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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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cant boot Windows 7 after boot-repair
I originally have windows 7 64 bits, then I tried to dual-boot with Ubuntu 13.04.
but after installation my computer was only able to boot Windows (Ubuntu was not there as option).
So I boot from ...
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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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Start Ubuntu One on Windows 7 64bit errors
When I start the program, sometimes I get a window that says "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click Ok to close the application."
When this happens, the program fails to ...
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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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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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Can I store files and folders on a live USB
Sorry but my flasher is quite big.
I wonder,I have some movies and stuff.
Could I store them on the same flash drive after installing Ubuntu so that I could store them on the usb drive.
(I just want ...
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I installed Ubuntu and I can no longer boot win 7 or ubuntu. Can someone help me? [duplicate]
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Windows 7 doesn’t boot after Ubuntu install
I installed Ubuntu and I can no longer boot win 7 or Ubuntu. Can someone help me?
I tried 3 ISO boot boot fixes and none ...
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Wifi card not working in Windows 7 after installing Ubuntu?
I have a WiFi card that worked in windows 7 until installing Ubuntu. Now it will only work in the Ubuntu side of my dual boot. Is there any reason this could have happened? I am currently using a WiFi ...
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Wubi installation failure
I want to install WUBI on Windows 7. I started the program and nothing happens. Then I turned off my antivirus program and start WUBI again. And again nothing happened. I turned on compatibility with ...
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Bluescreen after Ubuntu 12.10 installation, after recommended boot repair “no filesystem found” please help!
After I tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 into my Windows 7 a black screen came up and nothing happened for over five minutes. So I force shutdown my computer and started again on the linux CD. I ...
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rebooting from dvd but keeps starting windows 7
I have created the ubuntu dvd but when i choose to boot from dvd drive on start up it automaticallt loads windows 7. Please can you help??
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how to improve performance of Ubuntu 12.10?
My Dell have 3GB RAM. In Windows 7, I can easily get 22-25 mbps copying speed
but here in Ubuntu I am getting only 7-8 mbps. I even installed zRam.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shnatsel/zram
sudo ...
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Ubuntu can't detect Windows 7 and 8
I'm really confusing!! I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 and then when I was installing, I set boot partition to sda1 (Dell Utility, not MBR), after installation, ubuntu just recognized a Windows 8 on sda2 ...
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Windows 7 and Ubuntu One, Authentification failed [closed]
I have a window PC at home and I want to share my Ubuntu file with it over Ubuntu One, but once I try to log in to it, it doesn't work. It says that it can't authenticate my session. I wondered if my ...
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Ubuntuone on windows 7 - authentication failed problem
I installed the Ubuntu One client version 3.0.2b on Windows 7 (sp1, last updates installed). The installation was successful completed and after restarting Windows, the client said "Authentication ...
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Is there any possible (and simple) way to delete my Windows partitions and extend my Ubuntu partitions?
I want to know is there any possible (and simple) way to delete my Windows partitions and extend my Ubuntu partitions.
I have 1 HDD 700 GB:
sda1 primary 100MB NTFS (Windows boot partition)
sda2 ...
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Very slow KVM in Ubuntu 12.04
I use Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit and KVM, my CPU is Core i5 3.3 GHz and I have 8 GB of DDR3 RAM. I run Windows 7 in KVM and it's extremely slow. My co-worker use Debian on the same PC configuration and can ...
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GRUB could not find Windows 7 after installing Ubuntu - RAID 0
I just purchased a new computer with two 256 GB SSDs configured in RAID 0. It came pre-installed with Windows 7, but I wanted at least one Linux distribution installed as well. So, I tried ...
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12.04 64 bit and Windows 7 Dual boot
I am trying to install 12.04 alongside my existing install of Windows 7 on my Lenovo IdeaPad laptop. I decided to go for the 64-bit version since I have 6 GB of RAM.
I've followed this guide to make ...
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how to back up entire windows 7 OS [closed]
how to back up entire windows 7 OS to be used on another drive as if it were a new operating system?
For example, to use both Ubuntu and Windows 7, yet have entire Ubuntu partition on the computer and ...
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I want to install Windows 7 with Ubuntu 12.04 without losing data. [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install Windows 7 after I've installed Ubuntu?
I want to install Windows 7 on a machine where I have already Ubuntu 12.04 installed, because I need Visual ...
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How can I download Windows 7 DVD installers from Ubuntu?
I have rights for a free license of Windows 7, given by my University, and I need it now. According to Microsoft's instructions, to download the Windows DVD image I must:
download a Secure Download ...
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How does thumbnail preview in Ubuntu differ from that of Windows?
I thought this question might get a better response in AskUbuntu, as it seems to have more to do with Ubuntu than Windows at a glance.
Let's say I have a foo.mkv file. Thumbnail previews work in ...
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Win7 no longer available after installing 12.04
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 but my Windows 7 partition seems to have been lost. It is in sda2.
Can anyone help me how to get this Windows 7 partition back without having to reinstall Windows 7?
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Disconnect have no effect using rdesktop
So I'm using rdesktop with my labtop when I remote my PC in the lab,which is installed with Windows 7.Everything went well until I recently upgraded my lubuntu of the laptop(or maybe there's nothing ...
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How can I boot into Windows after installing Ubuntu?
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I love it but I have some files on windows I also need to get to and I can't seem to get onto windows. I tried restarting but no option came up to boot up into ...
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With this way to set up Ubuntu, would I have to set up Windows again on my machine with RAID-10?
