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Resizing a FAT32 partition on a bootable USB using GParted fails
I have a 16GB FAT32 formatted USB. I've installed many bootable ISOs on it using Your Universal MultiBoot Installer.
I'm trying to resize the partition YUMI is installed on to minimum size (all the ...
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How to format unrecognized USB drive?
I have used Unetbootin on one of my USB drive, and it seems to have partitioned it some way that it's no longer recognized by any OS. It's not even listed when I turn on my computer and press F12 to ...
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creating shared storage space for linux build on 32 GB USB
I'm building LFS to a 32 GB USB key and I am wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for some information on how to format my USB key to meet the following requirements:
when ...
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Boot from USB drive without consuming drive letter C:
Can't find the answer anywhere.
I just want to reinstall Windows on a new HDD. However the computers CD/DVD drive is broken and I don't have access to an external CD reader. So I cloned the install ...
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Will Linux Boot Faster if I install it to My Hard Drive?
I currently have a live usb of Linux Mint 14, and while I'm pretty happy with it, I just want to confirm, will it boot faster if I actually install it onto my hard drive? That would be the main reason ...
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Need help installing Ubuntu on newly-built computer
I just built my first computer, and I need help getting Ubuntu installed.
I downloaded Ubuntu, and put it on my flash drive.
I plugged it into one of the USB ports that is connected directly to the ...
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Multi-boot USB using windows bootloader and UEFI, for WinPE4.0 and Windows 8 installation
I have a large USB drive that I would like to use to multi-boot several Windows products. The way my project seems to differ from every other thing I have found on Google is that I want it to work ...
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Arch linux wont boot from the usb
well i mean it starts. but then i get an error saying:
ERROR: ' /dev/disk/by-label/' device did not show up after 30 seconds
falling back to interctive prompt
you can try to fix the problem manually, ...
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USB port malfuction
Recently, I manually shut down the computer while running SimCity 4 Deluxe. Upon booting, the computer froze up at "toshiba_acpi Toshiba Extras." I then added "acpi=off" into grub.cfg to allow me to ...
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USB Issue - Only works after one power cycle?
NOTE: I have looked for an existing question, but either no answer was given or it didn't match my case.
Weird problem; USBs will only work (regardless of operating system - My GRUB launcher has the ...
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Howto create a bootable pendrive for windows manually on Linux? [duplicate]
I've been trying around but am not through yet. Where is my procedure failing? I have a 2G usb disk which I prepare the following way:
1 - Make a partition with fdisk yielding /dev/sdb1
2 - mkfs.ntfs ...
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Howto start the windows xp installation routine from usb created on linux [duplicate]
I have an Windows XP iso on an external hard disk which I mounted in my linux box. Using
dd if=winxp.iso of=/dev/usbinstallationstick bs=100M
I copied the ISO's contents (how did dd know I wanted ...
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USB key boot doesn't work
I have got an issue in Windows 8 (x64 home edition on Asus N56VZ) but I'm sure you can help me!
The USB keys are not recognized in the boot menu after doing this operations:
1 - installed ubuntu ...
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Asus T3-M2NC51PV usb boot
I try to boot a centos netinstall image from a pendrive, without success.
I set the usb as the booting device. I tried to set how the system sees the usb device, as cdrom or hdd, and I tried all the ...
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Are there any applications on the Mac to help create a bootable ubuntu USB stick
Are there any applications on the mac which would allow me to burn my ubuntu iso to a USB stick (I am not good at terminal.) Also, is there any way to make sure that a bootable stick created on the ...
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Notebook doesn't detect boot devices [duplicate]
I want to install Xubuntu on my laptop (Asus U44SG) but it's BIOS doesn't seem to detect any device besides the hard drive.
I've tried to burn the ISO on my USB with different softwares:
ISO to ...
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Can a Lenovo T530 boot from an USB drive? [closed]
Does the Lenovo T530 laptop support booting from an USB drive?
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How to turn off USB drive activity light on Ubuntu 12.10?
