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Is it possible to install WinXP side-by-side to existing Win7 and access my data from both?
I have (actually, my dad has ...) Windows 7 64bit installed on his computer.
He had, on his previous WinXP-running computer, an arcane piece of software that does not work on the newer OS, no matter ...
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Install Windows 7 twice (dual boot) - licensing issues? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I use my Windows 7 license in a dual-boot configuration?
Windows 7 and Vista Activation FAQ: How do language, version, 64-bit or 32-bit, and source affect ability to ...
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Sysprep on VHD I intend to use for Windows 7 Native Boot
So I have a VHD I created on a Windows 7 box. The VHD is another Windows 7 box, and I used DISKPART to create it, imagex to apply an install.wim to it, and I know the bcdedit stuff for booting to it. ...
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How can I use a live CD to boot off a specific harddirve partition manually?
I have a machine who's mother board is failing to detect the installed hard drives.
I can boot off a live CD (Ubuntu 11.10 or system rescue 2.4.1) and mount the partitions and the hard drives seem ...
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Installing windows 8 on a second hard drive on a Mac
I just downloaded the windows 8 developer preview and set my secodary internal hard drive to gpt partition scheme windows installer runs fine until I get to the end of the file extraction then get an ...
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Create a multiboot USB drive with NTFS or ext2
I am trying to create a multiboot flash drive, but I don't want to use fat 16 due to the huge performance cliff between fat 16 and other file systems like ext 2 or NTFS. I need to have multiple linux ...
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What It Takes To Create Rescue/Recovery/Reanimator USB Multi-Bootable Flash Drive?
I wanted to create rescue/recovery/reanimator USB multi-bootable flash drive a year ago. I want to create the ultimate USB flash drive that would have the most if not all important stuff very self ...
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computer won't boot, number in bottom right
My system setup was like this:
1 SSD with windows 7 installed and a
second HD with ubuntu installed
At startup i could choose which OS to boot with grub (i assume)
but then i got the luminous idea ...
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In a multi-boot setup, does defragmenting from one OS affect the whole drive, or only its partition?
In other words, does defragmentation have to be done on each OS separately?
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Removing Ubuntu boot option?
I had installed Ubuntu inside Windows, then decided I didn't need it, so I tried to uninstall. It needed the disc, which I didn't have at the time, and I really needed the space, so I just deleted the ...
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How to change the Windows folder path the Windows 7 boots from?
I have dual-booted my laptop with Windows 7, one in C: drive and other in F: drive. I had a problem running my Windows in F: drive. I reinstalled it, but it got installed in F:\Windows\Windows\. My ...
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Best way to create a system image restore partition? [closed]
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Want to create a system image
Best way to create and restore a Drive Image with Windows 7?
What are some options for creating a partition containing a cloned copy of ...
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dual boot Windows/Linux “file not found error” appears before boot menu
I have recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a computer where I also have a Windows 7 installation, so I have a dual boot computer. Everything works fine, except the fact that before the boot menu ...
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Installed Linux and Now Win 7 Laptop Will Not Boot
Last night I installed Ubuntu 11.10 alongside my Win 7 installation. Now, when I restart the laptop it comes up with a list of errors (Out of Partition; No Suitable Mode Found, etc...) then loads ...
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Configure Multiple OS on Mac
I just had a iMac delivered today. I want to configure it in following way for testing on various versions.
I need to set up 10.7 Server, 10.6 Server and Windows 2008 server and possibly one more ...
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How to boot more than 1 linux distro along with windows?
I have a machine that currently has Windows Vista living peacefully with Ubuntu 10.04 but I would like to test out another distro outside of a virtual machine without destroying my current Ubuntu or ...
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Would this partitioning scheme work for penta-boot system?
I'd like to have many operating systems on one HD in my laptop. Booting from USB is not an option; I have to boot from the HD.
Is the following partition scheme sensible?
What should I do for swap ...
