A dual boot configuration allows for two or more operating systems to be installed and used on a single system.
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Is it perfectly safe to install grub bootloader on regular partition?
One of the methods to do dual booting Windows with Linux OS is by installing grub boot loader onto Linux partition so you can retain Windows boot loader and let Windows handles the dual booting ...
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Install Linux Mint on PC without bootable CD
Unfortunately my PC's CD drive is not bootable; I have such a mixture of SATA and IDE drives, so until I have more money to redo my controller setup, I can't boot from any cd.
Currently, I have a DVD ...
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Hide GRUB2 menu UNLESS you hold down Shift key: how to make this happen?
I have a Ubuntu - Windows 7 dual-boot set-up, and I would like to have it that my laptop would boot up Windows 7 unless I press down the Shift key right after boot and bring up the Grub2 menu from ...
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Grub2 fails to chainload Windows 7 with error “invalid signature”
I've built a new UEFI 64-bit system with both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10 installed (on separate hard drives). I'd like to be able to boot Windows 7 from the grub menu, but I have so far been ...
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how change drive letter of system boot drive from another operating system (dual boot)
i have dual boot operating systems on my computer,
windows 7 -> drive c
windows XP -> drive g
i followed the link below and accidently i changed the windows XP drive letter from windows XP.
How to ...
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Adding Windows 7 32 bit as dual boot option
A relative of mine has bought a new laptop this year on which windows 7 (64 bit) is installed. Aside some standard programs he uses on that laptop, he also has some software for his bike that needs to ...
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How to fix windows 7 after installing windows 8
I followed this guide from howtogeek:
http://www.howtogeek.com/75286/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-8-without-re-partitioning-using-vhd/
I was successfully able to boot to windows 8, but now I can't ...
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Upgrading hard drive while saving existing system data, and allowing for a dual OS boot
I know this has been asked in individual parts, but I'm looking for a way to do this with the fewest steps and least pain.
I have a laptop with Windows 7, and I want to make a move to a larger hard ...
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Windows 7 professional 32-bit on a i5 machine, good or bad? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
32-bit vs. 64-bit systems
I've got an i5 laptop which came with Windows 7 home premium.I wanted to use the professional version and before doing my dual booting with ...
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OS Isolation: Virtualization or Dual-Boot Duplication, a General How To?
I want to isolate my windows 7 operating system and I have looked into virtualization. This should work with Linux, however, I do want to still have a way to run windows 7 securely, but without ...
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Should I use the same IP address and hostname in each OS for dual boot machines?
On my home network I have both a desktop PC and laptop that dual-boot windows/linux. I assign static addresses to all my computers (I have other single OS ones as well).
I want to know whether it's ...
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Is it possible to boot an encrypted Windows 7 from grub?
I have a laptop with dual boot, a windows 7 with encrypted partition and an Ubuntu 10.10. Now I understood that i can't mount encrypted partitions from Ubuntu, 'cause it's not a valid ntfs partition ...
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How to dual OS 32-bit/64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate
I have a problem with regards to my nVidia driver not running on 64-bit.
I decided to install both 32-bit and 64-bit on my ASUS K42JC (4GB RAM upgrade) in order to function the nVidia on the 32-bit.
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Installed Ubuntu 10.10 alongside Windows XP Pro. When I pick XP from grub the keyboard and mouse no longer work
I am having issues being able to login to Windows XP Pro after installing Ubuntu:
Windows XP Pro was installed first (has been installed for quite a while now, not a fresh install - patched to ...
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Windows XP: error loading operation system
I was trying to dual boot my windows machine with ubuntu 10.04. While I was making swap space, something bad happened and my system automatically restarted. Now it shows, "Error loading operating ...
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Windows 7 / XP Dual boot - Switch Remotely
I have a Windows 7 x64 and a Windows XP 32-bit Dual boot system, with the Windows 7 Boot manager loaded.
Windows 7 is currently setup as the default OS, thus it will start to Windows 7 if no option ...
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Remove XP from dual boot
How do I completly remove XP from my pc. I currently have a dual boot with XP and Windows 7. Since installing Windows 7, I have never used XP. Can I remove it without causing problems with Windows 7?
