Windows XP is the 5th version of Windows NT.
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How do I set up shared folders in a Windows XP virtualbox guest?
I have installed virtualbox-ose on ubuntu 11.04 and windows XP pro as the virtual machine.
Now I want to have a shared folder which can be accessed on both, the virtual machine, and my XP guest ...
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How to uninstall Windows?
I installed Ubuntu in the dual-boot configuration so that I can still boot up in Windows. But I just want to get Windows off of the machine.
Anyone know how to do this without having to go through ...
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Dual booting Windows and Ubuntu
My laptop has 500gb hard disk in which for 250gb I installed Windows xp on C drive(primary partition). I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 in the remaing hard drive with dual boot option. When I am going ...
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How to add Ubuntu to the Windows XP boot.ini file? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to boot Ubuntu using the Windows bootloader?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 on a partition separate partition from Windows and was wanting to know ...
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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 ...
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Grub cannot boot after resizing windows XP (NTFS) partition. What is to be done? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to Repair Grub while dual booting ( win7 / ubuntu 11.10)
I had installed Lubuntu on a PC with Windows XP and used dual boot for some time with no problems.
Since I ...
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How to install Side by Side Boot on Windows XP
I have looked at other questions but none seem to help my problem.
I am trying to install the latest version of Ubuntu off a USB Stick Side by Side with Windows XP. I have it booted up but when I get ...
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Virtual Box Won't Accept .ISO To Install OS
I am trying to install a Virtual Machine, and every time I select the installation media I get this error:
Failed to open the CD/DVD image /home/jesse/Documents/Microsoft Windows Distribution ISO ...
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How do I increase the hard disk size of the virtual machine?
I have run out of space on my WinXP virtual machine, which I only gave 10 GB space for when I created it. Is there an easy way to increase it to, say, 20 GB? I can't see any obvious option in ...
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Clock time is off by 4 hours
Dual boot system Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu 12.04.
I have the bios set for the correct time and Ubuntu set for US Eastern time. Ubuntu will boot up and the time will be off by -4 hours. If I correct ...
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How to create Windows XP LiveUSB using Ubuntu to replace it
I am using an Acer Aspire One netbook with no CD-disk drive, and would like to uninstall Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and install Windows XP in its place. The problem here is that I can't seem to find a program ...
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Best way to access a Windows-XP virtual machine
I have set up a virtual machine running windows XP (as guest) on an Ubuntu 11.04/64bit machine. The virtual host is using qemu-kvm.
Accessing the virtual windows using virt-manager is possible, but ...
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How to setup a local network over the CAT5 cable?
I use Wifi to connect to the internet, and want to interconnect the two machines I am using so that
it is easy to transfer files
I can copy from one machine and use the same buffer on another ...
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Ubuntu 12.4 and XP on Seperate Drives, Dual Boot, How?
I have 2 different SATA drives in my PC, a 160GB and a 200GB.
I'm unsure how to do this, and have a choice between them when I boot, any ideas?
Is there a guide out there for this?
I installed XP on ...
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3answers
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Switching OS from Ubuntu to XP?
I originally had Windows XP on my computer. Then I decided to download Ubuntu 12.04. I didn't use any CDs or USBs or anything. I did not know that in doing so I wouldn't have access to any of my ...
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When I boot I do not get asked which OS I want
I just installed Wubi on my computer which is running Windows XP. Everything went exactly like the official guide said it should, and I was told the installation was complete and to restart my ...
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How do I delete Windows after an Ubuntu install?
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to my Dell Dimension 4600 with Windows XP installed. I now have a neat dual-boot system, but I want to get rid of the XP OS and keep Ubuntu as my only OS. How do I do ...
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pae kernel required for my cpu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install 12.04 on a non-PAE CPU? (error “Kernel requires features not present on the CPU: PAE”)
Virtualbox install 12.04 guest: “pae not ...
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How to access files on Ubuntu partion from Windows XP? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to read ext4 and btrfs partitions in Windows?
I've installed Ubuntu using the Wubi. Now I've Windows XP SP3 and Ubuntu running on the same machine. I want to access ...
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How to access Ubuntu Files from Windows on a dual-boot machine
I am running a dual-boot with Windows XP and Ubuntu 11.04. Ubuntu has Open Office as part of the install. Occasionally, when using XP, I need to work on a spreadsheet or other Open Office document ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows XP [closed]
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my son's PC. Then I bought a copy of Windows XP and tried to install it, replacing one OS for another.
I have followed the advice given in many other similar questions ...
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2answers
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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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My Facebook doesn't work on Ubuntu 10.10 but works on Windows XP
I have both operating systems installed on my PC, but Facebook only works on XP.
I have tried Firefox and Chromium, but it works the first time, but after I log in it doesn't work, and can only open ...
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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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2answers
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What Ubuntu for Windows XP [duplicate]
I have Windows XP 2002 Service Pack 3 and want to install a newer version of Ubuntu.
I have a Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM
Which Ubuntu should I install?
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1answer
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How do I install Ubuntu and Windows on separate hard drives?
I just re-built my desktop. I have a brand new 2TB drive and I'm also re-using a 250GB drive with Windows XP installed. The problem is that the XP drive has a virus that was causing the computer ...
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1answer
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Can Ubuntu recognize an external disk drive created by windows xp?
I have an external Hard Drive Formatted under Windows XP, Can I manage this drive in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
Right now the drive is invisible to Ubuntu. How can I use such a drive without reformatting it?