I just loaded ubuntu 12.10 and after I have copied from the USB drive and I eject it the light on my USB drive or the External drive is still on(the blue activity light in USB drive).
I do not want ...
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Trying to run Debian from USB on old Dell
I've been wanting to install a nix flavor for a while, and realized I might be able to try it out on a (quite old) Dell Dimension 9150 I have lying around. The hard drive is dead and gone, but I ...
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Boot on Usb/sdcard risks
I would install and booting Debian on an USB drive, thus using all Hard Drives just for storage.
It's that safe? Which life of an USB drive could I expect?
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How to make iso image in Ubuntu linux that booted from live usb?
How to make an iso image in Ubuntu 12.04 linux that booted from live usb?
The normal way as I understand is to use dd:
umount /dev/cdrom
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/media/EOS_DIGITAL/snow_leopard_cd_bydd
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Debian wheezy boot error
I have a Lenovo z580 laptop, and sometimes the boot is interrupted at the message of:
Waiting for /dev to be fully populated[...]
If the boot isn't interrupted,the screen switches resolution and ...
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Boot from USB and run batch file
I'm trying to boot from USB and run a batch file that will mount the computer's main hard drive and will copy a file from the root directory into a specified directory on the computer's hard drive.
I ...
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Error Loading Operating System when booting to a dual partitioned USB drive
I seem to have an odd issue with a dual partitioned usb drive, here is my setup:
I created 2 partitions on my external hard drive. One partition has my bootable Windows environment ( WinPE 3.0 ) ...
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Not booting to portable USB DVD Drive, though showing in Boot menu?
I have an AMD Duron, BIOS version is 2001 (an old PC). I want to do a clean install of Win XP. When i connect the USB DVD drive, it detects in the Boot Menu-F8, but soon the message comes - Insert ...
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Remove memtest from usb
A while ago I had some hardware issues with my desktop and used a USB stick to put a bootable memtest on it to do some diagnosis (at the time it was that one of the memory sticks was bad). Fast ...
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How to make a formerly internal (sata) Windows 7 hdd boot over USB 3.0
I am getting a Windows Failed to start message - implicating a hardware change. And rightly so - I moved my internal laptop drive to an external USB 3.0 enclosure.
Startup repaire runs into problems ...
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Why does my computer no longer recognize keyboards?
This is an Asus All-in-One from 2010 running Windows 8.
The computer froze. Upon reboot, the keyboard was not detected and would not power up (the lights would not activate as they usually do.) I ...
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How make bootable usb with Windows XP liveCD from linux (debian)
how to create bootable USB with Windows XP liveCD. For Linux liveCD/DVD I can write cat <debian-iso> > /dev/<flash-drive>, but in windows case this doesn't works
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Missing “Use a device” option to boot a live distro from usb on a Windows 8 (UEFI) notebook
I have a new notebook with Windows 8.
I need to boot a linux live distro from usb. However, when I access the boot menu which I expect to be like the following:
in Windows 8, the entry "use a ...
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Computer will not boot from its HDD and will not boot from USB
A friend gave me his computer to repair. It does not boot at all. When we try to boot from the hard disk, safe mode is not an option as it seems it cannot detect windows. I suspect the HDD is wiped or ...
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How can I boot from USB with an Asus M2400N laptop?
I own this wonderful Asus M2400N laptop from 2003, which is still performing great, and I'm desperately trying to boot from a USB key drive (or SD Card via an PCMCIA card reader). Hardware info here.
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Usb can't be boot-able?
Recently, I want to create a boot-able USB to re-install windows 7. And after creating boot-able USB with Windows7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool and windows7.iso, I can't boot from my usb. However, If I try ...
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Why does my Ubuntu Live USB stick always resets my modified fstab to “defaults”?
I made an Ubuntu Live USB Stick with the LinuxUSBDownload installer. The installer works great and also the well known issue of not unmounting the casper-rw at shutdown is fixed. :D
The problem now ...
