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    Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277

    Happy Diwali for the Indian Windows Insiders who are celebrating! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18277 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. REMINDER: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be painful for...
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    Windows 10 Cannot boot from USB or HDD

    So I am trying to dual boot windows 10, but I cannot boot from any usb or hdd I install it on. I have used the media creation tool, on two computers, and 3 different usb's. But I get the error as follows: Due to this I am unable to install any copy at all. Please help it's starting to piss me off!
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    Windows 10 Formatted EFI partition when installing Linux

    Hello everybody! As the title suggests, im in a bit of a rough one right now. I am not sure of this, but I am pretty sure I screwed my Windows bootloader on my machine. I can't speak in boot lingo since I don't exactly know what to call everything, so I'll do my best at exlaining the situation...
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    Windows 10 Need to fix boot loader. Can't boot into windows

    I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my HDD and it asked me to format full drive. So, I backed up my data on my friend's drive and formatted mine and installed Ubuntu but then I came up to a point where I couldn't work on Ubuntu any more. So, I decided to reinstall Windows back. So, I booted in using my...
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    Windows 10 Script Dual Boot Win X Linux cuidado

    Olá! Net hum Já corri Muito sem Sucesso. Agora recorro AOS senhores para ver a possibilidade de Solução. Abaixo o meu Problema APOS execução dum Roteiro, Não Saiu Fazer meu Computador MESMO APOS formatar o nota Fazer zero: bcdedit / set {} bootmgr Caminho \ EFI \ ubuntu \ grubx64.efi Como Posso...
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    Windows 10 Dualboot removed-Final configs

    Hi guys, I've have successful removed a dual boot and booting ok win10 after rebuild mbr and removing linux partitions. However, I have 4 partitions at this moment and I would like to know if I can delete some without causing any issues to win10. Thanks in advanced. Sent from my Nexus 6P...
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    Windows 10 dual boot (EFI) - windows 10 erases other entires

    I'm trying to set up a dual boot of windows 10 and Fedora 27. On every boot to windows, the windows removes fedoras boot entry (the windows update blue screen shows up at the start of the boot if the entry exists). Used the same dual boot setup over a month ago, worked fine through updates for...
  8. Prashant009

    Windows 10 Bootmgr is missing.

    SO I used Kali Linux live usb, and I thought live usb would not erase windows but it did. I need help and any solution by which I can use Kali Linux as a live usb and not getting Windows wiped out. Thanks!
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    Windows 7 How to install additionally Win 7 onto a system with Win10?

    Assume I bought or got a desktop/notebook with a pre-installed Windows 10 system. The hard disk is either MBR or GPT based and contains the typical partition scheme with Windows Recovery partition, Efi System partition, Microsoft reserved and Windows 10 main partition. Now I want to...
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    Windows 7 What would stop a computer from Shutting down/rebooting?

    My computer refuses to Shutdown/Reboot. I exit Windows (64bit Win7 Home), it goes through the normal shutdown process (exits windows, goes through "Shutting down" message, the screen goes black,) but the computer never shuts off. Lights & fans stay on (as does the Num Lock LED on my keyboard.)...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 malfunction?

    My desktop runs with two hard disks. On each of them a Windows 10 version is installed. Recently one of these versions started to function properly. A lot of programs do not work anymore but others do. For example the Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel etc.) function well. The connection...
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    Windows 10 Unallocated drive space - wont move into C: drive

    I want to provide a lot of space for a Linux Mint distribution to run on the windows pc, having first set up a dual boot system. I had a D: drive with 800MB of space not being used. I deleted the D: drive and that space became "Unallocated". Following the instructions, I should be able to click...
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    Windows 10 Can you have multiple operating systems on a Windows PC?

    I'm on a Windows 10 high end laptop. I have the C drive and also D, E and G drives. G drive is a USB 2TB Seagate. Is it possible for me to install a Linux distribution on the G drive (or the D drive) and run this instead of the Windows 10 installation?
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 broken after Linux install.

    Hi! I tried installing Debian 9 on my Windows 7 laptop this morning and have managed to break my Windows. I'd like to have it set up so I can choose which OS to boot from at start up. I used the Debian GNU installer to partition my hard drive and install. I am able to start Debian from GNU GRUB...
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    Windows 10 No Windows option after dual-boot

    Hello everyone. So couple of days ago I was given college project that needs to be done in Linux OS. I googled it a bit and decided to do dual boot on my Windows 10. I found some youtube tutorial and did everything (?) correctly. However, after restarting my PC, no Windows option is shown. Only...
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    Windows 7 Install Windows 7 on preinstalled Windows 10 laptop

    Hello there Windows fans.... Apologies if this post already exists, please feel free to delete and refer me. I have a laptop that came with Windows 10 preinstalled. I would like to install Windows 7 but keeping 10 maybe for a later date. Can anyone suggests the best and safest way to do this...
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    Windows 10 Dual Boot Windows 10 and Windows 7: Tips for Partitioning a 600 GB Drive

    I have a 600 GB hard drive and run Win 10 -clean install. I would like to use the Windows 7 the pc came with. Can I shrink the drive by 100GB and install Windows 7 on the new partition I would create without hurting Windows 10? I have never done this before so could use a few tips.
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    Windows 7 Create "System Reserved" partition on second D: drive.

    Tried installing Lubuntu on my D: drive which contains only files, no OS! But when i selected this drive in the boot options got message "Bootmgr is missing". Lubuntu gives the option to select which partition should contain the "Bootmgr", and i selected the same partition for the OS to be...
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    Windows 7 Trivial question as i'm scared of partitioning D: drive.

    I'm scared of partitioning D: drive to install Linux. My most important files are backed up in the cloud but have loads of stuff i don't want to loose. The process went fine for my C: drive which already had windows 7 in it. Should i expect a similar scenario for my D: drive?
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    Windows 7 2nd partition not showing in BIOS boot selection.

    Hi, Have an Asus P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT. I created another ntfs partition on my ssd C: drive. It is is to install Linux Lubuntu. My idea for a 2nd OS is purely for rescue purposes so i can access internet from lubuntu and try to fix windows or reinstall it without having a dedicated usb with...
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