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Computer doesn't boot, continuously restarts; possible disk error
I have shut down my computer two hours ago. When I open my computer it started restarting itself after showing the POST screen. I can open my computer with a Ubuntu Live CD or Windows installation CD. ...
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refit menu showing unbootable partitions
I just installed refit with my windows 7 bootcamp setup and customized it to only show internal disk partitions. However, I have come across a couple issues.
Windows 7 is showing both the EFI ...
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Multiple boot loaders
I know this isn't necessarily practical, but from a purely academic standpoint, I'm wondering if it is possible to install multiple boot loaders on a disk.
Would it be possible to install several ...
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Mac freezes after installing rEFIt when “executing fsck_hfs”
I have a Mac Mini 2011, with OS X Lion and Boot Camp installed.
rEFIt was installed and works fine. I've netbooted the Mac. After booting to the Mac partition, it freezes after "executing fsck_hfs" ...
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Windows 7 - No Primary Partition - Is This Wrong?
My laptop has only one physical disk - but I'm looking at it in 'Disk Management' and I see that all of the partitions are 'Simple volumes'
System (no drive letter) 199MB
Main (C:) 222GB
Ubuntu ...
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Multi Boot USB Stick
I have several Boot CD's/DVD's where I'm able to make a bootable USB-stick and put into it. But I can do this separately only. Is it possible to merge several bootable CD's/DVD's into a single ...
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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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How do I get Windows 8 boot loader back and also list both XP and 7?
I have a system with Windows 7 and Windows XP, today I have installed the Windows 8 Developer Preview into a spare partition (that I leave it for a few months without any important data there). When ...
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Does Windows 8 Developer Preview 64bit allow multiboot when installing from a mounted ISO?
I just downloaded the 64 bit Windows 8 Developer Preview and am itching to install it. The installation says it will clean everything out. I assume (hope) that it only means I cannot transfer settings ...
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How to partition so as to install more Linux Distributions
I have the following partitions:
sda1 ntfs recovery 7GB (boot, diag)
sda2 ntfs windows 40 GB
sda3 ext3 linux 12 GB
sda4 extended 55 GB
sda6 ext3 work 53 GB
sda5 swap 2GB
I tried to shrink the ...
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Multi-Truecrypt, One unencrypted
My goal is to create a multi-boot system in which I have an unencrypted Windows XP\7 for guests and and an encrypted Windows 7 for me with WUBI installed on this partition if possible. Truecrypt ...
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Can I boot Windows 7 on a USB drive attached to by MacBook Pro? If so, how?
I have a mid-2011 Core i7 Macbook Pro that currently is dual-booting a File-Vault encrypted OS X Lion installation and an OS X Snow Leopard installation. Unfortunately I need to keep both of these on ...
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Installing multiple Windows OSs on one hard drive
I wish to install multiple, probably 3, copies of Windows on one hard drive. I envisage setting up 4 partitions, one for each OS and a shared data area. I intend to ghost the empty, formatted drive ...
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Is there a way to use a bootable USB stick on a Mac?
I'm trying to upgrade my SSD firmware on my Mac, but it won't boot using the bootable USB stick that the Samsung SSD Magician software made since it's DOS.
Is there a way to boot from it? I have ...
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Multiple OSs in one box
I have a Windows Vista Box running Ubuntu 9.10 (with multiple kernel images) in another partition.
Now, I'd like to install Ubuntu 11.10 beta too so it can coexist with the other two. Are there any ...
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Install Windows 7 on Mac mini with CD mounted on Windows Vista
I plan on buying a Mac mini of the new generation without an external DVD drive if possible. I do have a few PCs running Windows Vista or different Linux distributions but no Mac.
I know that it is ...
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how to broadcast a PXE server like Trinity Rescue Kit
I would like to set up a portable PXE server for diagnostic purposes. The issue is that I won't always have access to the DHCP server, or the router itself (sometimes a home router) doesn't have an ...
