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How do I make Ubuntu the default partition? [duplicate]
Recently I asked this question and it was marked as a duplicate and not correctly answered. I was even referred to this link which does not address what I am questioning about... How to uninstall ...
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Impossible mounting NTFS partition from Windows 8 in Linux Mint 15 with the hibernation file there? [closed]
I used Ubuntu for long even along Windows and SOMETIMES I got this problem for mounting the corresponding NTFS partition at the beginning, however with a pair of command lines to the console I got it ...
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Accessing Window Files in Linux
After mounting the windows partition is the command prompt (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda2 /media/c) I can't see the document files. The folders shown are Boot, Dell, preload, recovery, sources, system ...
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From Windows 7 to Ubuntu?
At present, I use Windows 7. I want to delete it and replace it with Ubuntu but, how can I install Ubuntu without losing my files that exist now on partitions D, E and F?
I want my hard disk to be ...
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Partition to run a Windows program
I like using Linux Ubuntu and have few problems. However, I need to run an exam marking program that will only run on Windows. How can I create a Windows partition without wiping and re-installing ...
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I need to know how to boot ubuntu on an existing Windows XP partition
I have an old PC running on Windows XP. When I got it, I partitioned the hard drive. I need to know how to install Ubuntu on That particular partition, since I have almost no space on my other ...
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Trying to install Windows XP alongside Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04; Disk Read Error?
Anyone,
I currently have three partitions: A windows 7 partition, an ubuntu partition, and an empty partition meant for Windows XP. Every time I insert the install disk and boot, it copies files ...
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How do I uninstall Ubuntu?(Windows and Ubuntu are on the same HDD) [duplicate]
today i'm going to install Ubuntu on my Laptop. It'll be on a second partition (besides Windows 7). My question is, how do I uninstall Ubuntu? As far as i know simply deleting all the stuff on my ...
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where should I install windows?
here is a picture of "GParted".
Where should I install windows (which partition?)?
It's SDA1? I'm not sure because there are 20gb in use and I don't know why. It's possible that's the older ...
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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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can't access windows partition after recovery using testdisk
help me plz . after installing ubuntu i lost my all windows vista partitions .now i recovered all partitions using testdisk and i can access all data in partition D,E but can't access data in ...
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How to install windows 8, on a computer completely running ubuntu? [closed]
I tried booting from the dvd to install windows 8, but unfortunately I can only install windows 8 on an ntfs hdd. So i got GParted, but I can't create a new partition. I was thinking I could hook up ...
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wubi move to partition [duplicate]
im new in ubuntu and I really liked ubuntu 12.10 with wubi (windows ubuntu installer) and I want to emigrate to the partition system which is more faster, but I don't want to install grub, I want to ...
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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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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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choose wrong option during install and lost partitions
i tried ubuntu 13.04 beta in my pc with live dvd.
when i wanted to install ubuntu i choose to delete my windows wrongly!.
i see the page that we must to select time location and here i realized my ...
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Does installing Ubuntu 12.10 with 'Erase Win7' option deletes Windows partitions? [duplicate]
I had Win 7 in C:\ and other data in F:\ G:\ H:\ partitions. Installed Ubuntu 12.10 with option Erase win7 and install Ubuntu and checked LVM option. After installing Ubuntu I'm not able to see F:\ ...
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Difficulty Opening Other Partitions or Pen Drives
I am unable to open my Windows partition or a USB memory stick in 12.10. Everything was working fine until today - I updated Ubuntu but not sure if this is related to problem.
Partition appears in ...
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Recovering data from an Ubuntu dedicated partion drive after formatting c [duplicate]
I have a laptop on which windows 7 was previously installed.
I then installed Ubuntu on its own dedicated a partion.
Next I stored some data on that Ubuntu dedicated partition which was accessible ...
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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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How to get back to windows after install Ubuntu in the same partition?
I have two partition on my system. On one partition, I keep my data, and on other I install my OS.
By mistake, I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on the drive I had installed Windows. Now I need to get back ...
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how to access my windows partition after installed ubuntu? [duplicate]
how to access my windows partition after installed ubuntu?
Hi I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 after that i am not able to access my windows drive?
can anyone pls help me, how to access the data.
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Remove osx partition
I triple boot OSx, Windows 8, and Ubuntu on an Imac. I rarely use the OSx and only boot into Windows to play some video games on occasion. my question is what is the process for removing OSx and ...
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External drive not recognized
I have a 500gb external drive that I used for Windows storage. Later, I partitioned it and made an Ubuntu partition. Now, when I connect the HDD on Windows, it is not able to recognize it, but Ubuntu ...
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How do I install Windows on a computer with Grub?
I previously installed Ubuntu and I wanted to install windows vista via the repair disc included with the laptop. Booted up the computer with the disc in, nothing. I already set the boot order, so ...
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Bootloader question with the default “Install ubuntu along Windows” option
After using virtual machines and wubi for the last few years I finally took the time to install ubuntu in a dual boot.
I read a ton of tutorials, but they all recommended different things.
So I ...
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How do I find out on which partition is my Windows?
