A bootloader is a program that loads and launches a program or an operating system from boot.
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What partitions do I need to install Arch Linux on my Macbook
I have a ~2006 Macbook (1,1) that I am trying to resurrect as a Linux machine. I no longer want nor need OS X, so I want to install Arch as the only OS on this machine. I have tried several times to ...
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Triple booting on a Mac Book [almost there]; boot loader issues
Here is my current GPT/MBR partition table:
Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 663646255 Mac OS X ...
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Recover truecrypt partition without MBR + recovery disk?
I destroyed my mbr and have no truecrypt rescue disk. However, I do know my password and my encryption setup (e.g. hashing functions and ciphers used).
This happened after an upgrade to version 7.0a ...
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Linux bootloader on USB-stick, load different kernel depending on hardware
I'm experimenting with a setup where I keep my kernel and initrd on a USB stick, and thus I can keep everything on the actual computers fully encrypted. Nothing is stored in clear text, and nothing ...
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Windows on a Chromebook
I heard that it would be possible to install Windows on a chromebook in this blog article and I found a tutorial for installing Windows on the older model CR 48. I own the newer model Samsung Series 5 ...
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Tons of problems trying to make Windows 7 bootable again
I'm not particularly experienced with Linux and I'm having some troubles which I'm hoping somebody can help me with. I've been trying to fix a stupid mistake I made for the last few days and have ...
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Custom MS-DOS / FreeDOS
Goal : Build a custom DOS to boot into. To automate tasks like formating a drive, or doing recovery.
I've been using Grub4DOS to boot into these images.
So far I've looking into taking a windows ...
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Windows Seven no boot sector
The story
A friend got a virus (rootkit) on their windows seven install and I offered to try and fix it (the virus was the google redirect tdss rootkit). After many attempts I finally got rid of it ...
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Windows 7 Boot Loader does not show
I've recently installed a 32bit Windows7 in my computer. My old OS is Windows XP, and now I want to have the option to choose what OS I want to load, I've used the easyBCD to create the boot loader.
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unetbootin (syslinux?) — adding memtest86 to my bootable USB drive
The only way I have been able to reliably load a windows install disc onto USB is using Unetbootin and a FAT32 formatted drive. I do this because it is significantly faster to install windows this way ...
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Bootloader on USB flash drive, data on USB HDD
It might sound absurd, but I'd like to configure a bootloader on a USB flash drive to load from a removable HDD.
The reason why is that the data fits on the HDD (where it has its own partition) but it ...
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Windows 8 EFI boot issue
I've got a simular problem as described in How can I repair the Windows 8 EFI Bootloader?, but with some different details.
When I tried to change the bootsequence of my harddisks (of which 1 SSD) in ...
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Windows 8 bootloader doesn't pick up Windows 7 installation
After installing Windows 8, its booloader picked up my Linux partition but it didn't pick up my Windows 7 partition on a separate disk.
I've looked in the Windows 8 bootloader options and advanced ...
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grub refuses to install to raid array
I have a software raid 0 setup with dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. The GRUB bootloader that is already on the hard drive seems to work fine. However, since the latest package update for ...
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How to remove redundant grub from a GPT hard drive?
I once installed Debian onto my hard drive with GPT so there is a grub on it. Recently I erased Debian and install Windows Server 2012. But the grub is still there (which can launch nothing and I am ...
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Adding Windows 7 boot entry in an EFI bootloader
Long story short, I use EasyBCD and accidentally delete the Windows 7 boot entry from the boot manager. My laptop is Asus N46VZ and it uses EFI. I want to restore the bootloader by adding the windows ...
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Windows 7 Bootloader on restart and Windows 8 bootloader on Shutdown
Recently i had 3 OS on my system . First i installed Windows 7 . Then windows 8 rtm. then fedora. Everything went great. I always saw windows 8 bootloader. ( ofcourse it didnt show fedora in it ). So ...
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How can I install a legacy bootloader on a Windows EFI system?
