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Question About Ubuntu on Windows 8 [duplicate]

I just wanted to know the risks involved with trying to boot Ubuntu in Windows 8. I would try to follow the guide on THIS page (second post down). Is it possible I could ruin my Windows? I really want ...
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Ubuntu on Virtaulbox - VT-x is not available [duplicate]

Since I couldn't load the boot loader after tons of trys, I decided to install it on a Virtualbox. I havn't tried it before and I'm still brand new to both Ubuntu and Virtualbox. The installation went ...
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How to Dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04 using Windows 8 bootloader?

I have Dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04 with separate /boot. But at startup, I want to directly boot into Windows 8 bootloader, and right there select Windows, or, Ubuntu. I have added entry using ...
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Dual-booting Windows 8 and Ubuntu Studio

I have experience failed to boot system after installing Ubuntu, and I won't that happens again. I wanted to install (again) Ubuntu, but this time Ubuntu Studio. So I just ask a few questions: ...
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How to deactivate grub after fresh installation?

Short version I have a system with Windows 8 and in a working but undocumented state and next to it an Ubuntu 12.10 with the Grub2 bootloader, which doesn't recognize Windows correctly. I want to ...
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ubuntu uefi boot issues

After quite a lot hurdles I got the ubuntu 12.04 installed on my machine in uefi mode but still one issue. It has created a separate boot option in uefi boot mode. So everytime I need to run ubuntu I ...
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Windows 8 no longer boots after Grub wiped out the Windows Bootsector

I was using Win8 and installed Ubuntu 12.10... There is an entry in GRUB for W8, but when selecting it - GRUB comes back again, so Windows never boot up. I can only launch my Ubuntu. /dev/sda1 * ...
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How to get out of grub error and stop it from happening again?

I have a Windows 8 laptop. I ran Ubuntu through a live USB and installed it (secure boot doesn't let WUBI otherwise). When I used boot repair to boot back into Windows, it worked. I restarted to go ...
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Strange problem due to Grub 2

I know there are already a lot of posts about it but I didn't find anything similar to my problem. I thought to give ubuntu 12.10 a try. Everything went fine until I reached the setup of Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu and Debian & Windows 8 Loader [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Dual boot windows 8 and Ubuntu with Windows 8 Boot manager Is it possible to use Windows 8 loader to choose what I want to do next: to start Windows 8 or to chainload ...
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Installed Ubuntu and now can't boot into Windows anymore

Okay, now I have a new problem... I installed Ubuntu on my new SSD today. But now Windows 8 doesn't show up in the boot loader anymore. I ran Boot Repair and it told me GPT detected. Please ...
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Add an entry for Ubuntu on Windows 8 boot loader

I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 by creating free space in Windows 8 and then using that space to create 3 partitions, one for SWAP, one for GRUB (mounting point is /boot) and one for the actual OS. I ...
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Somehow I don't see a boot menu when trying to dual-boot with Windows 8. How to fix?

I have installed Ubuntu on my laptop that comes with Windows 8 pre-installed. If I turn it on it just boots to Windows 8 and does not give me a dual boot choice, as I would have expected. Like I now ...
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Installing Ubuntu after Win 8, do I have to be careful?

Here is a System with Win 8 on HDD1. There is a second HDD and I thought I install Ubuntu 12.10 on this one. Im not using Win 8, but other people are. So after installing Ubuntu, Win 8 should be ...
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How do I boot HP Pavilion g6 to display GRUB2.00 rather than opening Windows8 by default?

With a lot of help from Ask Ubuntu, I have successfully installed 12.10 onto an HP Pavilion g6 2240sa notebook to create a dual boot machine which also has Win8. This could only be achieved by a full ...
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Dual boot windows 8 ubuntu

I finally managed to installed ubuntu. But I cannot boot win 8 now. I searched on the forum and tried everything without any luck. Here is the log from boot-repair: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1389617/ ...
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No option of logging into ubuntu [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?) One of my friend uses both Ubuntu and windows7. Recently he switched to Windows 8 (Release ...
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Updating to Windows 8 on dual boot with Ubuntu

I have dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows Vista on separate partitions. I want to update Vista to Windows 8, buy I'm worried that I can mess up something. How should I prepare for the update? How ...
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How to Load ubuntu with windows 8 boot loader

I have a Toshiba laptop which came with windows 7. I partitioned my hard drive and am now triple booting windows 7,windows 8 consumer preview (installed first),Ubuntu 12.04 (installed second). I would ...
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Dual-boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu, separate HDD, Win8 boot failure from GRUB

Background: I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop, well, after April last year. I upgraded in November to 11.10. Around a month ago, I popped the SATA and power cables for the hard drive Ubuntu is ...
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Make bootable Win8 USB on and for Ubuntu MacBook

(Some time ago, I bought a new HDD for my MacBook 2,1. I put it in and installed Ubuntu on it, using a CD. Everything went fine, didn't have to setup any special Apple stuff, didn't need to bless my ...