Version 8 of the Windows NT Operating System by Microsoft.
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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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Dual Booting Pre-installed Windows 8
I've recently purchased a Lenovo T430, and sadly when configuring it, I forgot all about the Linux UEFI Fiasco, and kept the default option of pre-installing Windows 8.
I'm able to disable ...
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1answer
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What happens if windows 8 gets corrupted on an UEFI enabled pc? [closed]
I have come to know the fact that the only way to get into the bios is through windows 8 booted and accessing the advanced startup options... so i have a genuine question here..
what happens if ...
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Install windows 8 after Ubuntu 12.10
It's the first time I install Ubuntu before windows and thats why I failed so much so I need your help.
I have 64bit Ubuntu 12.10 and I left some space to add Windows 8 later. The time for Windows ...
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1answer
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Upgrading to Win 8 on a computer with windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 on my laptop, where I had installed Ubuntu alongside Windows. Now, I would like to, if I can, upgrade to Windows 8 without any formatting. How would that affect ...
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1answer
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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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3answers
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Dual-boot Ubuntu 12.10 on UEFI along Windows 8
Hello after a successfull installation of Ubuntu 12.10 amd64, I am now unable to boot Windows 8.
Here are my actions:
Made room (15 GB) for Ubuntu from Windows 8 Computer Managment
Boot Ubuntu ...
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1answer
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Install Ubuntu 12.10 on UEFI along Windows 8
Hello I want to install Ubuntu 12.10 on an UEFI machine with manual partitioning.
Do I have to disable "Secure Boot"?
Do I have to create a 2nd ESP (EFI System Partition) for Ubuntu?
Do I have to ...
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Can I access a Windows 8 crashed partition from Ubuntu?
I had installed Windows 2-3 days before.
On my laptop, there was only one drive. Because I wanted to partition it, I installed application called easeus partition master. But because my Windows 8 ...
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2answers
604 views
Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 8 on HP p7-1449 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed Windows 8 system
So I recently bought a HP p7-1449 with Windows 8 pre-installed. I want to dual boot the system with Ubuntu 12.10 ...
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Windows 8 not booting any more
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 8 after this guide. Now I can't boot Windows 8 any more. When I choose it in the GRUB screen, it shows me some kind of error, and after pressing enter it ...
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Windows 8 doesn't recognise Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 8 installed Ubuntu 12.10 boots straight to Windows 8
I've managed to install Ubuntu 12.10 on my computer. The BIOS recognises it, the Live USB recognises there's ...
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How can I install Ubuntu with Windows 8? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed Windows 8 system
Today, I got a new laptop, an HP 2000 preloaded with Windows 8. I know I can't use Wubi as I did with my old laptop ...
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How to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 8
I have a PC with Windows 8 on it, but I would like to install Ubuntu on it. I have created a USB Drive with Ubuntu on it using Pendrive Linux's USB Creator as it was recommended by one of the guides ...
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1answer
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Does not boot ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)
I had Ubuntu installed. When I installed ubuntu I completely formated the hard disk and then I ...
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2answers
856 views
If we create an EFI partition, Will itstop Windows 8 from Booting?
Im trying to setup dual booting. The laptop came with Windows 8 pre installed and UEFI and quick Boot enabled. In the Ubuntu UEFI documentation it tells us to create a EFI partition in the beginning ...
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1answer
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No access to the entire drive on which Ubuntu was installed
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 for the first time on my laptop that was shipped with Windows 8.
Since my laptop has a dual storage, it has the following drives:
C: 128G SSD
D: 750G HDD.
I ...
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1answer
661 views
Unable to boot windows 8 after ubuntu 12.04 installation
I just got my new notebook with windows 8 pre installed. After installing ubuntu 12.04 when I try to boot windows 8 it says "Automated Recovery in Progress" which fails afterwards and shuts down the ...
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Windows 8 guest, ubuntu 12.10 host - sound will only play through front headphone jack
I've had a search but couldn't find a solution for my issue.
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 with VMWare Player 5.0.1 build-894247.
Unbuntu is recognising my sound card as a "Creative Labs CA0106 ...
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681 views
Can I replace Windows 8 with Ubuntu?
I currently have a Duel boot process with Windows 7 and 8. I wish to replace 8 with Ubuntu because 8 has been disappointing me greatly. It's taking up space that I could use for something better like, ...
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4answers
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Can't boot into ubuntu after remove window7
My friend have a computer pre-installing window 7,but later he installed other systems including window 8,and linux. All worked fine with the grub2 for a few weeks.
Yesterday,when he removed window ...
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How to Install Ubuntu 12.10 in a new UEFI enabled Windows 8 laptop? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed Windows 8 system
I just checked askubuntu for answers but can't find the right answer... I just bought a new HP Envy laptop which ...
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1answer
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Dual boot windows 8 and Ubuntu with Windows 8 Boot manager
I have two partitions on my hard-didk , I have installed ubuntu on my 1st partition and windows 8 later on another partition.Now i can only boot into windows 8 because it doesn't recognize Ubuntu.
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How do I upgrade my Windows 7 install to Windows 8 while booting from Ubuntu live USB? [closed]
My Windows 7 install recently broke, and instead of reinstalling I decided I might as well upgrade it to Windows 8. To save money, I got the cheaper downloadable version of the Windows 8 installer and ...
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How to make live DVD EFI bootable?
Equipment: Pre-loaded Windows 8 Laptop, needs multi-boot capability (Win8 + Linux and BSD)
Lots of USB 3.0 sticks and blank DVD-Rs.
