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Ubuntu won't start after partition secondary disk
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 (no dual boot) and tried installed secondary 3TB Seagate SATA disk.
I used GParted to partition the disk into a 2.0TB partition and a 800odd GB partition (remainder) and ...
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Booting an HP computer onto disk
Simple question:
How do I boot an HP dv7-4053cl into bios where I can boot to a CD instead of the internal HDD?
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Can I copy my laptop's original OS to use in VirtualBox? [closed]
My laptop originally came with Windows Vista. I have purchased and upgraded my OS to Windows 7. For a class I am taking I now need to run a program that only installs in Windows XP or Vista. So, I ...
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Linux, how to know the current boot disk
I've a Linux Centos (5.0) machine with 2 disks. I was changing the cable sata when I realized that depending on what sata slot I'm using the OS starts from sda or sdb.
The problem is that I have ...
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Windows always logs in to temporary profile (thinks it is in D while it is in C)
I have Windows on C: Disk 0 Partition 1
When I start it works fine until the login screen. When I log in, it starts to display "preparing your desktop.." and logs in to a temporary profile.
I have ...
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did not find any hard disk
I just bought a laptop. It came with Windows Vista Home. I wasn't that happy with the performance so I decided to downgrade to XP. I used a USB to USB cable and formated the hard drive.
I booted from ...
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Boot problems - Mac OS X not booting
I am having trouble with my Macbook Pro (late 2008, OS X 10.5) at boot.
Here is an outline of my problems and attempted solutions:
As the computer was going to sleep it got stuck such that when I ...
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Can't boot from Disk; Ubuntu onto old Win XP
I'm trying to boot Ubuntu on an old PC with Windows XP. I've changed the boot order in BIOS several times and have even purchased an external optical drive because I assumed it couldn't read the ...
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Server cannot boot up
My IBM server is running RHEL 6, and it cannot boot up. The BIOS seems to be OK (since I was able to go in to change the boot order), and during boot-up, it will stop at a black screen with a picture ...
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How to boot Windows 7 SATA disk if IDE disk with boot info is removed?
I had an old IDE hard disk with Windows XP Installed.
Then I switched to Windows 7 but that was installed on another drive, this time SATA and then I reformatted the drive with Windows XP.
However, ...
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A disk read error occured when reading bootable USB
I'm trying to install Windows 7 from a bootable USB stick. My other laptop read it properly. However when I try to boot from a defective laptop, it tells me:
A disk read error occured. Press Ctrl
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How to diagnose a “Disk Error Press any key to restart” after blue screen in XP
I have had a couple of Blue Screens of Death (BSOD) lately and after the last one I got the disk error message.
The disk shows up during the BIOS portion of the boot. It is in a Dell Precision 690 so ...
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DISK BOOT FAILURE with Windows 7: How to deal with it? Nothing helps
since last sunday I've got a problem with my PC after I connected an external HDD.
After connecting everything was fine, I copied things on the HDD and from the HDD to my PC.
On my setup: I've got 2 ...
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How do I prevent disk renumbering on reboot in OS X?
I have 3 physical drives in my Mac Pro with Mac OS X 10.6.4. Occasionally after rebooting the machine, the disk numbering changes such that the /dev/disk# does not reference the same drive as it did ...
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Windows 7 - Deleted boot files!
I am (was) using an install of Win7 on the C Disk Partition,
I formatted the D Disk Parition, and now Win7 fails to bootup.
I suspect the bootup config files were stored within the D Partition, ...
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Disk Boot Failure - Insert System Disk and Press Enter
Last night, I left my computer running overnight with two tabs open in Firefox. When I came back in the morning, the computer had a black screen that said "Disk Boot Failure - Insert System Disk and ...
