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No icons, launcher, top panel or anything else while 'Try Ubuntu' 13.04

I just got Ubuntu 13.04 to my USB and pressed 'Try Ubuntu' and that worked very well, so I decided to install. At the end of the install I got a fail message and it said something about the boot ...
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How can I install dual boot for Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10?

I want to install dual boot for Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 . First Time , I installed both but Windows 7 can't use , it show "Disk Read Error - Clt + Alt + Del" . How can I fix or install ?
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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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How to install Windows 7 alongside Windows 8?

I bought a new laptop (HP 4540s) and also a Windows 8 DVD. I installed Windows 8 but it's not user friendly. Now I want to install Windows 7 on the same laptop while keeping Windows 8 also (multiboot) ...
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Partition/install issues

I am new to Ubuntu and tried to install 10.1 as dual boot option from a USB. At first I encountered the error when in partition dialogue of installation process that cannot find root directory. I did ...
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Windows 8 installer: Something Happened

My school provides Windows 8 through MSDN. My system specs seem to fit the minimum system requirements for Windows 8. I ran the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant, and it seems to indicate that my computer ...
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Dual boot after a new installation on the primary partition. Will it still work?

My current set-up: Master Boot Record: Grub installed, parametrized by Ubuntu 10.4 First Primary Partition : Windows Boot Loader, and Windows Vista Second Primary Partition : Windows 7 Third ...
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Booting Win7 from flash on a machine with dual boot

I wanted to re-install Windows 7 and created a bootable USB (using command prompt I restarted my PC and selected primary boot device as USB-HDD (my BIOS also gives options USB-ZIP USB-CDROM and ...
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Initial partition layout on the brand new laptop Dell Inspiron n1510

I have a brand new laptop and want to instal Windows 7 + Ubuntu 12.04. When I started to install Windows, I have discovered 2 partitions on my HDD as you can see on the picture below: /dev/sda1 ...
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Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7

I'm using Windows 7. Now, I need to install Ubuntu 11.04 to the my laptop, but I want to keep Win7 as well. I'm planning to use a dual boot system; I want to install Ubuntu on separate partition. I ...
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Linux installation says unallocated space is unusable

I have 3 primary partitions, 1 extended already. Here's how my current disk management looks like: As you can see, I have WinRE(F), System Reserved, C:, and D: (where all my installers, music, ...
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Black screen when trying to install kubuntu macbook (2008 or 2009)

So I have a MacBook, which I believe is the 2008 model, that I am trying to dual-boot kubuntu on. Everything works fine up until the GUI is initiated (at least I think it is when the GUI is ...
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How to transfer my system to a new laptop harddrive?

So I bought a brand new 500GB SSD Hybrid drive for my laptop. I would like to start using it. How do I go about mirroring my current 200GB hardisk on to there in such a way that I can just swap out ...
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Installing Windows 7 on an XP/Ubuntu dual boot machine

My machine has Windows XP and Ubuntu installed. I now want to install Windows 7 by removing Windows XP. Is it possible to do this without affecting my Ubuntu installation?