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I messed up trying to install linux mint [closed]
I wanted to install linux mint just for fun but encountered some issues that dont matter for now.
However, I did get the live USB on and my friend was leading me to install it
However, he told me to ...
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USB device not showing up in boot menu
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my Windows laptop for dual boot option but the USB does not show up in the boot menu
I have been searching for a solution for several hours now and nothing I've found ...
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Deleted grub partition, is my Windows partition still bootable?
(Ubuntu 23.10, Windows 10 dual boot) While switching Linux distros for the first time I was having a lot of issues and accidentally deleted the grub partition that allowed me to dual boot.
Is it still ...
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I installed over Windows, but I still see Microsoft logo at boot up/down
I still see the Microsoft logo when I power up/down & if I reboot with the volume up button engaged, I still get to the Microsoft BIOS/UEFI screen. Did I not install Ubuntu correctly, or is this ...
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Windows and Ubuntu are recognized as installed in the same drive
I have 2 SSDs. Let's call the first one C and the second one D.
When I installed Windows first on C and then installed Ubuntu on D, everything went fine.
But I had to reinstall Windows for some reason,...
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Cannot boot after Ubuntu 24.04 recovery mode
Please help me saving my data on my hard drive. And please excuse me as I'm not an expert in Ubuntu but can follow instructions.
I have a lenovo ideapad 330 with 1 tera hdd that have dual boot of ...
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I tried Ubuntu via USB once. Why can't I boot back into Windows anymore?
Recently I tried getting my PC to dual boot between Windows 11 and Ubuntu, however something happened. I booted from the Ubuntu USB, my PC hung on its corresponding loading screen (after making it ...
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Remove Windows, install ubuntu while keeping backup partition (D:) + confusing partitioning [duplicate]
I have a 480GB SSD split into two partitions, denoted as (C:) and (D:).
My objective is to eliminate Windows from the (C:) partition.
Subsequently, I aim to install Ubuntu in its place, ensuring all ...
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Can't see Ubuntu on Boot Menu as an option. I can see only Windows [duplicate]
I have an ASUS TUF A15 Windows laptop and recently I installed Ubuntu(23.10) alongside Windows 11 as a Dual boot. From the time I installed Ubuntu, I had issues lining up. I am very new to Ubuntu so I ...
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Booting from Ubuntu USB on Dell Inspiron 5000
I am trying to install Ubuntu from a USB on a Dell Inspiron 5000. I made the bootable USB with the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator. I manged to boot into it using my regular machine, so I think the ...
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How to fix boot Ubuntu - SQUASHFS error: Unable to read inode 0x503
I have Windows 10 installed on an Asus and I want to switch to Ubuntu 22.04, so I tried to install Ubuntu. When I started the installation, I saw this error message. I tried everything, but at first ...
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Windows won’t boot after installing Ubuntu on an external drive while my main drive was removed from the laptop
So as the title suggests, I removed my main drive from the laptop, preventing any Ubuntu installation files from getting there and also data loss. But joke’s on me because I can no longer boot to ...
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restarting windows 11 to boot ubuntu 22.04.3 stuck on /dev/nvme0n1p5: clean, x/x files, x/x blocks
I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04.3 alongside my Windows 11, and both operating systems boot fine individually. However, I encounter an issue when restarting from Windows to Ubuntu through the GRUB ...
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How to install Windows 11 having Ubuntu 20.04? [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 20.04 in an HP Spectre x360-13-ae052nr laptop. I have enabled booting from USB on BIOS configuration and I have tried to boot from the USB with Windows 11, but it does not boot from the ...
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How to dual boot Ubuntu without USB in Windows PC
This is a weird setup, I know, but I tried to dual boot Ubuntu 23.04 without USB in my Windows PC. Fr that, I added the ISO file to separate F:\ drive which is fat32 and edited the bootloader using ...
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Cannot access windows 11 after update ubuntu 23.04
I just did an ubuntu version update this morning (from 22.10 to 23.04) via the updater software application. after that I wanted to access my windows installed on the same device. the first time I was ...
