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How to install Windows 8 on top of two Ubuntu OS

I am currently having both 13.04 64-bit and 12.04 64-bit installed using GRUB2. 13.04 is the main one and I allocated 100GB volume for 12.04. I am trying to add a Windows 8 64-bit OS on top of the ...
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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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unable to boot in windows 8

I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 and I can't boot in Windows 8, I can only boot in the recovery. Before that, I installed fedora over a Ubuntu installation and I was having the same problem. Here is my ...
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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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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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Dual boot windows 8 and ubuntu more official way

I Know that there are more questions about dual booting windows and ubuntu. However mine is a little different. I did my research but I did not find any solution at my problem at this group. I have ...
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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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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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Ubuntu 12.10 can't mount a partition with Windows 8

I can't mount my other partition with Windows 8, I have Ubuntu 12.10 amd64: Error mounting /dev/sda1 at /media/ricardo/003E8A7D3E8A6C0A: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o ...
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want to put ubuntu on a samsung 700z3 running windows 8

Wy question is: I want Ubuntu on my laptop and get rid of Windows. I had Ubuntu before and I love it. How can I bypass the UEFI so I can get Ubuntu on this laptop so I can be back on what I love? ...
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Wubi's Ubuntu files

Can I access to Wubi's files from Windows? I saved a few files on my Ubuntu desktop and I'd like to access them even when I'm running Windows. Any help?
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Unable to boot ubuntu on Windows 8

It gets to the end of the installation, and I reboot my computer, it says that a file is either missing or full of errors and it cant run ubuntu, so I am forces to run on the Windows 8 OS. I have ...
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is there anything in the works for installing ubuntu on win 8 preloaded computer easity? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed UEFI Supported Windows 8 system I read a tutorial. Way over my head. Just got laptop with Windows 8 today and I hate it, planned ...
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How to boot Ubuntu (installed using Wubi) on Windows 8 successfully?

I used Wubi to install Ubuntu so I don't have to deal with making a dual boot on my own, and when I try to boot to Ubuntu using windows 8's UEFI, it says windows can't start in a BIOS-esque box. ...
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Dual boot upgrade(windows 7 to 8)with ubuntu wubi

I have windows 7 running ubuntu 11.10 wubi. I am looking to upgrade to windows 8,will this affect my ubuntu setup at all?
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Windows 8 without secure boot - Dual Boot

I have a windows laptop which was upgraded from 7 to 8. Secure boot was not available during its upgrade. Will this windows8 work as a dual boot or is there any special configuration required? Edit: ...
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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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Can I install Ubuntu 12.10 on a external harddrive USING the Windows installer?

I want to get a hard drive which then I will use it to install Ubuntu 12.10 using the Windows installer. Is it possible to install Ubuntu on an external drive then plug it out for later use and back ...
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Grub problem with Windows 8

I had Ubuntu 12.10 and Win7 in dual-boot. I made the update for Win8, and the Grub was ok. I just loggedin on Ubuntu and made an update in grub with Grub Edit (decrease the waiting time for 2 ...
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Deleting Windows 8 on my Asus Touchscreen Laptop and replace it with Ubuntu [closed]

Windows 8 is ok, luckily I am proficient enough with computers to learn fast, even on the dumbest OS like Windows. I prefer linux, as i don't have to worry about malware and viruses. Also, tons of ...
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How to work remotely on Windows 8 from Ubuntu 10.04

How can I work remotely on Windows 8 machine from my Ubuntu 10.04 PC? Is there any guide how to set up remote desktop and VNC this way? (I don't want to use TeamViewer).
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Does Wubi work on Aspire One with Windows 8 pre-installed?

I bought an Aspire One 725 pre-loaded with Windows 8 (I didn't know what I was getting into). I am a novice when it comes to installing operating systems, so I would like to use a Windows installer so ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Windows 8 dual OS

I have gone through several answers listed and had a look at quite a few forums already. I understand that the root cause is the Windows 8 GRUB. When I check msconfig, it does not populate UBUNTU. My ...
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Task manager like windows 8 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where’s the “task manager”? Is there a way to make it similar, I like knowing what is going on with my hard drive and system resources.
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Install ubuntu from usb when there is only win 8 on computer

Now there is only single win8 OS on my laptop. How I create usb with ubuntu installer, but after reboot win 8 with sytem repair and nothing ubout ubuntu installation. I have cheked BIOS settings: usb ...
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Help me with my wine. It doesn't work properly. [closed]

When I try to run something with wine, nothing happens! I have had many problems with Ubuntu so I have tried to get Windows 8 back on the computer, but because Ubuntu can't run exe files I can't ...
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How to create a Windows 8 startup disk from ubuntu?

First of all, I'm not a windows fan. I just want to try windows 8. But I can't boot the usb after extracting the developer release with Unetbootin. The blogs mention a Windows 7 USB DVD tool which ...