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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...
    • Winfried
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    • backup clone cloning data recovery disk image fdisk file system linux live usb ntfs operating system partition questions ram restore storage swap system image usb windows 8
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  2. 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 reinstall 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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    • backup boot drive data recovery disk management drive configuration fdisk imaging installation operating system partition performance system image system requirements system reserved system restore tech support ultimate user query windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  4. 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 issues bootsect dell dos error fdisk file copy formatting hard drive installation linux tools low level format ntfs partition precision reinstall troubleshooting windows 7 windows server
    • Replies: 7
    • 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