Posts Tagged ‘Boot’

Dual boot Ubuntu/Windows XP?

Question by caymanivan711: Dual boot Ubuntu/Windows XP? Can someone that has Ubuntu and Windows XP setup to dual boot please go into there windows XP and do this. Right click My Computer>properties>Advanced>Start up and recovery settings>edit and copy the line of text under the [Operating systems] line that has to do with Ubuntu start up [...]

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by GPS - January 29, 2012 at 2:29 pm

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Q&A: How the HECK can I get CentOS or kubuntu to BOOT!!?

Question by David S: How the HECK can I get CentOS or kubuntu to BOOT!!? Please advise. Thank you. Best answer: Answer by SandyI do not know CentOS,. To get Kubuntu to boot run the intsaller, the Grub/KDE needs to be loaded into a boot.ini. In startup this is normally automatic. but with some WinXp [...]

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by GPS - September 25, 2011 at 3:24 am

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Windows 8 promises much faster boot up times

Are you one of those people who turns the machine off at night and on in the morning to clear out the cruft? Windows 8 feels your coffee-making pain Windows 8 will have much faster boot-up times, the divisional chief Steven Sinofsky has promised in a new blogpost on Microsoft’s developer blogs. To prove that [...]

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by GPS - September 9, 2011 at 12:52 pm

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How do i reinstall an Ubuntu boot loader?

Question by tae_kwon_do_freak: How do i reinstall an Ubuntu boot loader? Ok so i was trying to uninstall my ubuntu partition, but i accidentally repaired the Windows Vista boot loader. I need to repair the ubuntu boot loader so i can get on ubuntu and re-size the partition. HELP! Best answer: Answer by Oli UkI [...]

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by GPS - September 4, 2011 at 1:26 pm

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Create your own OS X 10.7 Lion boot DVD, USB drive or SD card

Posted by Ant on July 21st, 2011 at 11:32 PM  |  No Comments After downloading OS X 10.7 Lion from the Mac App Store, it might be a good idea to create your own boot disc or recovery drive. This would make it much easier to re-install Lion in the event that your hard drive fails. Yesterday [...]

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by GPS - July 22, 2011 at 2:52 pm

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How to i install ubuntu so that i can dual boot?

Question by Broseph: How to i install ubuntu so that i can dual boot? I want to install Ubuntu, and my computer has no partitions. But i want to keep XP, i don’t want to do a clean install. How do i set up the partitions, should i do it manually? How do i mount [...]

2 comments - What do you think?  Posted by GPS - July 3, 2011 at 5:25 pm

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How do I install Ubuntu 8.04 to my computer on a seperate partition but without the grub boot loader?

Question by Eric K: How do I install Ubuntu 8.04 to my computer on a seperate partition but without the grub boot loader? I want to use the default Windows Boot Loader to boot my Ubuntu installation. How do I do this? Best answer: Answer by zbalatDownload this: http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm Then read this: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-499904.html Good luck [...]

3 comments - What do you think?  Posted by GPS - July 2, 2011 at 3:25 pm

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How do i delete “Windows 7″ From Boot Choice?

Question by Jon Villanueva :]: How do i delete “Windows 7″ From Boot Choice? Here’s my scenario: I installed Windows 7 as a Trial thing and I’m done trying it. I reformatted the Drive with Windows 7 in it- but whenever i Reboot, It still gives me a choice between -Earlier version of Windows ( [...]

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by GPS - June 28, 2011 at 1:43 pm

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