Questions tagged [windows-8]
An operating system from the Windows NT family of operating systems from Microsoft, released in 2012 and the successor of Windows 7. Introduced UEFI as a replacement for legacy firmware/BIOS and required computer manufacturers to enable the "secure boot" feature.
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"did not find expected hexadecimal number" when bootstraping Juju on Windows [duplicate]
With Juju on windows 8 I get the following error:
Cannot parse: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Juju|enviornments.yaml\YAML error : line 126: did not find expected hexadecimal number
It seems that it ...
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How to create GPT partitioned bootable USB for uefi? I am on ubuntu and am trying to get back to windows [duplicate]
Basically I am trying to get back to windows so I can play league of legends on this pc. Any and all help is appreciated. I am not enjoying playing on ubuntu with playonlinux.
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My Windows 8.1/Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot won't boot windows after updating to v 8.1 [duplicate]
I've searched the internet for similar problems, but I couldn't find an answer. Thus, my question is:
After upgrading my windows 8 to 8.1, I am no longer able to boot windows from the GRUB menu. ...
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Lenovo Ideapad p500 having Windows 8 booting issues. Boot repair pastebin included!
I recently installed Ubuntu 13.10, and thought I properly set things up to dual boot into Windows 8, but I continually get .efi errors when I attempt to boot into Windows 8.
I installed Boot-Repair ...
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Trying to dual boot ubuntu 13.10 and windows 8.1 on my laptop however ubuntu installer doesnt pick up windows 8.1
I have my bootable USB, my secure boot turned off, and have managed to boot into 'trying ubuntu' and begin the install process.
however when I reach the tab that asks how i would like to install for ...
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Windows 8 BIOS - Boot Ubuntu from External HDD
My laptop came pre-loaded with Windows 8 64-bit (only storage device is a 128 GB SSD). Since it is my school laptop/I've heard creating a Linux partition alongside Windows 8 is not very wise I ...
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Windows 8.1 - unfixable grub
I have a Gigabyte laptop that came with secure boot and windows 8.
After a bit of battling, I managed to get my dual boot with Ubuntu 13.10..
Anyway, I upgraded zindows to 8.1, now grub is gone.
I ...
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Step by Step: Remove/Sideline Preinstalled Windows 8, Install Ubuntu
I want Ubuntu as my primary/only operating system.
Computer came with presumptive Pre-Installed Windows 8.(touch screen)
Help. New Dell Inspiron 15r. Cannot install Ubuntu 12.04-03 or LTS.
I need/...
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Help installing windows 8 partition
I have installed the most recent version of Ubuntu, I always loved Linux but this is the first time I have ever installed it on my PC.
The fact is that I am a gamer and I wanted to install a ...
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Straight into bios after starting windows 8 on asus zenbook [closed]
I have a strange problem for which I hope anyone here has the answer.
I recently bought a Zenbook prime UX31A. I installed Mint 15 (based on Ubuntu 13.04) after I switched of the secure boot in the ...
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Dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 8 (only boots from "Windows Boot UEFI Recovery") [duplicate]
Yesterday I was finally able to install ubuntu 12.04.3 (64 bits) on my pre-installed Windows 8 (64 bits) Lenovo Ideapad Z500 (if that is of any help).
I'll just explain the problem that I have now and ...
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I cannot seem to install wubi on windows 8.1 Pro (Surface Pro 2)
I just bought Surface Pro 2 (with Windows 8.1 Pro) from the store yesterday and tried installing wubi (right before them) and ran into some boot up issues. Luckily I was able to enter Windows again ...
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How do I install Ubuntu on an external hard drive alongside my Windows 8.1?
How do I install Ubuntu on windows 8.1 alongside my external hard drive?
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I just wanna disable my secure boot policy on win 8 to install ubuntu,how do i do that? [duplicate]
i tried googlinmg my problem,but couldn't quite find a solution for that.I've got HP pavilion e0539TX Pearl white and i won't get a secure boot manager in the UEFI option after restarting.
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"No installed OS" while trying to set up dual-boot with Windows 8.1
I upgraded to Windows 8.1 and now I'm trying to dual-boot with Ubuntu 13.10.
When the install routine gets to the what to do part, it says "No recognisable OS found".
I am hesitant to ...