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Trouble duel booting windows 11 and ubuntu
I’ve been following https://help.ubuntu.com/rst/ to troubleshoot my attempt at a win 11 and Ubuntu duel boot. After changing my configuration to AHCI I am getting the bsod. I attempted to follow along ...
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/Windows/System32/config no such file or directory Linux windows partition
I created a Windows partition from Ubuntu at /mnt/windows to navigate to /mnt/windows/Windows/System32/config
(following this instruction: https://github.com/spxak1/weywot/blob/main/guides/bt_dualboot....
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Is there a zero trust way of burning a Windows ISO to flash drive? [duplicate]
Windows 11 has a file larger than 4 GB, so creating a bootable USB is not as simple as doing dd. There are tools like WoeUsb, Rufus, etc. that can do it, but they all require trust in third party ...
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Windows 11 (or win10,win2k19) LXD 5.17 not booting
I am using the 'How to install a Windows 11 VM using LXD' ubuntu tutorial.
I have tried to install windows 11 (win10 and window2k19) on LXD 5.17. On each VM boot it doesn't recognise the hard disks ...
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how to remove grub from win 11
I have used a Ubuntu installer on USB on my old hard drive, but after it finished, I switched to my main HDD and got the grub-gnu bootloader installed on it (I can boot into Windows using the boot ...
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Grub and 2x windows on 1 gpt drive (uefi)
first, sorry for my english.
Can somebody help with grub?
I updated from mbr to gpt and now i have broken grub.
I need to be able to select in grub menu which OS i want to start.
Now i have only ...
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Minimal BASH like line editing is supported Grub error
this might sound ridiculous but it's true and I need your help
I bought an Ubuntu laptop and switched to Windows. Now I want to switch it back to Ubuntu. I'm thinking two options:
1/ Go to Windows ...
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Installed Ubuntu on a separate ssd from Windows, Windows runs chkdsk at every startup
This might not be the right place to ask this but this has started right after I installed Ubuntu, hence it makes me wonder if the solution might have to do with Ubuntu as well.
Last weekend I set up ...
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Fixing Windows not booting / grub rescue due to deleted partition
I have a very urgent problem as I need to access my windows os for work soon, and I am quite lost.
I have had a Kali/Windows dual boot (yes, now I know kali shouldn't be used as a daily driver); this ...
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Wsl Ubuntu Installation
I was installing wsl on windows 11 and before I finished installing the Ubuntu distro I ran out of wifi so I proceeded to reboot the computer with an incomplete Ubuntu Installation and after ...
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How can I get windows to boot again?
I have been trying to find a solution to this for a long time now and I'm desperate because I am starting college online in a couple of weeks and need to use windows for a specific application called &...
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Is there a way to configure Dual Boot after Windows installation in a separate drive?
Context: I have a notebook which originally had an SSD and an HDD. For very specific reasons, at some point, I had two ubuntus, one in which drive, until recently I changed the HDD for another SSD (in ...
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Replacing ubunto with windows (any at this point) [closed]
I hope you're all doing well! 😊
TL/DR version:
Need to install windows over ubunto;
Windows isn't recognising any drives;
Tried using a live udunto pen to use Gparted to format the drives to NTFS ...
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Windows option is not showing in the GRUB menu
Initially everything was working fine, but suddenly on clicking Windows in the grub menu this error starts showing:
```none
Setting partition type to 0x7
error: failure writing sector 0x0 to 'hd1'
```
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How to switch from Ubuntu single-boot to Windows?
I cannot install Windows from a bootable Windows USB that I create on my Ubuntu machine, I've probably used everything that could be used to make this bootable USB boot properly.
What I have tried:
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Ubuntu dual boot Malformed security header
I am using Ubuntu a dual boot with Windows. I have opened Windows 2 years later and later when trying to boot back to Ubuntu it started giving me errors and boot is failing.
Malformed security header ...
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Windows destroyed Ubuntu installation
I've just got my new PC. Unfortunately I still need a dual boot.
Hence I installed Windows 11 first, then Ubuntu 22.10 and all went fine.
By the way here my storage settings:
SSD 500 GB
260 MB EFI ...
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Dual Boot windows with ubuntu, lost ubuntu partition
I have a dual boot windows with ubuntu. Recently the linux partition can no longer be found.
