Questions tagged [multi-boot]
Installation or use of multiple operating systems on a single computer.
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Partition problems after resizing
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This might be quite the hopeless case, so I posted another method that is simpler, but still need some help with.
https://superuser.com/questions/706244/will-this-work-backup-partition-contents-...
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Linux Mint livecd does not recognize Windows 8 partition
My system has two SSDs. I re-installed Windows 8 onto the disk0. I want to install Linux mint on the other SSD.
Secure-boot is disabled, fastboot is disabled, csm is enabled
I run Linux Mint 16 x64 ...
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UEFI installing Fedora 17 after Windows 8
I recently bought an HP Pavilion G6-2313AX laptop which ships with FreeDOS.
I first partitioned it with old Ubuntu live disk to partition (I didn't have GParted CD on hand). There was an existing ...
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Can I delete {fwbootmgr} and system will default to {bootmgr}?
{Fwbootmgr} skips {bootmgr}
I used bcdboot C:\Windows /l en-gb /s B: /f ALL from bootable USB when ASUS K55A - HI5014L magically corrupted boot information when multiple f1-12 keys were pressed at a ...
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Can't go into BIOS to change boot device
I completely erased my Hard Drive and installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Lenovo B570 laptop.
After a few months of using it I wanted to remove it, so I reboot my computer and pressed F12 (MultiBoot List.)
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How to dualboot Windows 8 and Linux on HP laptop
My goal is to have Windows 8 and Debian Stable installed on my work laptop in a dualboot setup. My setup is:
OS: Windows 8.1 Enterprise N
Laptop model: HP EliteBook 850 G1 (no secure boot)
Disk: 170 ...
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The Linux + Windows Issue
I face a problem. A common one. I want to use Linux for pretty much everything it's good for. But I also want to use Windows for the things Linux currently can't do.
I'd like to be able to instantly, ...
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installing an image of a VM on an external hard drive for dual boot
I'm working on a virtual machine (Linux Mint on VirtualBox, with Win7 as host), but for better performances I'm thinking about installing Linux directly on an external eSATA and dual-boot.
Is it ...
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EFI Boot: Two independently bootable physical hard drives?
My computer has two physical hard drives.
sdd internal hdd0
hdd internal hdd1
The BIOS (EFI) allows the boot either one.
Since I never know when one hdd, especially the ssd, stops working, I would ...
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Configured boot loader with EasyBCD, screwed up Windows
I have a particularly challenging issue with my windows boot loader on my Dell Latitude e6520. I have two drives, an internal HDD and a SSD installed into the system device bay in a caddy.
Here's my ...
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Installed/Updated Windows 8 UEFI after Ubuntu - Restore GRUB
So, I had a laptop with Windows 8 OEM copy obviously installed in UEFI configuration with GPT partitioning. A little while ago I installed Ubuntu 13.xx(the latest one) alongside it and GRUB ...
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computer does not boot from bootable USB
Hello I have made a bootable USB drive(containing Ubuntu 12) using YUMI in Windows. Then I tried to boot from the USB using F12 key and properly identify the pen drive and enter. After few seconds of ...
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how to boot multiple iso's from usb [duplicate]
I want to boot multiple ISO images from an external drive what is the best way to do this?
The reason for this is Windows restoration discs. I want to create an .ISO file of each of the recovery DVD'...
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How to boot from CD/DVD on a Samsung s02ub
I am trying to install Linux on to my laptop. It's a Samsung. (Samsung np365e5c s02ub)
I was able to access the BIOS by pressing F2 during boot. In the BIOS under "Boot" there's an option that says "...
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Can I create a Quad-boot laptop with x1 Win 8 & x3 Linux (3 diff distros)
I have a Samsung laptop with Windows 8 on it. (Shipped with Win 8) I want to install Backtrack 5 Linux, Kali Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows 8. Is this possible? No different from installing as a duel ...
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Windows 7 Editions compatibility on a netbook
I have an ASUS EeePC 1015CX netbook currently running Windows 7 Starter Edition. I wanted to install Windows 7 Enterprise. Would it work well? (I don't mind disabling things like AERO Glass stuff to ...