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How to boot Ubuntu alongside Windows 8.1, not modifing Windows bootloader?
I know there's a few questions have been asked similar to this one, but I didn't find what I wanted.
I want to install Ubuntu 13 (13.10?) alongside Windows 8.1. The thing is Ubuntu doesn't recognize ...
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Strange noise appears from my sound columns after upgrade to 13.10
I have upgraded my Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10. I have also installed Windows 8.
I do not know if the issue is cause by the W8, but each time I switch from W8 to 13.10 this strange noise started.
The fix ...
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What to do after wipe?
I have a major problem in regard to Ubuntu 13.10. Today I was installing in on my ubuntu 12.04/windows 8.1 pc. I selected the option of installing along side of ubuntu 12.04 and windows 8.1. After ...
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How do i go back to windows 8? [duplicate]
I have accidently installed ubuntu on my windows 8 64bit partition. I have only had one partition. Now i cannot go back. Can you help me with a solution to go back to my windows 8?
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Will upgrading Windows 8 to 8.1 affect Ubuntu?
It's a rather simple question (I hope). I currently have Windows 8 and I am dual booting it with Ubuntu 13.04.
If I were to install the latest update for Windows 8, that being 8.1, will it affect ...
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Will windows applications run on ubuntu? [duplicate]
If I switch to ubuntu from windows will my programs from windows still work on ubuntu? or will I have to download the ubuntu counterpart of the program?
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stuck in grub rescue mode after installing ubuntu alongside Windows 8
I tried to install ubuntu 13.04 on my new Lenovo G500 which came pre-installed with Windows 8. I shrunk the main OS (Win 8) partition and then disabled fast boot in the power options in Win 8. Then I ...
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sharing between ubuntu 12.04 and windows8 with online user
I've searched for solutions and tried numerous things but nothing so far has worked. I'm trying to access shares on an ubuntu 12.04 pc from my windows 8 pc. In my win8 machine I can see the shares, ...
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How to backup Windows 8 recovery partion from linux?
My windows 8 does not boot any more (I get an error message),
But I still have the recovery partion, so before I mess every thing even more, I want to backup my recovery.
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Grub Rescue (UEFI Laptop)
I installed Ubuntu couple days ago and suddenly the sound stopped working, could not find the solution and since i had not setup or put too much effort into it, I decided to just go ahead and ...
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Dual Boot System: Windows 8 starts up with black screen if started from GRUB
i don't even know if this problem has anything to do with GRUB or Ubuntu. It could be just a hardware problem.
my problem started after i installed my new graphics card (Radeon HD7970). Everything ...
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How to install Ubuntu in UEFI or load in Legacy while Windows is in UEFI?
I've been trying to install Ubuntu on my Windows 8 laptop. I've partitioned the drive created an Ubuntu DVD and disabled secure boot options.
When I tried to load the DVD, the only option I got was to ...
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Error installing Ubuntu via wubi on Windows 8
I get this error:
Couldn't retrieve files from disk image
when installing via Wubi from an Ubuntu ISO CD which I previously downloaded.
Here's my error log file. It has much information for you.
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Toshiba Satellite Windows 8 dual boot Installation is not working
System info:
• Toshiba Satellite P856-S5312
• Windows 8
• Intel Core i5 CPU
• 688GB HDD
• 6GB RAM
I want to use both Ubuntu and Windows for a time. I burned Ubuntu 13.04 to a DVD, and figured out ...
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Windows 8 failed to boot - Dual boot Ubuntu
Can someone help me with this?
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows 8. Ubuntu boots perfectly, but when I select Windows 8 from the grub bootloader, I get the following error message:
error: ...
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Start ubuntu 13.04 from preinstalled window 8
I have a Dell inspiron 1012 mini laptop. It came with window 8 preinstalled. I installed ubutu 13.04 from usb but the problem is that at boot time there is no sign of grub loader and i can't see any ...
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I've installed Dual Boot, Windows 8 and Ubuntu, how I can select to boot Win8 on boot?
Well, now every time I boot my PC, its run ubuntu, and I need to press F8 to select Windows 8, the problem is its not only who use this PC, and I need to Windows 8 run without pressing any key or ...
