust/Reduce My Partition Size for Ubuntu?
I'm a brand new user to Ubuntu and Linux for that matter. I just installed Ubuntu in a Dual-Boot setup and loaded all the updates I could get.
During installation it asked me to set the partition ...
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How to increase size of partition to take up unallocated space
I have a Ubuntu installation(sda3) with unallocated space that I want to use to use to increase the space of sda5 on the following picture:
The only problem is I cant resize it, gparted says im ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 install along windows 8 fails [duplicate]
I have a MSI FX-600 laptop with core-i3 330M, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Disk. My laptop comes with windows 7 pre-installed. I have upgraded it to Windows 8 recently. As it is with windows 7 pre-installed ...
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Will using DMRAID wipe my drive?
I have a sony win8 laptop -- that I like btw, but would love to dual boot ubuntu or multiboot with some other distros.
After much research and banging my head against the wall, it seems I have a ...
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Accidentally Wiped out Hard Disk With Windows 8 while installing ubuntu 13.04, Is there any way to recover? [duplicate]
I brought my Dell Inspiron 15R (5521) laptop yesterday only, I tried to installing ubuntu 13.04 as I go along with installation (I selected first option for selecting disk) I think wiped out entire ...
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Help me find a tutorial to dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu 13.04
What I've got is a compatible PC with both systems ,Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 ,I've Windows 7 already installed ,now I want to install Ubuntu, and be able to choose which one I want to boot when I ...
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Is it possible to install Win8 next to an encrypted Ubuntu?
I run Ubuntu on an SDD (encrypted with systemtools since installation). So I want to install Windows 8 on a second partion on the same drive, but it is possible to do so, without chrashing anything, ...
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Hide ubuntu partition in win7 [closed]
I was searching forum but I didn't find solution to my problem.
I've installed Ubuntu 13.04 and Win7 on one HDD in UEFI mode. I'm able to boot in both OS'es separately from grub (added some entries). ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 not detecting Windows 7 during Install
I am trying to Install the latest Ubuntu 13.04 on my netbook but the installation is not able to detect any operating system installed on the machine. And asking me to either wipe out the whole disk ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 sees NTFS partition but not Windows 7
Trying to install Ubuntu on a Windows machine running Windows 7. I started by using the WUBI, but when I restarted the computer it just went straight to Windows. Then I went into the disk management ...
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Install Ubuntu on a second harddrive without messing with other drives or main Windows 7 bootloader?
Lets just say I have 3 hard drives:
c: 500 gig windows 7 with win7 boot loader
d: 1tb nothing on it (but I want a Linux os on it... Ubuntu, debian, fedora ect)
g: 3tb random stuff
I want Ubuntu and ...
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Two home folder. Ubuntu 12.10
Hi to all,
Recently I installed Ubuntu 12.10. It's very nice and I like it very much. I have a few doubts about folders, as I was previously using Windows. In Windows, I have 3 local disks C,D,E. Now ...
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Lost Tons of data during Ubuntu 13.04 installation. Please help urgently! [duplicate]
I have a drive of 250 gb which i had partitioned into two. 180 gb had a lot of music. It was my lifetime's collection of music. the other 50 gb had windows installed in it and also had Ubuntu 12.10 on ...
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Partition size for dual boot with Win 8 (UEFI) and Ubuntu (latest desktop version)
If I create a partition on my hard drive for Ubuntu so it can run alongside Win 8 is it possible to alter the size of that partition later?
Does the installation DVD for 13.04 come with a partition ...
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How do I install Ubuntu 13.04 & Win 8 dual boot on a samsung series 3 (NP350E5C)?
So I'm trying to install Ubuntu and I've been following the steps in this thread but with limited success.
My first error was after installing Ubuntu alongside Windows, from my USB Live Image, ...
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Windows 7, Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot hard drive issues
I have recently bought a new laptop, and as I use Ubuntu on my desktop, but want to play games on my laptop, i installed both windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on the laptop. It all went pretty well, I can ...
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Ubuntu and Mint errno 5
There is no way I could install ubuntu right now.
I have a laptop - samsung r580
I had:
installed windows 7 on ntfs partition
installed ubuntu 12.10 (12.04 upgraded to 12.10) - i dont remember if i ...
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Bootloader Partition Question [closed]
I have a quick question. I'm trying to install Linux Mint along with Windows 8 on my computer, but I figured my question would be good here since I think the Ubuntu and Mint installers are the same ...
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How should I set up my partitions?
I have a dual boot set up with XP (I know it's ancient but I have a favored game that won't work on anything newer) and Ubuntu 12.10. Both OSs are on a 70gb HDD and I have a 300gb HDD as well.
I have ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 - dual boot problem - unable to mount windows 8 partition
i installed ubuntu 13.04 alongside windows 8 and almost everything works fine (dual boot for both windows 8 & ubuntu 13.04 is working great).
but when i try to access my windows 8 partition via ...
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Ubuntu doesn't boot after Windows 7 installation?
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit on my hard drive, then decided to install Windows 7 alongside on a 25 gb partition. I shrank my Ubuntu install by about 25 gb with a GParted Live USB. Ubuntu booted ...
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How to migrate Ubuntu/Windows 7 dualboot from HDD to HDD+SSD without reinstall?
I have a working dual-boot setup (Ubuntu 12.10 and Win7) on my laptop.
I got a 320GB HDD with partitions for /, /home, swap, winsys and a big windata partition. There's more than 250GB space occupied ...
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Repartition HDD to give Ubuntu more space
My Laptop came installed with Windows 7 and 320 GB of hard drive space. A few weeks ago I decided to try Ubuntu for a change, and created a 30GB partition for it.
Now, I want to give more space for ...
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Partitioning ubuntu 12.10 hard drive [duplicate]
About a month ago i installed ubuntu 12.10 on my computer, but i installed ubuntu on my whole 600 gb hard drive because i did not like the partition of only 30 gb that i could create from windows with ...
