Questions tagged [boot]
The process and events beginning with power being supplied to the processor and ending with the operating system fully loaded and ready for use. Questions about specific parts of the boot process should be tagged with, e.g. [bios].
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Cannot install windows on a wiped drive
About a week or two ago I was on my laptop with Windows 7 (That I installed with a cd) When it dropped.
After dropping the Hard drive I could not find anything on the disk or save anything onto the ...
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WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR even on fresh Windows 8.1
Short summary:
Windows 8.1 Blank screen on boot, after System Restore gets bugcheck 0x124: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR, argument 0x00: MCA error.
Possibly related earlier minidump (it won't generate ...
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Unselected partition during Ubuntu installation
I recently installed Ubuntu (14.04 LTS) on my laptop. I had a single SSD with windows 7 installed on it and decided to install Ubuntu in dual boot. From windows, I created 2 other partitions (15Gb) ...
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Dual booting two windows 7
I've installed two windows 7 in my pc and during the 2nd windows 7 install, i lost my D drive(windows setup deleted that partition). I recovered it and got all data back. Now for some reasons, I want ...
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HP running win7 pro --
It get this message;
error: no boot disk has been detected or hard drive has failed
BTW: This is my friend's PC, I'm posting from my clone built PC running win 7 home premand trying to help him. He ...
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Windows 7 load from GRUB 2.02 beta, Fatal System Error
So, I have a dual boot pc, with Ubuntu on one disk, and Windows 7 on another, in a separate partition.
A couple of days ago, I tried to log in to Windows, and have been getting this message ever since:...
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Tuxboot vs UNetbootin?
Tuxboot docs:
Tuxboot helps you to create a bootable Live USB drive for Clonezilla live, DRBL live, GParted live and Tux2live. It is modified from UNetbootin and runs on both MS Windows and GNU/...
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Configure the boot menu in a dual boot system
I have installed Windows 8.1 alongside Ubuntu 14.04. The problem is that once I turn on the PC the boot menu is completely messed up.
Sometimes it appears the typical black menu and sometimes it ...
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Option ROM and boot failure
I have an old IBM laptop from ca. 2003. It doesn't boot anymore. When I turn it on, it gets to the IBM logo screen and just keeps resetting itself over and over again. But if I press the AccessIBM ...
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Laptop boots from old HDD after I installed an SSD
I have an Acer notebook and wanted to upgrade an SSD. So I created a bootable USB, took the old HDD out and the new SSD into the primary slot. Installed Windows 8.1 on the Samsung EVO and started the ...
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How do I remove unneccessary boot device options?
Long story short: had win8, decided to make dualboot, installed manjaro linux (mounted /boot/efi to windows' efi partition), oh noes grub doesnt show option to log into win8, managed to create win8 ...
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Boot menu won't appear after continuous pressing of F2 and F12 keys - Dell Inspirion 7537
I installed windows 8.1 in legacy boot. After that when I tried to access the boot menu by pressing F2 and F12 but it constantly takes me to the windows. I also tried using different keys like DEL, F8....
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Computer fans turn on, but nothing else
I've done some google searches, but nothing seems to fix my problem.
I just got a computer from a friend, saying that it wasn't turning on anymore. I took it home, powered it up, and viola! beep ...
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unable to reboot after rescue mode by bitdefender
I am using windows 8 and bit defender total security.
I recently went into rescue mode using bitdefender then I selected to reboot my computer. There is a black screen with text "reboot: Machine ...
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Windows 7 installer: Select CD-ROM boot type
I am attempting to install Windows 7 over Elementary OS (Ubuntu) on a machine that originally ran OS X. When I attempt to boot to the installer, I get the following message:
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Select CD-ROM boot ...
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Does FileVault prevent Macbook Pro from booting into single user mode?
Been searching all over the place and not finding it. I have a Macbook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, mid-2014) and I am trying to boot it into single user mode (root console). All the instructions I find ...