I have no clue whatsoever what the cause is. I tried booting with a USB stick, but that also fails.
However ...
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Both Windows and Ubuntu not booting up - stuck in "Missing Operating System" and bios
Sorry in advanced - this is going to be long but i really need help.
My problem: My PC is not booting to either Ubuntu or Windows 10 and is stuck showing "Missing Operating system" and going ...
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How do I boot a Windows installation USB? I am not able to boot a Window installation USB but I can boot any Linux distro with USB [duplicate]
I installed Ubuntu to replace Windows 11 on a new laptop, deleting all of the partitions on my hard drive.
I tried to play GTA but was unhappy with the performace so I decided to reinstall Windows. I ...
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How to boot from HDD if my laptop has both SSD and HDD
My laptop has a 256GB SSD and a 1 TB HDD. I want windows 11 in my SSD and Ubuntu 22.04 in my HDD. I want when I switch on my computer both the OSs should be available to boot from in the boot menu. I ...
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Run Ubuntu on old windows laptop
I have an HP Pavilion G6 laptop, which I bought in 2012. I have been using it since then till the end of 2018 and didn't use it for 3 years afterwards. Till 2018, I was using Win 8, which was working ...
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access drive owned by windows in linux
I dual boot windows and linux, one one drive I have linux and in the other I split it in to two partitions one for windows and other for games, I intend to use windows just to play games on since ...
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Black screen after switching from windows to ubuntu budgie
I downloaded ubuntu budgie on usb, then installed ubuntu budgie and deleted windows from my laptop, afterwards it was loading and something like "plug off mediator and press enter" popped ...
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Ubuntu and Windows reinstallation
I have Ubuntu installed on my SSD and Windows installed on my hdd. I followed this guide when I was installing Ubuntu (part from "If you cannot disable or unplug the disk with Windows 10", ...
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Windows 10 problem with GRUB
I've had a dual boot windows 10-Ubuntu for a couple of months, and yesterday out of nowhere i saw that i can't boot into my Windows. Grub is not detecting it.
Over this months i had similar problems, ...
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Windows 11 not showing Ubuntu as a booting option in its boot menu (Dual boot)
Windows 11 not showing Ubuntu as a booting option in the boot menu
I installed Ubuntu in dual-boot along with Windows 11 and when I reentered into Win11, I can't boot into Ubuntu anymore. Win11 doesn'...
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Installing Ubuntu on M.2 drive and Windows on an SSD
What is the correct way to install Ubuntu and windows on a new computer, on the first M.2 disk I want to install ubuntu and as a second system Windows 10 on an SSD.
Installing Win on the M.2 is not an ...
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Dual boot goes to grub command line and Windows won't boot
I have dual boot, ubuntu 20.04 and windows 11. I think I did updates on windows and ubuntu. Now when I turn on the computer it goes to grub command line (it didn't before). I can exit that and get to ...
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Is it possible to get to C drive from bootable ubuntu?
I was configuring a window image but something went wrong and the computer says missing file in the c drive. If I make a bootable window and install it then I will lose my ready-made image. I do have ...
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Can't boot to Ubuntu after reinstalling Windows
I had Ubuntu installed with Windows in dual boot configuration. I had some issues with Windows so I decided to reinstall it. I deleted the Windows partition and reinstalled Windows there. I also ...
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Will installing Ubuntu over Windows 11 with BitLocker affect booting?
I want to wipe out Windows 11 on a laptop because it doesn't really give me the option to install alongside Windows without disabling bitlocker. I have not used Windows on this laptop and do not want ...
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How can I boot ubuntu 22 installed in dual with windows 11?
I have installed ubuntu 22 on my HP laptop that is already running windows 11. I restarted the computer and selected ubuntu to make sure it was all okay, then I restarted again to run on windows, and ...
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Weird small Windows 10 partition on my Ubuntu disc. What is it?
I installed Windows 10 on a separate disc, while my other (original) disc had Ubuntu 20.04. I don't recall, whether my original Ubuntu disc (shown in picture) already had 3 rather than 2 partitions, ...
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