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    Windows 10 Possible to power on 2 OS at the same time? (Dual Boot)

    Hello! I didn't found any other section to post this and I'm running windows 10 on my PC so.. I'm wondering if is this possible! For example 1 partition with windows 10, another one with linux. I start my computer and both systems will run, windows 10 as default system and with a simple...
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    Windows 7 cant boot without cd (grub rescue)

    Hello, I had a working 64gigs SSD + 160gigs (friends) HDD. Today, my new 1TB HDD arrived, so I switches the HDDs, but after I wanted to boot, weird thing happened. no partition Grub Rescue >> and something like that... Okay I tried some things I found on net, but then I just reinstalled my...
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    Windows 7 Hi, I don't know where to go next

    Very briefly :- I got my new PC up &^ running and installed extra SDD's & HDD's. In the process of setting up the computer I wasn't sure if I wanted to run 64 bit or 32bit Win7. In the event the guy installed win&64 but when I got the computer I fitted another SDD with Win7 32 bit. I booted the...
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    Windows 7 The Ultimate Boot CD

    Boot Up Any Computer, Rescue Windows and Data in 5 mins!, well maybe not 5 minutes, but fairly close. Many of you already know and have probably used this CD before as it has been around for ages. This is for those who do not know about it and that you may find it extremely useful. The CD...
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    Windows 8 Pleasantly Surprised of Windows 8 and all other OSes too

    Hi all, I have been using Windows 8 release preview for about 3 weeks, installed on its own drive, and I have Unbuntu and XP installed on another drive, and a 1 TB drive with windows 7 installed. I must say that in order to get some of my legacy apps to run I just boot into one of the...
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    Windows 7 Changing the MBR In Windows 7 Pursuant To A Quad Boot

    I have an Asus X64 desktop machine. Last year I formatted the [1 terabyte] hard drive for a clean install of X64 Windows 7 Ultimate. I tried numerous times to install the X64 Windows 7 Ultimate, but it was a no-go. I ended up installing the X86 Windows 7 Ultimate on my X64 machine instead...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 MBR Issue

    Hi I have a problem with booting on Windows 7 disk/MBR, I hope very much i can get some Professional help with this. I have 2 separate physical hard drives. On HD1 I have Windows Vista installed, I then decided to shift to Windows 7 so I installed it as a separate operating system on my second...
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    Windows 7 Dual boot - from 2 harddisks?

    Hi I have an old computer with Windows XP. I also have a new computer with Windows 7. Is it at all possible to take the harddisk from my old XP computer, and install it in the new Windows 7 computer to create a "dual boot" machine? It seems it is possible to create dual-boot systems, but my...
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    Windows 7 Dual Boot Problem w/ Win7 & Multiple HDs

    I've spent quite a few days trying to install Win 7 in a dual boot enviroment with an existing Vista operating system. Vista came pre-installed on a large SATA HD that I reconfigured into 2 partitions (Vista on the 1st). Unfortunately, the OEM cabled the drive to one of the middle sequenced of 6...
  10. Windows 7 DualBoot Question.

    Well, i know that Windows 7 can be installed with Windows Vista if you install the old one first and later Windows 7... Actually i have on my PC Windows 7 Build 7077, and i need to install Windows Vista to play some games that aren't working on 7. But i don't want to format drive to install...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 won't recognize other partitionI

    I'm dual booting XP and 7 on my laptop and ran into an issue. It installed fine and I'm happily using it, however Windows 7 can only see the partition that I installed it on, it can't see the other partition that has all the XP data and all my other files. This in and of itself isn't a huge...