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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Dual boot Windows8 and Ubuntu10.10 using 2 separate hard drives?

Is it not possible to point Grub2 at a Windows8 install at this time? I have Win8 on the first hard drive and ubuntu10.10b64 on the second. I use the bios to switch OS at boot time. I have tried a ...
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Triple Boot Windows , Windows 8 and Ubuntu 11.10 with Grub?

I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10 installed. If I wanted to install Windows 8 and triple boot with Grub running the show, how difficult would it be? Installing another OS is the easy part. It's the ...
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Can I keep BURG on a triple boot with Windows 7 and Windows 8?

Having installed windows 8 already on virtual machine, I thought I'd like to see how it actually is, as virtual machine was a bit laggy. Windows 8 can be installed like any other OS, and it supports ...
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How to install Windows 8 Developer Preview on Ubuntu computer?

I have Ubuntu 11.04 on this computer and I want to install Windows 8 Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64) on it via DVD. I burned it both using Brasero on Ubuntu and using the standard Mac ...
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Asking about deleted partition at boot

I have Ubuntu installed through Wubi. I also had another partition on my computer to try out the dev preview of Windows 8 aptly named Windows_8. After I was done playing, I deleted the Windows 8 ...

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