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Booting from a partition
I have a system on which multiple operating systems are installed. Let's say:
C: Windows
D: Linux
I have a bootable USB drive, using which I can boot both into to Windows and Linux. I don't want to ...
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Does it cause any harm to use dual Operating Systems like Windows and Linux in terms of losing data?
I have Windows 7 working on my laptop. I have 20GB space unpartitioned. I want to install a flavor of Linux like Fedora or Ubuntu in that space, but I have heard that keeping a dual OS configuration ...
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Does Lion kill Bootcamp?
Does OSX Lion break Bootcamp with Windows 7 installed?
I've been looking around online and can't seem to find a definitive answer on this. I'm considering upgrading to Lion, but I'm worried that it ...
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Will my computer slow down if I install multiple operating systems?
Many of my friends have said that installing multiple operating systems on a single PC slows down individual OS's because the total RAM gets divided among the OS's.
Is there any truth in the above ...
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How to manage/create multiple partitions (for multiple OS'es)?
How do I divide my hard drive into multiple OS'es/partitions for my test machine? For example:
Win XP
Win 7
Gentoo
Ubuntu
Storage
Can Linux'es share swap area?
I was told to leave the first ...
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How can I tripple-boot via my Mac? Help install Linux? I already got OS X Lion and Windows and 30GB unpartitioned space reserved for Linux [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Triple boot (OS X/Win/Linux) via rEFIt doesn't work - Linux not visible in rEFIt
I would really love to triple-boot on my MacBook Pro. (Not with Virtual machines!!)
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What boot manager is this?
No doubt you have stumbled across the Black Dwarf NAS, but your man also has this:
http://www.willudesign.com/osxboxproTop.html
This image shows the boot manager, I can't see anywhere in the ...
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How do I permanently fix a GRUB partition off by one error?
I have a MacBook Pro set up to triple boot with rEFIt and GRUB. (I had to go through GRUB to get Windows 7 to boot, but that's tolerable.) I upgraded to Lion which added a new partition for the ...
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How should I install Fedora or any other Linux in USB hard disk and configure booting?
I want to install Fedora or any other Linux in USB hard disk. I have Windows XP installed in internal HDD.
When USB HDD is attached to my PC, it
should ask me to boot from Win XP or
Linux.
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System Rescue CD on multiboot usb not working
I have a multiboot usb with System Rescue CD and GRUB2 on it. When I try to boot it, it tries to find systemrescuecd/sysrcd.dat, attempts to mount /dev/sr0 and all the partitions on /dev/sda before ...
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Operating System Not Found - BIOS recognizes, Live OS doesn't (Laptop)
Here's the deal:
I have a multi-partitioned hard drive on my laptop set up with GRUB. I got a blue-screen while working on Windows 7 and when rebooting I got the Operating System Not Found error ...
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Boot from primary and extended partitions?
I have on my computer an existing primary partition with Windows 7 on it. There are also two OEM factory partitions which I do not want to mess with. I would like to use the remaining space for an ...
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Moving from Dual Boot to Simple Boot (XP/ Windows 7)
This is a very common issue when willing to switch from a temporary Dual Boot (for a test/data transfer phase) to a unique OS Boot (i.e. the most recent one)
I had windows XP on and IDE HDD, "Disk ...
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Does having more that one partition on a hard drive affect performance? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why use multiple partitions on Linux installations?
I'm building a new computer and want to maximize the performance of each component.
In the past, I've generally ...
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Removing (bootable) Dell recovery partition
I've got a Dell laptop that comes pre-loaded with "Recovery" and "Utility" partitions - I know I'm not going to use for these partitions (and I am dual booting, so unless I remove at least one of ...
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Some boot speed questions (Linux & Windows)
I've recently installed Windows alongside my OpenSuse installation. Now I have a plan for quick booting and switching of OS's, but I need someone to tell me if this is indeed possible.
1- How do I go ...
