linux mint

This topic is targeted at Vista users mainly who may visit here only for Vista support. On April 11, 2017 support for Vista will officially end meaning that there will be no more security updates, no more official support from Microsoft period and you will be left with a unsecure OS. I highly...

I have dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint 18 in UEFI mode. I don't want to use GRUB (but I don't want to delete grub). I want to use Windows boot manager. I set Windows boot manager as first boot device in BIOS and I want to add new entry to windows 10 boot loader to boot into Linux. EasyBCD...

Hello to anyone reading this. I have a Win 7 64 bit 2012 laptop (HP). My main disk (A Toshiba 320GB) is currently a Dynamic. I want to shrink my Win 7 Partition (Simple) to make room for Linux Mint. Whenever I try to shrink, it can only shrink by about a Gig, and it says "The partition cannot...

Hey everyone! I have a Lenovo Ideapad with a dual boot to both Linux Mint and Windows 10. Unfortunately, a few components of this laptop have drivers that are not supported by Mint and I can no longer use the machine as I want, so I what I want to do is blow out everything on the box and do a...

I was running xp, until the windows/system32/config/system was found missing. I do not have the windows disk, but I do have a Linux mint 16 disk. For some reason it won't let me boot from DVD, I stead just giving the error message.

Hello everybody - and sorry if I posted this in the wrong place My issue is that my connection keeps leaving me. I can just be there on Steam or on YouTube and in the next half-hour, my connection changes to "limited connection". This issue is really troublesome, I have had it for the longest...

Hi! I wanted to know if I had a windows xp iso file what would be required to boot and install it from usb? What kind of boot info files etc. Currently i have debian wheezy on the machine. Thanks

Hello everyone, this is my first post on these forums. Recently I decided to dual boot Windows 8.1 with Linux Mint 17.1. While everything works fine, the boot screen sometimes appears corrupted. It's basically just random colored distorted lines. This doesn't really affect boot-up except from...

I am not a regular Linux user, but I was, some time ago, tempted to try Linux mint. One feature which really impressed me, was the package which allowed you to make multi installations of software, by selecting from a list. Looks like this is coming to Windows 10...

Hello ! I tried to install a myriad of DVDs or USB sticks Widows 7 that in the pc of my friends all go perfectly, in my case initially installing it goes, but then I get the following message: "FILE OR DIRECTORY D: DAMAGED AND NOT READABLE. RUN THE UTILITY 'CHKDSK " If I install another...

I have Linux Mint 16 Mate installed on a separate HDD. When booting up (using the F12 method to select HDD) into Linux I see the correct time. When I'm done in Linux and go back into windows my time is off by 5 hours, ahead by 5 hours. It's off in the BIOS as well in the OS. Go into the BIOS...

Well the clock is ticking XP folks, less then a month for now XP will be unsupported and you will have to choose what to do. If you want to keep your old hardware thats fine, as these alternatives are good if you dont like the fancy new Windows 8 or 8.1. Just keep in mind no OS will ever fully...

Consider this my nudge topic, since Linux here has been clumped together in this new section I am amking the best of it by making a controversial subject matter. But the truth is that I do think linux is better then Windows and here is why: 1 It is developed by communities: Microsoft values...

Im havingt problems with the resolution on my windows 7. I can only choose between to options 800x600 and 1028x768 what i want is 1368x768 i have tried looking for others in the advanced options but none of them are good. I have also tried changing it in the windows registry by going to...

I insert a CD containing the iso for installing Linux Mint. I get an error message: EDD: Error 3200 reading sector 455274 No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found! boot: I have tried 3 different versions of Min and all exhibit the same error. Any clues?

SOLVED: BSOD Win 7 Prem 64 bit; minidump file attached [I would have marked this thread as 'SOLVED' . . . but I can't figure out how to do it.] Hi. Attached please find my minidump file - Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit SP1, original install, Lenovo desktop with 8GB of RAM with AMD II X2 255...

Hi all I have recently gone from a satellite broadband connection which I had set up through a home network, to using a Sierra Wireless Aircard 753S on the Australian Telstra 3G network. Under my previous set up (Satellite internet through a Netgear Wireless G router - WGR614) I have a...

I have a PC with two hard drives, My main one is Linux Mint 12 and the second one is Windows 8 Consumer Review. Overall I like the way Win 8 works, but the fonts are not as sharp as on my Mint 12 hard drive. It's all the same video running off my HP 4400 workstation w/4GB RAM. I did the Clear...

I'm trying to shrink my primary Windows partition because I want to create a partition to install Linux Mint on. Well, when I go into the Windows Disk Manager and try to shrink the partition, it doesn't let me shrink it more than 32MB. I need quite a bit more space than that. After a little...

Hi, I used to have Windows 7 which works flawlessly... I used to have linux Mint 11 dual booting with Windows 7, I recently upgraded to Linux Mint 12 and from that upgrade I cannot see the windows 7 option in the boot menu.. I tried to reinstall the boot loader of windows 7 from the Windows 7 CD...