Various ISO's, including Ubuntu Secure-remix 12.10
Problem: After ...
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1answer
221 views
Upgrade to Windows 8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS [closed]
Windows are now selling versions of windows for £25.00. I want to update and get rid of ubuntu. How do I do this? And will it be comptable for ubuntu? I hope so.
Pls help.
(Oh, and I am using an ...
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4answers
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After installing Ubuntu I can't boot Windows 8 anymore
I just bought a new laptop (a lenovo ideapad Z500) and it came installed with Windows 8. I wanted to have Ubuntu on it too, therefore I resized the Win8 partition from the control panel and installed ...
2
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3answers
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Cannot dual boot Ubuntu 12.10 with windows 8.
I have tried automatic partition, i Have did the partition myself but Ubuntu installs alright. But when i restart the computer it goes back to windows 8 and i Have tried easybcd
boot manager but it ...
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1answer
481 views
How to boot Windows 8 after installing Ubuntu 12.10?
My computer cannot load Windows 8 using GRUB after the installation of Ubuntu 12.10. When I select Windows 8 (loader) (on /dev/sda1) it takes the user back to GRUB OS-selection screen. How to recover ...
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1answer
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I made Ubuntu Thrash My Win 8 MBR - Can I restore it and my data?
I have a lovely Lenovo G780 that came with Win7 which I upgraded to Win 8 -
I downloaded the Ubuntu 12.10.Iso and the App that let me set up a boot USB stick.
I tried to run Ubuntu (For the first ...
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0answers
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installing ubuntu windows installer on windows 8 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is wubi for Windows 8?
I'm trying to install windows package installer on windows 8, but at the last second of installation it gives some error and stops installation. ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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grub error, cannot boot win 7 after trying to install win 8
I tried installing win 8 and had to cancel the setup at a point. And now when I start my pc an error comes up like:
Find --set_root- --ignore floppies-.../bootmgr
Error 15: file not found
Press any ...
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1answer
552 views
grub not detecting windows 8
I have a dell inspiron 5520. I had installed windows 8 and have ubuntu 12.04 installed in a different partition. I installed grub but it was not showing windows 8. So i added
menuentry "Windows 8" {
...
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Installing ubuntu with windows 8 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed UEFI Supported Windows 8 system
I already have windows 8 installed and wish to installed Ubuntu and continue using both windows 8 ...
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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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1answer
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Dual Boot Win 8 fail to boot Ubuntu
I have a new Pavilion dm1 with pre-installed Win 8, and i want to install Ubuntu 12 as a dual boot option. I need a larger partition for Ubuntu than WUBI will allow.
I have downloaded 12.10 and ...
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Windows 8 changes GRUB2 in every boot!
I've installed Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 both UEFI style (win8 first then ubuntu). GRUB2 shows me both Ubuntu and Win8 entries.
If I boot into Ubuntu is fine. I could reboot anytime I will see ...
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Cannot detect Windows 8 from Ubuntu 12.04 Live USB installation on Toshiba qosmio x870
From other questions raised, I read that if Ubuntu Live USB boots in UEFI mode then it should detect Windows 8 during installation. During installation, I only see two options, Erase disk and install ...
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2answers
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How do I install 12.10 on a Pavilion-G6 laptop with UEFI
I have a brand new HP Pavilion-G6 which boots to pre-loaded Windows8 and I want to change the machine to boot up into Ubuntu 12.10 whist retaining Windows 8. I am having difficulty booting into ...
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how do i uninstall wubi Ubuntu from a windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I uninstall Ubuntu Wubi?
I was wondering how to uninstall Ubuntu. I am running windows and Ubuntu after a wubi install partitions. I used the windows installer.
...
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Ubuntu Installation through wubi on ASUS X401a with Windows 8 pre-installed [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is wubi for Windows 8?
It seems that after I ran WUBI in Windows 8 that everything was correctly installed. The problem I have is when I re-boot, Windows loads some sort ...
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2answers
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remote access a duel boot OS?
I've had problems with Virtual box in the past, and i feel more comfortable running a duel boot with ubuntu and windows 8, but it can be tiring having to turn off the computer when i need to skype or ...
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1answer
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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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Ubuntu 12.10 and dual Boot with Windows 8 uefi on Sony VAIO SVS1512 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
12.10 UEFI Secure Boot install
I've spent the whole day trying to get windows 8 to dual boot with ubuntu on my Sony Vaio SVS1512Z9EB. I tried boot-repair as mentioned in ...
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2answers
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Is wubi for Windows 8? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to boot WUBI installed Ubuntu within Windows 8?
Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed Windows 8 system
My Dell laptop shipped with Windows 8. I installed Ubuntu ...
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3answers
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Ubuntu 12.10 - Windows 8 Dual Boot (Tried boot-repair) - Dual OS option not showing
As title says, this is my first time trying ubuntu. I have been trying since last week with continuous googling and searching, but still no luck.
I had Win8 x64 installed before, then tried ...
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1answer
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Xubuntu is not seeing my Win8 OS in the installer
When I install Xubuntu, I get the message "This computer currently has no detected operating systems. What would you like to do?". I just did a fresh install of Win8 yesterday, and I guess it used EFI ...
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3answers
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Install problem on UEFI, Windows 8 new desktop
I just bought an HP desktop, p6-2326s, which has windows 8 installed. I have tried booting a Ubuntu live disc but the machine won't boot it. When I bring up the UEFI boot menu it offers a selection ...
