Version 8 of the Windows NT Operating System by Microsoft.
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Cannot get windows 8 to boot after ubuntu 12.10 install (different hdds)
I just took the plunge into Linux, with Ubuntu 12.10. Not knowing if I would like Ubuntu enough for it to become my main OS, I installed it alongside of my existing OS, windows 8. When installing ...
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Ubuntu One: why do I get an Account Status Error?
My Ubuntu One account has displayed the following for several days now:
We are sorry, but while our system updates your account, you cannot
see details of or make changes to your subscriptions.
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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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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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Can´t mount win8 partition in Ubuntu 12.04
After installing Win8 and then used WIMI to install Ubuntu. The operative systems work fine, now to my trouble.
I Can´t mount win8 partition in Ubuntu 12.04.
Is this a known error?
How can I fix ...
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Problem with Ubuntu Installation using Windows Installer
I use Alienware laptop and have Windows 8, and tried installing Ubuntu using the Windows Installer. After installation I was prompted to restart, the PC then restarts and goes into a blank screen. If ...
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Boot issues after attempting dual-boot setup with Windows 8
(I did quite a bit of messing around before asking for help, which in retrospect was a mistake, so the BootInfo might be more useful than my retelling of the events: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5659500/)
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Windows 8 doesn't boot after installing Ubuntu (UEFI)
I installed Ubuntu with my UEFI installation of Windows 8 (with windows 7 boot-loader because I don't know how to recover it), and after grub installed, I was no longer able to boot Windows 8.
I tried ...
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trying to dual boot Win 8 and Ubuntu 12.10
I have been trying to install Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 ( 64 Bit ) on a Lenovo twist notebook.
I have now installed Windows 8 ( with UEFI, secure boot disabled ) and I am following the instructions ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 overheating on S46CA
I bought a new notebook ASUS s46ca with Windows 8 preinstaled.
And I noticed that the left side from the touchpad gets warm. In windows 8 it does not happen. I think that fan is running faster in ...
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Install stuck at “Detecting file Systems”
Trying to install Ubuntu on Asus X202E. I am using a usbkey, as there is no optical drive. Installer has been running for several hours. System is functional, system runs successfully in live mode. ...
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How can I repair the GRUB using Windows 8?
I am running on a HP Envy DV6 laptop with an AMD A8. It has windows 8. I installed Ubuntu from a LiveUSB that I created, but it wont give me the option to boot into it.
I disabled secureboot and ...
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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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Dual-booting Lubuntu with Windows 8
I've got an older laptop (HP G62) that has Windows 8 as it's primary OS and I want to dual-boot it with Lubuntu. It does NOT come with Secure boot nor does it come with UEFI.
I've been looking at ...
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During an installation typed sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda, now windows 8 cannot start
During my installation of Ubuntu from a USB drive it couldn't detect my hard drive.
I researched and learned that if I deleted my raid (or whatever sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sda does) then Ubuntu would ...
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Ubuntu won't boot after installed
I installed Ubuntu on my Compaq CQ58 (pre-installed Windows 8) with the UEFI Diabled and with a LiveUSB. I did the partitions on my pc and used 100GB for Ubuntu. Ubuntu installed and said that i had ...
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Ubuntu on USB is not consistent between computers
I'm very new to Ubuntu (second day using it) so I may not know all the terms of what I'm trying to say.
I set up Ubuntu on a 32GB USB drive with a 25GB partition to save all my data on. This works ...
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should I write over windows 8 efi
Am dual booting ubuntu 12.04.2 and pre installed windows 8. I don't want to mess with the windows efi as I don't have the disk and don't know what will happen. I could not determin from ...
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Cannot install Ubuntu 12.10 (stuck on black screen with a lot of text)
I have a HP Pavilion g7 1303 which has Ubuntu 12.04.1 and Windows 8 currently installed (both are x64). I decided to get Ubuntu 12.10 (not upgrade, new install). I downloaded the .iso and used the ...
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Unable to try/install Ubuntu 12.10 from LiveUSB
I've got a computer that shipped with Windows 8, installed in EFI. I want to install Ubuntu in dual boot, so I have to install it in EFI as well. I disabled the 'Secure boot' in the BIOS.
I created a ...
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How to boot windows installation from iso image through iSCSI from GRUB?
I have a computer and a server. Both with Ubuntu 12.04: desktop and server respectively.
On the server configured iSCSI target with 2 LUNs. First for Windows OS and second is emulated iso image with ...
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Ubuntu not working in vaio
I followed the as said for my vaio with radeon HD 7550M (Win 8 pre-installed). Now i am unable to access ubuntu any way. The only way i could access is through recovery menu and in terminal mode. I ...
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Internet does not work on Windows 8 pre-installed laptop
I'm booting into ubuntu using a LiveUSB on my Windows 8 Sony Vaio laptop. It connects to the wi-fi but nothing works. I checked the proxy settings on the browser. Even when I try to ping google.com ...
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How can I install wubi with more than 30 gb?
I want to install Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 8 with Wubi. Can I somehow install Ubuntu (wubi) with more than 30 gb of space? I have a HP Pavilion g7 1303 (x64).
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windows 8 best practices on ubuntu 12.10 with virtualbox 4.2.4
I've installed windows 8 on virtualbox 4.2.4 / Ubuntu 12.10.
