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    Windows 8 Couple of questions before cloning W8

    Hello I'd like to save an image of Windows 8 onto a second partition using Clonezilla, and have a couple of questions before proceeding: 1. Why does W8 create two partitions (350MB and 147.3GB) instead of just one? 2. When running fdisk in Linux, why does it display so many /dev/ramX...
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    • backup clonezilla cloning data recovery disk image fdisk file system linux linux swap live usb ntfs operating system partition questions ram disk restore storage system image usb drive windows 8
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 removing boot lloader/fdisk mbr?

    ok, so..... a guy that recently did a reinstall and included Ubuntu. now i have TWO boot loaders to deal with: 1. Grub (the linux one) and 2. windows boot loader so i have to select "windows 7" in the linux one, then it goes to the windows one where i select "windows 7" again. this is very...
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    • bcdedit bootloader dual boot fdisk grub mbr operating system reinstallation ubuntu windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Why does Windows7 create two partitions?

    [SOLVED] Why does Windows7 create two partitions? Hello I installed Windows7 Ultimate from scratch, and it warns that it might create a 100MB partition before creating a second one where the real stuff lives. This makes imaging more complicated. # fdisk -lu Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB...
    • Winfried
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    • boot partition data backup data recovery disk configuration disk management fdisk imaging installation operating system partitions performance single partition system image system requirements system reserved system restore technical support ultimate user query windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 How to Configure Bootmgr for Windows 7 After Formatting Vista Partition

    Hi all. I hope someone has the answer for this. 1) I installed Vista in the first partition of my hard disk 2) I installed Windows 7 in the second partition of my hard disk 3) Bootmgr and BCD directory are installed in the partition containing Vista. On booting I can choose perfectly. Now the...
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    Windows 7 GParted for clean install 7 ultimate 64bit?

    Is it enough, or should I go through the more traditional fdisk & format route? I'm getting nowhere with Ultimate 64. I reckon my bios is from sometime early 2008. Got it to install once, then after downloading 8 or so Windows updates, machine refused to restart. Everything in the PC is maybe a...
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    Windows 7 I removed Windows 7 now I cannot install anything else on the same PC

    I wanted to try the windows 7 beta build 7000, so I installed on my Dell Precision and all went well, I worked with it for a while, but I had to use the Dell machine for another task for which I have to install windows server 2003, I started by inserting the server CD, and it went through all...
    • techomando
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    • beta build boot issue bootsect dell disk drive error fdisk file copying format installation linux tool low level format msdos ntfs partition precision reinstall troubleshooting windows 7 windows server
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista XP Hard Drive not working in Vista

    Hi, Please advice me, I try to install 2nd hard drive in my HP Windows Vista machine. I took 500GB 2nd hard Drive from my old XP Machine and hookup in Vista machine first it didn't find any hard drive then I use disk management utlity and I can see hard drive but it ask me to run Fdisk before I...
    • ansinha1
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    • data recovery disk management fdisk hard drive hardware installation ntfs storage windows vista windows xp
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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