Background Information / My Reasons:
I want to use the chameleon bootloader to boot a windows 7
installation, windows was installed in EFI mode on a GPT partitioned
disk.
When chameleon loads I see ...
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GRUB will not work
I am having trouble with my hard disk. Previously, I had a working Linux Mint Debian Edition partition and a Windows XP partition, all working and bootable through GRUB.
However, I decided to replace ...
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Grub loading, please wait. . . Error 22
Yesterday I got a problem which I posted here. Trying to solve it, I installed slitaz live CD to desktop. After that I tried to use boot other live CD's (Ubuntu, Tiny core) but they didn't boot. So I ...
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Boot an Eee PC from USB? Or handle grub prompt?
My Eee PC (ok, not mine ... my friend's) is suddenly stalling in the grub bootloader . It was running Ubuntu. He says "nothing changed" but I'm not totally convinced because that makes no sense.
I ...
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Use GRUB/GRUB2 to PXE boot OS image
Here is the situation I am in:
I currently have a Windows drive that boots XP. The BIOS does not support PXE booting so this is out of the question. Therefore, I was thinking I could install a ...
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How can I run Xen on LiveCD?
I made a Debian LiveCD using Isolinux bootloader and I need run Xen from this liveCD, but only syslinux seems offer support for Xen with "mboot.32" module, I don't
see nothing about isolinux. Is it ...
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How to add the restore option to the windows xp boot menu?
My Asus EEEPC 1002HA has 3 partitions - C, E (where Linux used to be installed) and D (system restore files are located there out of the box). After Linux uninstallation i restored windows xp boot ...
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my laptop dvd rom dont working truly
i installed linux and i had dualboot. after removing linux I repair my boot loader manually with "bootrec /nt60" Command.
but first i'm going to dvd drive and after that run that command.
// G: is my ...
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Can I tell GRUB to boot into a Windows OS that exists as a virtual disk on a Linux system?
I know that GRUB (and GRUB2) can chainload a Windows OS if you specify the hdd that it is contained on.
Is it possible to tell GRUB (or GRUB2) to boot into a dd image-file of a Windows OS that is ...
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-kernel option like in QEMU for BOCHS
I am working on creating my own kernel using C/Asm. I have always used QEMU as my emulator mainly because I can specify -kernel and it boots the kernel directly without a boot loader. I wish to switch ...
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Can't boot from Hiren Boot installed on USB
I got error "Caution: This hard disk may be infected by virus!" while booting from Hiren USB flash drive. I have no idea this is bios message or Hiren. How to make my Dell to boot from flash drive?
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Installed Linux Mint next to Windows 8, now I can't access Windows 8
I have two hard drives. One with Windows 8, the other I was using for w8 "File History". I decided to try Linux Mint on it. I installed Mint just fine on my second hard drive. Now when I reboot I ...
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How to restore Windows 7 from backup/recovery DVD
I have a laptop, and I can not start any operating system.
I have 4 backup DVDs with Windows 7 Home, which was the preinstalled OS. I formatted the disk and installed Ubuntu 12.10 and I later ...
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Windows 8 bootloader fails to start after installing Fedora 17
I installed Windows 8 (which was pre-installed) on my machine. Later, I installed Fedora 17, but the Windows loader must have been damaged. Then, I cannot see the Windows boot, I can only see GRUB.
I ...
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Editing Boot Manager Configuration (BCD), on EFI Based System
I am facing a strange problem in editing BCD Store, I am on an EFI Based System.
I am trying to restore my BCD Store, I imported previously exported BCD configuration.
After Import, I didn't find ...
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Boot Windows after deleting Mac osx partition
I removed the Snow Leopard partition and 2 other (linux) partitions from my MacBook, only keeping the Windows 7 part. I also moved and resized the Windows partition to the whole disk. I kept the 200MB ...
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Windows flags secondary SATA drive bootable - can only boot once with the drive in place
On my GPT/EFI-based new Windows 7 PC, I was trying to install my old PC's MBR-based drive as a secondary SATA1 disk. I've got Windows 7 and Linux Mint dual-booting on the new SATA0, but I still want ...