The virtual display graphics isn't fast enough, for example video on youtube (360/480p) is running with low frame rate.
Already installed ...
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Used DBAN to wipe Lenovo u410 then installed Ubuntu. Need to install windows 8, but I get an error.
When I try to boot from my windows 8 USB (tested on a separate PC), I get this error text "The boot configuration data for your pc is missing or contains errors."
I want to install windows again so I ...
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I can't finish installation of 12.10 on Windows 8
When I followed the instruction to install Ubuntu 12.10 with wubi, the come out window ask me to reboot the computer to finish the installation. I followed the instruction and stopped with the message ...
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how to install ubuntu11.10 along with windows8?
how to install Ubuntu 11.10 along with windows 8? i installed Ubuntu 11.10 along with windows 8, where i kept the boot mode in legacy. after successful insulation of Ubuntu when i removed boot ...
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Tried downloading Ubuntu 12.04 to windows 8. What I received on my hard drive didn't have ISO extensions
But then I copied the files over to DVD using CyberLink that was already preloaded with my HP laptop, then I tried to reboot with the DVD in the drive, but I only booted into Windows 8 again.
Some ...
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ubuntu 12.10 installer doesn't see windows 8 partitions
I want to install ubuntu 12.10 after windows 8 but ubuntu I installer doesn't even see windows partitions. What should I do?
Disk tool in ubuntu correctly recognizes partions.
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Does installing ubuntu dual boot with Windows 8 preinstalled via liveusb overwrite Windows bootloader?
I have used Ubuntu a lot, mostly through dual boot with windows. I had recently purchased new laptop with Windows 8, on which I tried to install Ubuntu 12.04.2 amd64 through wubi like before but I ...
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Ubuntu and win 8
Why i can not run ubuntu in my acer aspire one. when I run it appers a purple screen, then the screen shut down, and white letters apper, it make some processes and then nothing happens. What can I ...
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stuck in allocating drive space when installing ubuntu 13.04 in windows8
I have close UEFI and fast boot.
When installing Ubuntu.
picture is as followed.
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enabling file sharing between windows 8 and ubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail
I want to share files between my windows 8 pro machine & my ubuntu 13.04 ringtail machine. Should be easy enough (NOT!)
here is what I have done:
invoked command prompt (admin) and inserted the ...
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Windows 8 OS not detected when trying to install Ubuntu
I have a new Toshiba laptop model satellite C850-1NU, which came with Windows 8. I would like to dual boot Ubuntu with windows 8 but when I try to install I only get two options Erase disk and ...
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ubuntu 13.04 alongside windows 8 not working
I installed ubuntu 13.04 alongside windows 8 but now when I start the syatem windows 8 boots up. It does not even show the option of ubuntu 13.04.
I was having trouble with ubuntu 12.04 - which kept ...
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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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Trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 i386 as a VM in VirtualBox, the system crashes upon completion
I followed numerous tutorials to download Ubuntu 13.04, and it continues to crash at the end of the setup. I basically followed this tutorial. I am prompted to restart my computer at the end of the ...
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Grub issue in 12.04: “Booting in blind mode.”
I just turned on my PC where I'm dual-booting Ubuntu and Windows 8 and I had the following message at startup:
Invalid video mode 'text'
Booting in blind mode
Fortunately for me the laptop booted ...
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Problem in Installing Ubuntu 12.04 64amd on HP pavillion g6
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 by USB drive and the machine boots from drive and after language selection screen both option running from usb or install on drive are not working , 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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No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed windows 8
I install ubuntu 13.04 on my PC which has windows 8 alreday installed. During install, I checked the second option (about LVM partitions). After install, I cannot boot neither on ubuntu nor in ...
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Network not detecting
I have dual booted Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.04LTS
But after some time of fine wowrking, my ubuntu is not detecting the LAN(Ethernet) connection whereas my Windows 8 is working fine.
Want some help on ...
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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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Windows 8 Recovery USB
How can I make a Windows 8 Recovery flash drive from the Windows Recovery .iso from Ubuntu? In other words, how can I make my flash drive bootable from the Windows 8 Recovery .iso from Ubuntu?
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Will using DMRAID wipe my drive?
I have a sony win8 laptop -- that I like btw, but would love to dual boot ubuntu or multiboot with some other distros.
After much research and banging my head against the wall, it seems I have a ...
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Dual boot windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.3 & Broadcom Compatibility
I have windows 8 pre-installed and also want to use Ubuntu(13.4) as my secondary OS,I had problems regarding Broadcom STA wireless drivers in 12.10 but the drivers work fine on older versions. How to ...
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Connecting windows 8 and ubuntu 12.04
How do I connect Ubuntu and windows 8 using networking cable?Is there any step by step instructions? I tried googling .. but nothing...
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How do I install Ubuntu 13.04 & Win 8 dual boot on a samsung series 3 (NP350E5C)?
So I'm trying to install Ubuntu and I've been following the steps in this thread but with limited success.
My first error was after installing Ubuntu alongside Windows, from my USB Live Image, ...
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How to install Ubuntu as a dualboot with Windows 8 on Acer B113
I have an Acer B113 with Windows 8 installed. The problem is that when I try to boot the USB with Ubuntu or Xubuntu, the computer only restarts (flipping the Acer screen and black display). When I ...