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dd to clone 2 hard drives with 2 OSes and an encrypted partition
So, I have a question with this complex back-up process. My computer has a 32GB SSD, where Ubuntu 13.10 and all programs that run on that system are located. There is only one partition on that drive, ...
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Dell xps 15 (l521x) Dualboot with windows 8.1 and ubuntu
My dell xps 15 has 1TB HDD and 32G SSD. I've installed newest ubuntu on SSD (before that I've disabled Intel Smart Response Technology by setting ATA operation to AHCI in BIOS) and after that I've ...
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Windows 8.1 UEFI x64 is not able to boot-up UEFI Images
The question appeared after asking this one. It seems that the Win8.1 UEFI x64 Boot Manager is unable to boot anything other than the windows itself (winload.efi). Trying to launch any other UEFI ...
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Dual Booting Kali Linux with Windows 7. Atheros Killer E2200 not found + 2 different HDD
I'm having trouble installing Kali on a MSI GE70 2OE with a SSD HD and a standard SATA HD.
I've installed W7 on the SSD, and then partitioned my SATA in two parts: One 800Gb for W7 and another 200Gb ...
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Dualboot OSX, second partition also as VM
Does anyone have experience with this:
I set up my MacPro with a triple boot system (Snow Leopard, Mavericks, Windows).
It is a bit of a hassle to boot switch between the two OSX's and running ...
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Windows 8.1 UEFI x64 & Windows XP x64 Dual-Boot
I want to add option to boot in XP into the Win8.1 boot menu.
So I have 2 drives:
On the first one I have installed Windows 8.1 x64 UEFI;
And on the second - Windows XP x64.
Following is what I ...
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Can grub load windows from an external hard drive?
I have a computer running Debian 7.1. What I want to do is to add another hard drive to it and install windows on the new drive, so I can run photoshop, some games and other software not available in ...
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Dual Boot Linux and Windows 8 on ASUS laptop (Windows 8 Installed)
I'm having trouble locating information on installing linux on a ASUS laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed. I'd like to (1) retain the existing Windows 8 partition since its loaded and configured to my ...
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Windows and Ubuntu dual boot
I am trying to run Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.10 both on the same machine. But when I first installed Ubuntu, I was unable to boot Windows 7. There was an error coming up saying: disk read error. Later I ...
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Dual Boot Windows (any Version) + Linux (any Distribution) with GPT/UEFI, full system encryption and shared partitions
I didn't think that my requiremetns were too special, but my search really didn't yield too many results, so I still got some quesitons unanswered.
Basically I'm getting new hardware and will do a ...
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Can boot be customized such that I can switch between OSes by using a hardware switch or button (no keyboard)? [duplicate]
I'm thinking of building a home-made NAS that would double as a Steam Machine. It would have one small SSD for the operating systems and at LEAST one LARGE HDD for media, preferably a third so games/...
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Whats the easiest way to make a multi-boot UEFI Windows/Linux/Mac (Universal) DVD/BD? [closed]
I can find tons of programs to make such USBs, but some computers I work with (like an older netbook) won’t boot specific OSs from USB.
But I want to fill up a BD ROM disc with various forms of Linux,...
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Separating Linux Mint and Windows installation at hardware level
I have Windows 8 installed on one of my HDD and I want to install Linux Mint on my unused SSD.
The point is, I want to install another operating system to the unused hard driver in a way, that it ...
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How to set up robust Windows time synchronization?
I have an incorrect time on my Windows machine. I'm not sure how to specify the proper timezone and setup an NTP synchronization. When I'm using a dualboot configuration with Linux (Ubuntu) my time is ...
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Want to dual boot: Windows 8.1 / Ubuntu 13.10, but can't boot from flash drive and hard drive is reported as "full"
PC won't boot "bootable" flash drives.
Hard drive is "full" and "140TB".
⠀Goal: Dual boot Windows 8.1 / Ubuntu 13.10, have functional hard drive
Question may {contain, miss} (ir)relevant ...
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How to boot windows after uninstalling ubuntu?
I am using windows 8 system and I tried to install ubuntu by making a separate partion. But after deleting the partitions created for Ubuntu, it is still trying to load ubuntu and not windows.
If I ...
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Partitions of a quad-boot system with Linux & Windows
I plan on having a quad boot configuration, with 3 linux distros and a single Windows 7.
How would you divide the partitions?