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GRUB, Windows 7 and Hibernation
I'm dual booting gnu/linux and win7 using Grub. The Grub bootloader is not on the first partition on the disk (I only have one disk). The first partition is win7, and still has the windows bootloader.
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Can't get a picture to display on my monitor when trying to install an operating system on a Mac
Computer is like 6 years old and I think I fucked with the bootloader at one point many years ago when I started using only Windows on it. The pretty bootloader stopped appearing that allowed you to ...
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Ommited steps in boot sequence when choosing restart
I know when restart is selected the power supply remains on and POST is skipped. Is there any other steps in the boot sequence that are omitted or anything else that is different?
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How to recover a bootloader after installing ram?
After a wonderful fiasco trying to figure out what caused the bluescreens in my PC, it turned out that it was a bad stick of ram. I figured I'll just get two brand new 4 GB kits - all together 8 GB, ...
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Why does the Windows bootloader change depending on the last operating system used?
Why does the windows bootloader reflect the last operating system used? If I switch on my computer after having shut down from Windows 8, I get the Windows 8 bootloader. If I shutdown from Windows 7 I ...
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separate Windows 7 clone in separate disks cause conflict in bootloader when they attach to one PC?
i have 3 disks in 3 PC and restore one back up of Windows 7 to all of them.
then i return back to office and force to attach 3 hard disks to one of those PCs.
after that my teammate run bcdboot and ...
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Restore/repair windows 7 bootloader / MBR
This is what I did:
1.Installed Ubuntu 32bit as a dual boot alongside with my Windows7. Everything worked perfect then.
2.Then I figured out that I need Ubuntu 64bit (instead the 32bit), I saw some ...
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Boot iMac into Centos from external hard drive
I have Centos 6.3 installed on an external Western Digital drive with Firewire and USB interfaces. I want to be able to boot an iMac (2008, 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo) from this disk. The iMac has Mac OS X ...
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Can the Lenovo Thinkvantage button be disabled to avoid the need for a custom Thinkpad MBR?
I've migrated to an SSD, but no MBR magic I try works to bootup WinXP from my Lenovo T500. The problem seems to be that a Lenovo laptop requires a custom MBR to provide functionality from the ...
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how to create solaris boot disc
I Need to create a Solaris boot disc which should install my flarcreate os on the system.
can any one suggest how to create the dvd.
IF the flar create is going beyond 8gb, pl suggest a way to ...
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Different os installed in different HDD when connected alone , how to create a boot menu to boot from both when connected together
I have 2 HDD , the 1st is old one (80gb) i have windows xp installed in that , last week bough a 2nd hdd removed the first hdd(hdd1 : 80gb) and connected the new one (320GB) and installed fedora ...
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Linux Uninstalling errors
I want to uninstall back-track 5 so I deleted the partitions for back-track os. After deleting the partition that used to be for back-track becomes free space as in picture. But I can't delete that ...
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Windows XP does not boot after running Gparted on netbook
Really need your help with this one.
Mission:
Cloning existing harddrive in my Asus EeePC 1000HE, containing Windows XP installed. It has 4 partitions.
Already done:
Cloned the entire drive to a ...
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bootsect.exe usage without drive letter
I'm trying to use bootsect without specifying a drive letter. Instead I want to use something like \Physicaldrive2 for instance.
I need to do it this way because bootsect cannot lock the drive.
How ...
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BIOS flash can load grub but not an OS
I have a Gigabyte motherboard with Award BIOS. After flashing the BIOS to the next revision, I noticed that GRUB 2 loads perfectly fine, but starting an OS (Windows 7, Arch Linux) fails to startup ...
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Grub rescue - unknown filesystem after installing Ubuntu
I know there are plenty of similar threads all over the Internet but unfortunately, mine is a combination of specific settings which made me open a new thread.
I have a ASUS U36SD laptop with ...