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Virtual CDrom Methods? (Like the old U3 sandisk hack)
It sucks because I used to have a sandisk U3 and now... /shrug
To the point then,
Ive been trying to find a cheap way to emulate a CD/DVD/BDrom through USB.
The U3 USB drive I had, let me write an ...
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Making a bootable OSX USB from dmg on Linux
I have 2 machines - a MacBook Pro and a desktop running Fedora, I have a USB drive and a OSX 10.8 dmg. The MacBook won't boot into OSX unfortunately, I'm trying to make a bootable mac usb to recover ...
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PC won't boot / USB and PS2 keyboards don't work
My brother's PC has stopped working. He now cannot boot into windows, and he can't access BIOS by pressing the DEL key as no keyboards work. He has tried 4 different keyboards, one of which is PS/2. ...
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T42 Thinkpad, USB boot, CF for programs and storage?
Is this feasible?
I have a Thinkpad T40. I'd like to get one of the tiny USB drives (like the Verbatim Store 'n' Stay series) of sufficient size to handle basic Linux OS booting (8GB?), then put ...
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How to create an UEFI bootable USB stick from an ISO
I have an ISO image of my backup solution's recovery cd. When I burn the image to a CD-ROM, I can boot from it in UEFI or normal mode without problems.
Unfortunately, this is no solution for my ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad T430 not booting from HDD if there is a USB modem connected
I have a T430 Levono Thinkpad running Win7. I use a ZTE USB modem (something like this) for my internet connection. I usually keep the modem plugged into the USB drive even when the laptop is shutdown ...
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USB boot option disappeared
I have a Dell XPS 14z which I am trying to install Linux Mint 13 on. I know this computer can boot off USB drives; I've done it before, however the option to boot off a USB has disappeared from the ...
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How to create bootable DOS USB stick which sees NTFS drives?
How to create bootable DOS USB stick which sees NTFS drives ?
I've found ntfs4dos.exe by Mark Russinovich, but I don't know how to use it with dos.
Also I've found many ways to create DOS bootable ...
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USB 3 port fails to enable my keyboard during boot
My laptop has both USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports. I've connected:
mouse -- USB 2.0 port
keyboard -- USB 3.0 port
On starting the system, the mouse is active however the keyboard does not function. ...
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Unable to boot from USB on Sony Vaio
This is the first time I encounter this issue. I can't boot from USB drive on a Sony Vaio PCG-21313M. I set the external device as first choice and enabled it. Also I tested the usb (Windows 7) on ...
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How to install OSX Lion onto a Macbook Air from USB drive without any OS already on the system?
For whatever reason, I have recently come into an early 2008 Macbook Air which has had its hard drive wiped completely, so there is no OS on there currently. How do I install OSX Lion or Windows 7/8 ...
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USB 3.0 Media Windows 7 Setup
I just got TWO new SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB
I use the Windows 7 USB DVD download to make it bootable.
I connected it to a computer on a USB 2.0 port and
Windows 7 boots perfectly from the USB ...
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Can I format a usb stick on windows xp, in HFS+ format, and make the usb stick mac os x bootable?
My Intel Mac OS X computer is corrupt and I feel, at this point, I need to perform a fresh install of the OS. It consistently and automatically logs out, right after I log in. I tried logging in as ...
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Creating a bootable Ubuntu Server flash drive in OS X
I wish to create a bootable Ubuntu Server flash drive. I downloaded the ISO, but all instructions I find online don't work because in this version of OS X (Lion) the ISO cannot be mounted because it ...
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Mac Boot USB Mountain Lion Prohibitary Sign
I have a Mountain Lion InstallESD.dmg
I also have a iMac 2007 model which I used an old install disk (incompatible) to access it's disk utility.
I removed everything from my internal HD and ...
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Boot from USB gone from BIOS
My DVD-Rom recently broke and I have installed Ubuntu from my USB stick with no problem. But now when I enter BIOS, there is no Option for USB. I hit F8 and it's not listed there either. I know my ...