I already plan on having separate partitions as the following:
/boot, ...
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Install two linux distribution Dual boot
I have planned to install two linux(Fedora) distributions.
For First Fedora installation, I have partition in this manner:
LVM volume group
VolGroup
lv_root / ext4
lv_swap ...
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Recovering HDD partition table using Testdisk
I have a total of 4 operating systems installed on my notebook. I use a WD Blue 1TB 2.5" internal HDD. The installed OSes are Win XP, Win 7, Win 8 and Ubuntu.
Of these, Windows XP only boots when I ...
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Install Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit without CD, DVD or USB
I am trying to get Ubuntu 13.10 onto my laptop, but do not have a CD, DVD or USB drive at hand. When I had this problem previously, I used UNetbootin, however when I tried doing that this time I ...
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Error: 0xc0000098 when dual booting Ubuntu alongside Windows 7
I have been wanting to install Ubuntu on my laptop for some time now, but every time I try I get this message when I boot after installing Ubuntu:
Windows Boot Manager
Windows failed to start. A ...
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Restore my system to factory settings
I have SONY VAIO with windows 7 pre installed. I have installed the UBUNTU in other partition to work as dual boot. I am trying now to restore the factory settings with ALT + F10 which is not working ...
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Installing new OS on laptop from bootable USB/DVD
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 11.10 from a bootable USB drive (created using unetbootin). After setting the boot priority and booting, the screen shows:
SYSLINUX 3.63 debian.....
boot:
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Combine Multiple ISO Files To Burn A Single Bootable ISO Image in windows system
Suppose I have three iso files "ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso", "ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso, "Window7.iso " I want to combine those multiple ISO files and want to burn a single ISO image file onto ...
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Installing Ubuntu 13.10 unable to see partitions
I am attempting to dual boot Ubuntu next to my current Windows 8 installation using the following instructions: http://www.simplehelp.net/2013/07/11/the-complete-guide-how-to-dual-boot-ubuntu-and-...
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Dual boot ubuntu 13.10 and windows 7
I want to install Ubuntu 13.10 on my pre-installed windows 7 pc and I want a dual boot. I have no empty partition on my hard disk drive. I don't want to re-install windows 7. How should I do it? ...
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Unable to boot OSX after upgrading to Mavericks, among other things
Last night I upgraded from Mountain Lion to Mavericks (mid 2009 macbook pro). Everything went smoothly during the upgrade, but it resulted in an extremely long and unstable boot process. If I was ...
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Multi boot USB flash drive [closed]
Please how do I make a multi boot USB flash drive? to boot live Linux distros or Windows ISO images?
let's say I have Kali Linux, Gentoo, Ubuntu, and other Linux distros, Windows 7 32 bit and Windows ...
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Shrink/Remove dual boot partition Windows XP(or 7)/ RHEL
A colleague has a dual boot laptop with Windows XP or 7 (not sure yet) on one partition and RHEL 5.8 on the second. The RHEL partition is rarely used and the windows partition will soon reach its ...
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windows xp not present at boot menu after linux mint installation
I have an old pc with windows xp and i installed in a different partition linux mint 15,and when i turn it on it doesnt give me the option to choose which OS i want and goes directly into Mint, i ...
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Installing Windows 7 on second partition
So I have got Win7 Ultimate (32-bit) installed and running on my C: drive. Now I want to install Win7 Ultimate (64-bit) on my D: drive. Both C: and D: are NTFS.
The tricky thing is that my machine's ...
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User profile service fails
I have Windows 7 and 3 drives on my HDD. The second drive is D:\, and there are some files in that. I decided to install 8.1 Enterprise so I installed it in dual boot manner beside 7 and in D:\ drive ...
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Error while running Easy2Boot - get_diskinfo ERR=0
I have created an Easy2Boot flash disk.
I have a single W7.iso in the correct location: _ISO\Windows\Win7
On the last screen, I get to select an Unattend.XML file
Either the Easy2Boot default, or ...
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Windows 7 won't boot from any bootloader except for Windows Boot Manager after partition resize
I have a triple boot system on a single SSD: OSX, Windows 7, and Ubuntu. I use Chimera (basically another version of Chameleon) as my bootloader. Usually I can boot all 3 OSs without any issue, but ...
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