If I have a Windows 7 64-bit system with RAID-10 and OCZ 128GB Synapse Cache drive for caching, will I have to totally redo my setup if I do a total install of Ubuntu 12.04?
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Ubuntu 12.04 Window installer edition? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why can't I download the Windows installer from the Ubuntu website?
I am using Windows 7. Now, I wish to install Ubuntu 12.04 with the Windows installer. But I ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 Dual-boot. Windows 7 won't work properly [closed]
I have Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 on my system (Windows installed first). However, Windows 7 starts freezing after 10-15 minutes and gives me the blue-screen. Every time. I can't work on Windows more ...
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How do I install Windows 7 from an iso file on a separate partition from Ubuntu?
I have already installed Ubuntu on my computer's hard drive. But I want to create a second partition that runs Windows 7. My computer cannot read DVD's (it's that old) so I have the Windows 7 iso file ...
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Unreadable Windows (any) boot disk after freshly installed Ubuntu [closed]
I am NOT looking to dual-boot.
A few days ago, I reformatted my Windows 7 desktop entirely. Threw in an Ubuntu Live CD (11.10) and wiped everything to start fresh with Ubuntu.
After toying around ...
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Installing Ubuntu 10.04 to external HDD overwrites the MBR of the internal HDD
I have a Asus A42F laptop which has Windows 7 32 bit installed on it's internal HDD.
I have just installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a portable HDD using the laptop. Now my laptop does not boot Windows 7 if ...
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Ubuntu : SSH Tunnel [closed]
This is not a typical Ubuntu related issue/question, however I am posting here since I am using Ubuntu. I am provided with a Windows 7 machine at my work place and I run ubuntu on Virual machine. We ...
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Ubuntu changed my windows partition drive letter, how to retrieve the windows partition name? [closed]
My laptop came with Windows 7 preinstalled, some files (apparently vital windows) was infected by a virus.
My antivirus has moved the infected files to quarantined, and since Windows can no more ...
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Just installed 11.10 and Windows 7 is now Missing
After dual-booting Ubuntu 11.10 successfully on another computer, I finally decided it was time for me to make the leap from Windows 7 to Ubuntu. However, the installation on my Dell Inspiron Laptop ...
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Is there a way to see how many downloads have been made for a folder publicly shared on Ubuntu One?
Is there a way to see how many downloads there have been for a public folder?
I'm sharing something on Ubuntu One that I want to be able to track the quantity of downloads.
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How to install Ubuntu from Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 just remotely by single click?
I have a Windows 7 PC running in USA via VNC (when with a public IP), Logmein (when behind complex NAT) remotely I am watching and logged in.
But the Windows 7 PC does not need Windows, it requires ...
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How do I open a .pkg file? [closed]
I have a file of the type .pkg that i need to download windows (I had windows before, but i erased it and now I need it as a side operating system.) Ubuntu (oneiric ocelot) is telling me that i have ...
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How to Install Ubuntu with MBR?
Hello all, I have a very good question and I hope you can help me:
As you know there 2 or maybe 3 ways to install Ubuntu, the 2 ways that I know are:
Bootable Installation Ubuntu CD/DVD
Ubuntu Wubi ...
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Ubuntu With Windows Safe?
Is it safe to run Windows and Ubuntu together on one PC?
Will it "mess with" my computer? I'm using Windows 7. Thanks!
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Win7 can't be loaded after installing ubuntu 11.10
I use MacBookPro8,2. First of all I installed MacOS, then WIn7 on sde4, then Ubuntu on sde5 and swop on sde5. After installing ubuntu win7 isn't loaded when I choose it in grub. Win boot writes the ...
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How to make your College to use Ubuntu?
Well I have been using Ubuntu for past one year. Even though I'm not yet experienced with all the commands that Ubuntu provides, I like Ubuntu. In my college they use Windows. In such a situation how ...
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Window 7 to Ubuntu migration [closed]
My company is moving from windows to Ubuntu. Please suggest
Free alternative for Canonical landscape .(free)
Antivirus as per Windows security team norms. I know antivirus not
needed in linux. ...
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How can re-use Ubuntu which was installed via Wubi on Windows 7?
For some reason I can't install Ubuntu from CD or USB, so that I had to installed Ubuntu via Wubi. But I install Ubuntu into partition 'D' and partition of Win 7 is 'C'. If I re-install win 7, how can ...
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show up Linux partition on Windows
I have 5 systems that are connected to a network switch
Desktop(1) : Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Netbook(1) : Windows 7 Starter
Desktop(1) : Windows 7 Professional
Laptops(2) : Ubuntu 11.04
Now, I need to ...
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How to install Windows 7 inside Virtualbox of Ubuntu?
I have already dual systems : Windows 7 and Ubuntu installed on my laptop. The Windows 7 had been installed when I bought this laptop, and I don't have a CD.
I just installed VitrualBox under Ubuntu, ...
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ISO to USB || Ubuntu to Windows [closed]
Trying to get a Windows 7 ISO to be written to a bootable USB from my Ubuntu installation, but it seems all the USB creators are for writing other Linux distributions, and the ones for Windows can ...
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VMWare and Ubuntu?
would a vm workstation running a client of Windows XP or Windows 7 run faster in Ubuntu than on a Windows 7 pc?
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Make W7 install as small as possible and increase Ubuntu size
How do I do this all from Ubuntu? When I used Wubi there was a max size, and i ended up liking Ubuntu 10.04 so I kept it installed, but now i want to do just run W7 as a VM. I have around only 58GBs ...