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Cannot use a Kingston 16GB USB stick as 'live bootable USB'
I use USB sticks to install different operating systems, mainly Linux distros, which can fit on a 2GB USB stick.
I have one 16 GB Kingston USB stick ( in fact: 16 GB Kingston Datatraveler G3) that I ...
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PXE boot - can't access BIOS
The issue I'm having is with a Dell Vostro 3360, Windows 7 64 Bit + Ubuntu 12.04 (Dual Boot).
Everything worked perfectly until one day after a windows update it started showing this message on start ...
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No operating system found on USB
I used to run Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
I decided to switch to Ubuntu 14.10.
I booted it up on my USB and loaded it.
It started in demo mode.
I started the install process and I could do all but ...
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Windows 8.1 occassional boot delay [closed]
From time to time (not always) when booting, Windows sticks for about 15-20 seconds on the initial black boot screen with the logo (right after the BIOS start) before showing the spinning circle under ...
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Booting Linux From External USB Disk stops spinning
I have installed Linux (Slackware 14.1) onto an external USB Disk on which I installed LILO.
The boot process starts correctly loading the kernel but, after a while, I got in a “kernel panic” error ...
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linux - Burn bootable dvd
I try to burn a bootable dvd for linux mint mate 17.1.
I tried 3 tools:
Braseo (ubuntu/mint)
windows disk image burner (win7)
Nero (a tool for windows)
Only the image burned by Nero succeed to boot ...
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Bios does not load, system boots normally after changing time settings
I am very confused by this. I have a CyberpowerPC laptop (Intel HM87 main-board) with dualboot (Win 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04, both 64 bit). I had the dualboot time difference problem many people have, so ...
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Disabling something on startup
The following window always shows up at the startup. How to disable it.
EDIT: I have tried every possible imaginable way to install it or enable it(in turn windows features on/off) but it didn't work....
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Windows 8.1 boot into copied partition
I have a laptop with a mSATA HDD and a normal (spinning) HDD. On the mSATA is an Ubuntu installation, while on the HDD, there is a Windows 8.1.
The laptop boots from the mSATA where I have a boot ...
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Computer claims operating system not found but the hard disk drive is fully operational
I’ve got this Dell XPS 15z laptop laying around with a broken hard driving. I swapped the hard disk drive (same format) of another laptop for an SSD. So I thought I could try to make it work again by ...
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Boot from a windows 7 harddrive on a linux first laptop?
I have a windows 7 hardrive from my old laptop that died. I use Ubuntu exclusively on my new computer so I never had a need to dual boot.
Now, there's some info on the old drive that I want to access....
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Remove Grub from its own partition
Some time ago I installed Ubuntu alongside Win8.1 and didn't like it quite much but decided to leave it installed.
Now I wanted to delete it and as I've already had problems before uninstalling ...
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Gentoo can't boot on GRUB2
Gentoo is on /dev/sda4 and /dev/sda3 is /boot,/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-3.18.7-gentoo and /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-3.18.7-gentoo both are genkernel-built,but GRUB says:could not find the root ...
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What is "bootsect.bak" file?
What is Bootsect.bak backup file? Is this file a copy of boot loader or boot sector? if it's a boot sector's copy, why it's needed? because MBR is a fixed sector.
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HDD works at one laptop but doesn't on another
Th situation is as follows:
Laptop Dell 14z has Win 8.1 and OSZ Vector 128GB SSD HDD. At one moment is started installing updates (Win 8.1), suddenly rebooted and couldn't boot Win successfully. ...
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Ubuntu Linux installer does not detect installed Windows 7?
I try to install Ubuntu Linux on my laptop alongside Windows 7 x64, that are already installed using a bootable USB flash drive.
When I am in the live USB in Linux I can see all my Windows files, but ...
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Acer cant boot, I get beep code then computer restarts beeps again then restarts
Originally the Acer Aspire desktop would beep 3 times pause then beep 3 more times over and over again then finally start up anyway and work without a problem.
Today i had time to trouble shoot so i ...
