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USB bootable computer doesnt regognize the content of the key
I'm a noob and this is my deflowering with Ubuntu. (stop laughing at me)
I have a old computer with just XP on it. Cd-ROM devices installed but out of order and seems to be able to boot on USB ( it ...
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Installing ubuntu onto my 13 year old PC
I have a Windows XP Dell, from like 2000.
I'm trying to completely install Ubuntu onto it, not run it from a CD, or USB. I want it to erase everything, now I tried the windows installer and it said I ...
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How do I use Unetbootin to make a bootable Windows USB installer?
it says missing bootmngr or something like that. I'm on ubuntu 12.04 or whatever, the newest one using the gparted to format to NTSC and then unetbootin to install the bootloader, and the iso, then ...
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Can I run Ubuntu Live from a USB flash-drive without destroying the data on it?
I already have a number of files on a flash drive (8 gb) that I would prefer to keep, but I would like to try Ubuntu even if merely for the aesthetics. I use Windows XP. I know that it's definitely ...
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Will VirtualBox recognise a USB device if Ubuntu doesn't recognise
I am running Windows XP as a virtual machine through VirtualBox on Ubuntu 11.10. I have some USB devices (namely a video grabber & Android phone) that aren't recognised by Ubuntu. Will they be ...
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USB won't boot correctly (NOT LIVE BOOT) [closed]
I have a MacBook 6,1 with both, OS X and Windows XP partitions. I try to boot from my USB drive which has Ubuntu installed and working (tried on friends computer) and it booted fine.
I try to boot ...
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Ubuntu on USB does not boot on MacBook
Ubuntu is installed on a 32 gigabyte flash-drive and it successfully booted every time up until I partitioned my hard-drive and installed Windows as a secondary boot (for programming reasons).
Now ...
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How install Windows XP , withou CD and any kind , exep a USB
First at all , sorry for my english i Argentino and mi problem is that i wanna install Windows Xp in another Hd , but only with a usb , and i`m using UBuntu 11.10 , and all the guides i found only ...
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External USB HDD (WD 500GB) Unreadable in Windows but Working Fine in Ubuntu [closed]
I am not even sure if this is a question which should be asked here but I dont have any other place to go. So here is the problem;
My girlfriend owns this WD 500GB External USB HDD, which was working ...
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VirtualBox: Why are some USB devices disabled?
Overview:
My Host OS is Ubuntu 10.10 and guest OS is WinXP on the VirtualBox version downloaded from Oracle including "VirtualBox 4.0 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack" so that USB passthrough ...
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How to install Windows XP from Ubuntu via USB
I need to install Windows XP on my machine that currently runs Ubuntu 10.10. I have a slipstreamed ISO for XP and only a USB to boot from. I do not have access to another Windows machine, and my ...