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Stuck at the Thinkpad startup screen on first reboot after Wubi
I have just downloaded Wubi and Ubuntu and rebooted around 10 minutes ago. Oddly enough, I am stuck at the ThinkPad screen:
What should I do from here? I have tried clicking the ThinkVantage ...
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How to use a virtual machine to access an OS from a second HD?
I am going to have a computer with two 1TB hard drives. I plan on using 1 for Linux and the other for Windows. If I am using Linux, is it possible to have a Virtual Machine use the 1TB (windows) disk ...
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dual boot of linux mint 14 with windows 8 [duplicate]
I have acer 4750G and is running windows 8. I have 3 primary partition and a single unallocated partition where i intended to install linux mint.
The problem that i am facing is the installer hasnot ...
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Linux boots when I click “Windows 7” in boot manager [duplicate]
I've been trying to dual boot, which has pretty much been successful. I have Linux installed on an external Hard Drive. In the boot manager when I click on Windows 7:
(with the hard drive plugged ...
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Dual Boot TrueCrypt Encrypted Windows and Linux with Grub workaround?
The Major issue of not being able to dual-boot on TrueCrypt disc encryption systems won't get out of my mind.
My idea is, wouldn't it be possible to create an encrypted HDD with an Windows system on ...
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Ubuntu boot menu not recognizing bluetooth keyboard
I have a 21.5" iMac, and I have recently installed Ubuntu on it on a different partition, so i can choose my preferred OS each time i boot the computer. When I installed Ubuntu, it automatically ...
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To install co-exist Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7
Recently I have had Windows 7 re-installed on my laptop. Now the layout of partitions and volumes
=============Primary=======================================
Partition0\system reserved: size 100Mb
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I used BCDEDIT to dual boot Windows 8 and ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
I used
"bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi" following this link http://askubuntu.com/questions/235567/windows-8-removes-grub-as-default-boot-manager to dual boot linux, but now my ...
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Black Screen, Blinking Cursor after cloning from HDD to SSD
(I'm aware there are similar questions, but from what I've seen I've already tried the fixes suggested.)
How I got into this situation:
I'm running a Macbook Pro (Which means a hybrid GPT/MBR ...
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Is it possible install Windows and Linux on a USB device?
It is easy to install Ubuntu on a USB device.
I can install Windows 7 on USB with the help of nt6.zip. But how can I install both Windows and Linux on USB?
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Using Bootcamp with Windows Recovery Disks?
My friend is a regrettable Mac owner and wants to play some Windows-only games. I recently built a new computer with 7 and kept the CD Key from my old Vista 32-bit installation. He has a 1-2 year old ...
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Grub doesn't show OS selection menu when booting a dual boot setup
I have installed windows and Linux(ubuntu) on the same machine. Now the problem is when I start my machine, It goes directly to Linux and does not ask me for the selection of OS either I want to load ...
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Slax on NTFS (GRUB) with Changes Saved Natively
I have Slax 7 and Windows XP running on the same (ntfs) partition - woohoo! I still have a few issues, holes in my understanding:
Slax apparently saves all "changes" to a single file ...
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Virtualbox existing (physical) Ubuntu guest clears Windows 7 entry on update-grub, no single solution for both scenarios
I have successfully booted an existing Ubuntu 12.04 physical partition installation under a Windows 7 host, as explained here. I use a grub rescue disk .iso to manually boot the kernel, get to the ...
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Repair Windows 7 Partition from Puppy Linux
On my Windows 7 PC I booted Browser Linux from USB, ran GParted to create a new partition in order to install Linux. GRUB is also installed and offers:
Windows 7 /dev/sda1
Browser Linux /dev/sda2
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I'm not happy with the dual boot menu on Windows 8 - how can I improve or replace it?
I have Windows 8 and windows XP on two separate partitions. I don't like Windows 8 default boot menu because:
It doesn't load right after turning on the computer, but after Windows 8 is already ...
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How can I switch from Win/Fedora to Win/Kubuntu dual boot
I've got a desktop system with WinXP and an and older Fedora.