I have fully functional Windows and Ubuntu that is broken (I accidentaly broke it) and want to do reinstall. With Live-CD, I can see:
3 NTFS partitions,
one ext4 and
one unknown.
How do I find out ...
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Ubuntu DualBoot Installation Process - Resizing Partition
I decided to have Ubuntu to dualboot with Win7.
I have read couple of guides, and it seems that I still can't get this right.
ATM I have my laptop running the Ubuntu CD, I picked in installation type ...
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How do I set Ubuntu to my default boot?
I have Windows 7 and 8 installed on my laptop, I just installed Ubuntu.
It normally boots up in Windows 8, how do I change that?
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Can I have a live Ubuntu USB with a partition for persistent mode, AND have a partition that allows me to store windows files, on the same drive?
My question is, on one flash drive, can I have 3 partitions which are
1: The Live USB partitions (about 4GB)
2: Casper-rw partition of persistent mode (another 4GB)
^ those two are both created by ...
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Making Wubi bigger, or Upgrading to Ubuntu without loosing Windows?
I have 4 hard disks. I've got Wubi installed on one, and Windows installed on another.
The 300GB Drive for Wubi/Ubuntu is empty, except for Wubi. I'd like to let it take the full 300GB if it's ...
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Windows dual boot access to other hard drives
I have a custom built PC with several internal HDDs running Win8. I would like to install Ubuntu alongside Windows on a second partition on the C:. Am I right in assuming I should be able to leave the ...
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Will I lose all of my data if I replace Windows with Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I wish to install Ubuntu OVER Windows. Windows is installed on my "C" partition. I also have another partition which contains 95% of my data. I really would like to know if I install Ubuntu, will it ...
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Disk partition windows installer
I'm asking because I downloaded the windows installer version, when i open the installer, a window with everything is open and at the bottom say "install" but at middle sais "size instalation" and the ...
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Can I have a NTFS data partition both accessible (r/w) by separate Windows and Ubuntu partitions?
The following image illustrates the partition setup I have in my head, but what I'm unsure about is the data partition.
I've heard Linux support for NTFS is fairly good nowadays, but since it is ...
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Why doesn't grub install on a partition?
I've just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my /dev/sda3 partition. During installation I specifically requested the boot loader to be installed at /dev/sda3.
Why didn't the installation put the stage 1 ...
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error mounting partition
I have a Samsung laptop which received a bump yesterday. After that, the system doesn't load the Windows (Vista), the screen remains black, doesn't boot.
I burn a LiveCD with Ubuntu to try to back up ...
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How are partitons handled in Ubuntu, compared to Windows?
How are partitions in my hard disk handled in Ubuntu? I want to draw parallels with what Windows does.
Let's say I have a HDD formatted as ext4, if I create 2 partitions and mount them at /data-part ...
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Unable to Merge Win7 Partition with Unallocated Space Released from Xubuntu
Please see the current partitions in Gparted below [edit - I wasn't allowed to post an image, I just posted the output of fdisk -l], I have moved & resized my Xubuntu partition in order to ...
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How to make a readable FAT16/FAT32 partition on usb stick for Windows access?
I want to create a windows accessible partition(FAT16/FAT32). But even the created partition can read under linux. It can not see on Windows. Just display a driver symbol like E:.
I'm using parted ...
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Why do the “used size” in partitioning on installation don't match the values I see in Windows?
This is what the windows screen looks like:
Volume Layout Type File System Status Capacity FreeSpace
(C:) Simple Dynamic NTFS Healthy(Boot,Page ...
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trying to install 12.10 does not have option to run alongside of windows, i have 444780 MB of shrink space
Windows says i can shrink the space. Should i use their option or is that too risky also will this change allow me to run ubuntu alongside of windows?
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External Hard Disk Damaged | Not Detecting
I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my external 80 GB hard disk. During installation I selected "Something else" option. I formatted the hard disk there with "free space" as file system. As there was ...
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Problems Booting Windows 8 with Grub 2 HELP ASAP
please help. I'm new to linux, decided to try out ubuntu. created a new partition, and replaced windows 8 boot manager with grub 2 by installing grub on the windows 8 partition
now windows doesn't ...
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Is the Ubuntu installer capable of resizing/moving existing NTFS partitions?
I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64 alongside with Windows 7. I already have 3 primary partitions taking the whole disk space.
100 MB system-reserved (primary)
180 GB system (primary)
285 GB ...
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How to make a partition Ubuntu can read?
I have Windows Vista and I installed Ubuntu 12.04 along with it.
I have three partitions on my hard-drive on Windows, but when I open the laptop through Ubuntu it only reads the first and second ...
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Can't boot in 12.04 after formatting the entire drive
I installed ubuntu 12.04 by formatting the drive that had windows 7. The installation went fine but after I rebooted It asks me for a windows 7 disk repair disk and doesn't even look to recognize any ...
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can't replace windows 7 with ubuntu 12.04
I have windows 7 and wanted top replace them with 12.04 but when I was booting and starting installation of ubuntu I chose replace windows in my ssd and it saw this problem.
"/dev/sda contains GPT ...