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Error 0xc000007b after installing Ubuntu 13.10
I am trying to install Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit with UEFI enabled (since Windows came preinstalled) and I want to keep Windows. I created a partition, installed Ubuntu successfully and then I repaired ...
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Different (merged) partitions on GParted when installing Ubuntu alongside Windows
I've been trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside my previous installation of Windows 8. Please note that my notebook is 4/5 years old and came with Windows 7 on it.
In Windows Disk Manager, I get 4 ...
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Ubuntu disk does not boot in UEFI mode
The notebook (aspire v3 windows 8) doesn't even start in Uefi Mode. DVD drive is on top of the boot list. But Secure boot is deactivated. What could be the reason?
I'm sorry that I did not explain ...
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Can I change OS from Widows 8.1 Pro to Ubuntu?
I have a Lenovo Ideapad Z500 running Windows 8.1 pro but get many problems such as "Reset your Pc not working "Insert Media Some files are missing. Your windows installation or recovery medial will ...
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Another preinstalled windows 8(sony vaio), I have no idea what to do next.
I recently bought a laptop with preinstalled windows 8. Did a clean install via the installation manager at first and got it to work. Then there was an issue when I tried the ati proprietary drivers ...
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Installed windows 8 alongwith existing ubuntu 13.04 ubuntu grub not installing
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i previously had windows 7 and ubuntu 13.04 dual boot ..working perfectly..
then i did a clean installation of windows 8 over my win7
partition..it succeeded .(by ...
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Unable to boot into Ubuntu 12.10 installed outside windows 8 [duplicate]
I am using Sony vaio E series. I installed Ubuntu in one drive. But when I restarted the system it directly goes into windows without showing any options for ubuntu 12.10.I am new to Ubuntu. Please ...
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How to access ubuntu partition from windows using virtualbox
I have found links describing to do the exact opposite: accessing windows through virtualbox in ubuntu. I don't want to reboot the system everytime I want to check something small in ubuntu. I have ...
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After 13.04 installation, computer only boots to windows [duplicate]
I just completed the installation process for Ubuntu 13.04, and when it completed it said it needed to restart. After restarting, Windows 8 booted up, with no option for Ubuntu whatsoever.
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problem after installing Ubuntu 13.04 on windows 8
After installing Ubuntu 13.04 os on my windows8.
after restarting the machine, i provided the user name and passowrd, But its in the command prompt only.
Its not going to show my desktop like windows.
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Problem Dual Booting Ubuntu with Windows 8
So I got a new laptop an Asus Q501L and I went to install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows 8. I had problems booting to the LiveUSB but managed to work around the bios I ran the Boot Repair using the ...
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installing ubuntu 12.04 alongside windows 8 on lenovo e420
I have lenovo E420, windows 7 preinstalled on my laptop the first time I bought the laptop. Then I installed windows 8. Now I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 alongside with windows 8.
I google and ...
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How do I change the default boot entry wih EasyBCD and skip a extra reboot.
After installing windows I installed Ubuntu with creating a separated partition to boot. Then I have added this partition with EasyBCD software, as boot options of windows. Until here I didn't have ...
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Am I at risk of wiping my Windows 8? [duplicate]
I'm using a Windows 8 64 bit and I'm intending download Ubuntu 13. i downloaded the windows installer version but ubuntu wouldn't load, so I uninstalled it. So now that I'm downloading the actual ...
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No previous OS detected when installing Ubuntu 13.04
I am able to try Ubuntu 13.04 using a live usb. However, when I attempt to INSTALL UBUNTU... I am told that no existing OS is detected on the hard drive.
When I get a new laptop, I do intend to ...
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Getting grub rescue on boot, but can get to grub via 'BIOS'
I'm pretty rubbish when it comes to understanding partitions and the Ubuntu boot process. I have recently tried using the boot-repair application to re-instate my dual boot menu after installing ...
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Where is my Ubuntu installed?
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows 8 using the iso file from official website. In Ubuntu 12.04, I used wubi to install and then it was clear that Ubuntu was installed in Windows. I installed ...
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Rollback to Windows 8.1 From Ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
while trying to install Ubuntu I accidentally wiped out the HDD and now my Windows 8 is gone and I'm trying to install it back whether alongside with Ubuntu or alone.
I downloaded the windows 8.1 ISO ...
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