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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Multiple OS in a Laptop or Desktop
I have installed two operating system in my laptop: Ubuntu 11.10 and windows7. I have never used more than two operating system in a laptop/desktop. I want to install windows8 and my questions are:
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Installer doesn't recognize Windows 8 partition, how do I set up a dual boot? [duplicate]
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Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed UEFI Supported Windows 8 system
I have a windows 8 dev preview install, with plenty of unused (unpartitioned) space on the hdd. However, ...
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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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How to create a Windows 8 startup disk from ubuntu?
First of all, I'm not a windows fan. I just want to try windows 8. But I can't boot the usb after extracting the developer release with Unetbootin. The blogs mention a Windows 7 USB DVD tool which ...
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Dedicated GRUB2 Partition and Windows 8
Ok so as many of you may know the Windows 8 developer preview was released today and as such I'm very eager to use it but I have both Ubuntu and Windows 7 installed on my machine. I don't want to ...