Things work ok, BUT
I'd like to change to Kubuntu 12.10 - which I use at work.
The install dvd apparently suggests that I shrink the ...
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How can I increase the Linux partition size on a dual-boot system?
My laptop is running Windows 7. I created a partition and installed Ubuntu 12.10 on it. So now I have both running OK.
The problem is that now I need more space on the Linux partition. Using the same ...
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Dual-boot archlinux and Windows 7 using grub-bios
How can i add windows to the boot menu when using grub-bios. I couldn't find menu.lst file in my boot/grub directory. My bootloader is on /dev/sda1. Windows is on /dev/sda2, root and home are on ...
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How to reinstall Windows 8 in a dual boot configuration with Windows 7?
My computer is running slow and I think I have some malware on it (high unknown network activity in wireshark, jumping mouse cursor, sudden high CPU / fan usage...). I want to format my Windows 8 and ...
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partition table looks different between Linux and Windows
I'm having some odd issues after deleting and resizing an NTFS partition with Gparted. Windows doesn't seem to see the same partition table as Linux.
At first, the deleted partition showed up as ...
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How do I install Windows 7 (with Intel RST) and Linux to dual boot on a Dell XPS 15?
I have recieved a new $work laptop, a Dell XPS 15 with a 128GB mSATA drive and a a 1TB 5400 HDD. It came with Windows 8 installed, which is not supported by my employer and must be re-installed with ...
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Creating bootable NTFS partition on Debian
I have 2 partitions on my hard drive:
first one is ext3 formatted with a Debian installation on it (bootable)
second one is NTFS formatted and was used from a previous Windows installation as ...
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Manually remove Windows 8 from Mac Book Pro (OS X 10.8.2 ML)
Here's what I did:
I wanted to try W8 on my MBP.
installed W8 dualboot with bootcamp
got fed up with W8 cause it wouldn't work as expected
I deleted the Windows partition with the Disk Utility of ...
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Secure Boot is not compatible on my PC; will I be able to install Windows 8 on it?
Yesterday, I ran Windows 8 upgrade assistant on my PC, Only problem it gave is that
Secure Boot isn't compatible with your PC
Your PC's firmware doesn't support Secure Boot so you won't be able to ...
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Grub stuck on “Grub loading”
So, on my laptop I have two OS'es. Debian Squeeze and Windows 7. My problem is that Grub doesn't load anything. It stops on the message " Grub Loading.". Now I am trying to solve that problem using ...
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Dual boot centOS and Win7
I posted this on stackoverflow, but it looks like superuser would be more appropriate.
I have a CentOS 5 machine that runs Windows 7 as a dual boot. CentOS is the main OS and each OS is set up in a ...
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Dual Booting - Ubuntu Installer doesn't recognize Windows 7 or find partitions
I have a new HP Pavilion HPE h9-1130 Phoenix Desktop with Windows 7 64-bit pre-installed. I would like to dual boot with the latest stable release of Ubuntu, version 12.04.1 LTS. I followed the steps ...
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Windows 8 - Ubuntu dual boot
I bought a new Toshiba s855 notebook with windows 8 preinstalled. Secure boot feature was enabled by default.
I installed latest version of ubuntu after disabling secure boot feature(it was not ...
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grub refuses to install
I'm trying to triple-boot MacOS, Centos 6, and Ubuntu 12.04.
Here's my approach:
Use rEFIt to choose between MacOS and grub
Use grub to choose between CentOS and Ubuntu
I have all installed on ...
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Windows Vista machine locks up after login
I've got an HP desktop machine circa 2009, running Windows Vista 64-bit and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. The machine has been in this configuration (dual boot) for some time (3 years) but recently developed a ...
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Possible to restore Windows Partition disk image?
I have a machine that was dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. I used the Disks program in Ubuntu to make a disk image of my windows partition which I saved on an external disk. I then reformatted ...
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Running Dual-Boot ubuntu within windows causes reboot
I am attempting to run Ubuntu within Windows. The Ubuntu is actually dual booted on my computer.
I am running VmWare workstation in Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10. I am attempting to do this using this ...
