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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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How to install Windows 7 in VirtualBox from Ubuntu 13.04? [duplicate]
Shortly after I installed Ubuntu 13.04, I installed VirtualBox in order to use Windows 7 in a virtual machine. When trying to install Windows I get the following:
Cannot find a driver for the ...
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Used wubi to install - error 0xc00000e9 Will not boot to ubuntu [duplicate]
What the screen says:
\ubunto\winboot\wubildr.mbr
Status: 0xc00000e9
Info: An unexpected I/O error has occurred
I have looked in forums, and the only advise I can find is to move ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on machine with Windows XP. How to have a real UNIX-Ubuntu, not just Ubuntu-GUI over Windows? [duplicate]
The goal: I want to learn UNIX, UNIX-like platforms. Especially command line and bash.
I have Windows XP installed on my machine. I have chosen Ubuntu for my goal.
I have one hard drive on my ...
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1answer
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Trouble with Ubuntu installation in VirtualBox
I'm having some problems getting Ubuntu to install. I'm running Windows XP Home (32bit) on an older Dell Dimension 2350 with 1GB ram, trying to install either Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32Bit) or 13.04 (32Bit) ...
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1answer
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Want to repair Grub [duplicate]
I have ubuntu 12.04 and windows 8 installed on my system. The main boot manager is grub, also the ubuntu and windows are installed in separate partitions. I want to install windows 7 back in place of ...
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1answer
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Will any programs be removed from my current install if I switch to Ubuntu?
I really want to switch from Windows 7 Home Premium to Ubuntu, but I need to know if my programs i currently have installed on my laptop will be removed. Thanks
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Wubi is downloading file but I have full ISO [duplicate]
I have "ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso" and my PC has Windows 8 installed. In my previous windows i.e "Windows 7" I used Wubi to install ubuntu 12.04.2 and installed and work correctly. Now I try to ...
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Windows/Ubuntu dual boot error
I am new to Ubuntu, so I don't know much about it. I had installed Windows 8 on Legacy boot mode a while back as I had heard of problems with UEFI.
Now, when I try installing Ubuntu 13.04, it doesn't ...
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How can I edit my 'Boot Index' to remove Windows? [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 from Wubi, because the CD seems to fail in both Live and Install method (Infinite loading).
So in order to remove Windows, I had an idea: I modify my Boot Index list ...
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“SFS detected” - Windows Dynamic Disk help
After install of ubuntu I got a problem. I can't go to the OS selecter (Think it's called GRUB2). I tried the Boot-repair tool but got following message:
'SFS detected. You may want to retry ...
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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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Installation of 12.04 on Windows XP using VMware
I have a Windows XP machine and installed VMware also. Now I want to install 64 bit Ubuntu on this VWware. Is this possible or will it cause any lags?
I cannot install Ubuntu on my HDD because I have ...
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Windows installer and 13.04 [duplicate]
Is there anything in the pipeline to bring 13.04 to Windows installer?
Also, just to mention, I have absolutely no problem running 12.10 via Windows installer on Windows 8 Pro even though it says it ...
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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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1answer
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No Sound in Headset when Ubuntu is installed
I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 on my PC. Recently i upgraded from 12.10. My Ubuntu installation seem to mess with my Windows especially on sound front. My headset seem to be not working at all.When ...
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Error while installing ubuntu 13.04: “no medium found for files”
I tried installing Ubuntu 13.04 on my Windows 7 Home Premium Toshiba. First I downloaded it, then burned it on a virtual disc using magicdisc, afterwards tried installing. I had to use the cd help in ...
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How to set up Ubuntu + Win 8 in virtualbox, when Win 8 is pre-installed?
I have a Samsung i3 Ultrabook. It runs Windows 8. I used to run Ubuntu in Virtualbox. I hate it. I want to run Ubuntu as host. But Win 8 should be running in Virtualbox (for Office + Acrobat). But the ...
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Trying to install Ubuntu resulted in both Windows and Ubuntu being unbootable
After spending a few days on getting Windows 7 to shrink down the main partition so I could install Ubuntu on a new one, I finally was able to install Ubuntu from a flash drive.
The actual ...
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2answers
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ubuntu 13.04 is extremly slow
My CPU is i7 dual core. I am running Ubuntu on VirtualBox. İt is extremely slow than other Linux versions such as Edubuntu 13.04 and its previous versions before 12.10. The 12.10 was also very slow.
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how to instal ubuntu 13.04 alongside windows 8 [duplicate]
when i was trying to install this what u name OS alongside my Great windows 8 this ubuntu asking for restart and it restart to my windows 8 and i have nothing installed i restart again and boot from ...
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The Installation! Via USB (64 bit download)
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 onto one of my old PC's (Windows XP) And once I get to "Downloading information on installation files" - It does nothing and stays 1/3 loaded, and doesn't do ...
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Change Ubuntu to Windows
I am using Ubuntu 13.04. And now I want to use Windows as Ubuntu have lots of fail
and my laptop is all time is overheated. I mean by overheated that you can't touch fan postion because it's so hot.