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Does Operating System modify BIOS in any way?
I am reading the book: How Computers Work: The Evolution of Technology and in Chapter 4 the author says:
The operating system does not work alone. It depends not only on the
cooperation of other ...
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Clonezilla fails at cloning with mismatched GPT and MBR partition
I got this message:
This disk contains mismatched GPT and MBR partition: /dev/sda
Clonezilla's FAQ says:
You might have installed an OS with GPT partition table, and later
overwrite the disk ...
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Windows Vista boot time nonstop disk I/O ... goes away after long delay
I have a Dell Laptop running Vista. 4Gb RAM, 500Mb HD, CD player.
On booting, it takes forever (20-30 minutes) to come to a usable state. (This makes it laughably useless as a portable device). ...
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Cant load any os installation on laptop
So I have downloaded Kali operating system and checked on my main computer (not laptop) if I burned it correctly to the DVD.
The disk was running fine and the os installation showed up.
However, when ...
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Windows 7 installation disc fails to boot properly on UEFI
Whenever I try to install Windows 7 onto my laptop, the boot process simply stops and hangs at the boot splash. No error is given, and the splash continues to animate. However, it never progresses ...
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Partition resize error
I've decided to remove my old linux [/] partition and enlarge my Win7 partition, before install new linux distro.
For first time in my experience something gone wrong
when I tried to resize (enlarge ...
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Debian won't boot - Loading initial ramdisk
I currently have a multiboot enviroment, where i use 2 harddisks one OS on each,
Windows 7 64-bit - with windows bootloader on one of them.
and Debian 7 - with GRUB bootloader on the other one.
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Live usb windows xp
I want to create a bootable usb that contains windows xp.I dont want to install it , i just want to boot it, but i have couple of problems. I tried to create live usb from full windows xp file (the ...
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Installing RHEL 7 and can't make partition while on dual boot
I've problem while installing RHEL 7 with dual boot. Windows 8.1 pro already installed and try to install RHEL 7 but while on partition segment I can't see unallocated space which was more than 100GB, ...
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Is there a way to randomize GRUB2 boot loader background?
Is it possible to select a random background for GRUB2 during boot-up from a folder? I tried to add a small script to the /etc/default/grub file but it must be updated manually to select a random ...
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Booting a Sony Vaio VGN FE31H from USB stick when BIOS has no such option [duplicate]
I have a laptop Sony Vaio VGN FE31H which has Windows installed and I wanted to boot a Linux distribution from USB stick. Unfortunately the BIOS has no such option.
I am looking for a suitable boot ...
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How to change linux terminal to yaft on boot
I am using Arch Linux on an old laptop and when I log in it is to $TERM=linux. How do I configure it to load yaft instead? At the moment I have to log in then type yaft but I would like to use yaft as ...
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If I install a non-OEM windows, will boot logo change?
I have an MSI and it has pre-installed windows 8 in it. If I buy windows 8.1 pro and install it via DVD, will it change my boot logo animation?
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Boot issues - Windows 8.1 + Samsung 850 Pro SSD
I have an Asus N56VZ and couple of months back I installed the Samsung SSD. All was good until last night when I was shown the "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected ...
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Create a bootable UEFI USB
How do I create a bootable USB with Windows 7 SP1 64bit using OS X?
I need to setup a fresh new ASUS laptop, the only thing I have is – Macbook Pro.
What I have:
Fresh new ASUS laptop with FreeDOS,
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Ubuntu 14.04 does not boot from USB
I have emachines e732g, SSD with windows 7 64 and HDD, on which I want to install Ubuntu 14.04. I try to create liveusb with help Universal-USB-Installer and unetbootin-windows-608. But my BIOS does ...
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Sometimes when booting computer hangs on BIOS splash screen
I have a desktop computer with an Asus P8Z68-V LE motherboard. It has a Wester Digital 1 TB hard drive, Samsung SSD, DVD/CD drive, an external hard drive that is always connected to a USB 3 port and ...