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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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Triple boot win 7, win server 2008, and Ubuntu
I have a system that dual boots Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 r2 Datacenter. I'm trying to add Ubuntu for a triple boot. Every time I install Ubuntu, it installs, but when I try to boot it, it ...
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Windows 8 does not appear in my grub list
I have been unable to get my windows 8 partition to appear in my grub list. I installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 64 bit. My machine is a toshiba satellite s855-s5378 and is a secure boot system. I have secure ...
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Installing Ubuntu, on a Windows 8 laptop, without a CD. Can it be done? And what is the normal time for download? [duplicate]
I have a Aspire laptop, Windows 8 pre-installed with 8 GB of ram. I have tried to download via thumb drive but it won't download. So I wanted to know there were any other ways to download it without a ...
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installing Ubuntu with the Windows installer(WUBI)! [duplicate]
If I installing Ubuntu with the Windows installer, will it create a partition in my hard disk? And after installing if i want to uninstall it what to do?
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Difficulties in installing ndiswrapper-1.58
please help me in installing ndiswrapper-1.58. Currently i am on uBuntu 12.10 and trying to install TRENDnet Wireless N PCI Adapter (TEW-643PI) into my computer.
Therein lies the problem as i am a ...
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Is there any way I can install Windows games on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I recently switched to Linux from Windows and really like Ubuntu but I have alot of Windows games I can't play anymore.
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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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1answer
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Guide to installing Ubuntu onto a system with Windows 8 Preinstalled [duplicate]
I'm interested in installing Ubuntu onto my Asus laptop which is running Windows 8. I'm a bit nervous. What if the installation goes wrong? I want Ubuntu to be my default operating system. If it ...
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Make a Linux install CD on a Mac but Use it to Install Linux on a Windows Machine
I've tried a couple of times to install Linux on my Windows machine using a CD created with Mac OS X... Have not been sucessful. Any idea why? Perhaps I'm downloading the wrong version of Linux?s
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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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My laptop stuck after trying to install ubuntu
I was trying to install ubuntu from a disk on key to my laptop (did it already on my desk top a few months ago)
i choose to install ubuntu in the options and then i got stuck on a purple background ...
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Make windows sapi5 exe voices run on ubuntu? [closed]
This question seems very difficult because I have asked around but never get answers. If you know a forum with ubuntu coders, where I better ask, then let me know please?
The default read to voice on ...
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Windows Installer - Does it wipe drive
My RAID array is dying and I had planned to install a distro on my backup drive to boot into as my CD drive is junked and my old 780i refuses to boot from USB. I downloaded the installer MSI. I see ...
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Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7
I want to install Ubuntu alongside my Windows 7. I defragmented my C: drive and shrink it.
I then started the Ubuntu installation which I burned on CD. I followed the installation guide from the ...
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A newbie moving from Windows 7 to Ubuntu for the first time. What if I decide to uninstall Ubuntu?
I'm currently downloading the Windows Installer. I'm using Windows 7 but want to multiboot Ubuntu.
I want to ask a simple thing.
If I ever decide to uninstall Ubuntu, does my Windows 7 system may go ...
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Ubuntu on Oracle VM VirtualBox running SLOWLY
So I am super new, not only to ubuntu, but also to VirtualBox. I have Linux/Unix experience, though I would not call it particularly strong experience. I have recently installed ubuntu using ...
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How can I install Ubuntu on a already 4-partition drive? [duplicate]
I have an HP Pavilion g6 with Windows 7 installed from factory. Now I want to install Ubuntu, but without using wubi. I downloaded the 12.04 LTS installer, booted from an USB and when I tried to ...
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Ubuntu in Windows 8
Do I need to install a specific version of Ubuntu to run it alongside my Windows 8? I've downloaded the typical version.
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How can I uninstall Ubuntu in order to install Windows 7? [duplicate]
I can't work out how to do it. When I try to use my Windows installation disk, it won't even show a setup menu.
I installed Ubuntu via a USB stick, and it is the only OS on my hard drive.
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ubuntu won't boot
So my configuration is such that my windows 7 is installed on a msata ssd drive and I am trying to install ubuntu on my regular sata hdd. Overall the windows installer copies the files but ubuntu ...
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What flavour of ubuntu (32-bit/64-bit) do I get when I install using Windows Installer
I've installed Ubuntu on my 64-bit system using windows installer. What version I might've got??
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How to fix Ubuntu installation error with wubi? [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 inside windows installer in my system, partition E.
I just cut Ubuntu and paste into another location and after that, Ubuntu is not working. Whenever I try to install, it ...
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How to install Ubuntu and eliminate Windows? [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10, but when I turn on the PC, I can choose between Win 7 or Ubuntu. How do I install Ubuntu substituting completely Windows?.
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How can I recover my old windows 7 after Ubuntu installation?
My OS is/was Windows 7, and I installed Ubuntu to lean a bit about Linux systems. After the installation I booted the computer and found I had no Windows access and I fear I have lost all my Windows ...
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How can i install Ubuntu (NOT WUBI!) without delete Windows [duplicate]
I want to install Ubuntu without Wubi...BUT i am afraid to delete Windows.
Pls help.
PS: sorry for my bad english i am from Germany.
