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Ok, thanks for your fast reply. Is there a way to make windows not split those (I plan to reinstall Windows on this PC anyway)? Yes -- but it's complicated. When you install Windows 7 or newer on a blank drive, it automatically partitions the drive to include a System partition, in effect, its own ...

Two things ... First, you said you need to share the Windows filesystem because you need to run some programs, but basically, Windows programs do not run in Linux. So, if that is the reason for sharing the filesystem, then you're wasting your time. Second, Windows 10 keeps it filesystem mounted even...

That's because os_prober, when looking for Windows OSs, looks for different file, and Win10 can sometimes split those files between two partitions, causing os_prober to "see" Windows in both partitions. To "fix" this, you have to go out of your way to manually combine all the files needed into a sin...

Any time you try to run an MS app, you need to read it's information page in the WineHQ site. This is the page for Outlook: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=34 And, as you can see, most of the ratings are really poor -- and the only rating for Outlook 2010 is for the...

Before trying to run any Windows apps or games in Wine, you need to check here to see if it has been tested: https://appdb.winehq.org/ Be sure to check both the version of the app and the version of Linux you are using -- as results vary by both. If the app/game is not listed, then most likely, it i...

... I went back to Linux and decided to mount and unmount the Windows disk from the Terminal. When I tried to mount the Windows disk (mount /dev/sda) I got the following message: mount: can't find /dev/sda in /etc/fstab. I tried mounting the partitions separately (mount /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2) but...

In my experience, Wine doesn't run MOST Windows apps, only runs a few well, and those are mostly REALLY OLD versions. For example, I think the latest IE version that works in Wine is v7; so I know that v11 is not going to work. You can check with this link to see if the app you want to run has been ...

How can I tell if I'm using the Intel integrated graphics or the Radeon card in my laptop? You have something known as Switchable Graphics in which the video processor being used is determined by the video demand --but this requires special video drivers to work, and those are generally ONLY availa...

Uh, one last question (hopefully) before I start . . . I live out in the country, no high speed, etc. so I have to use a Verizon USB 760 modem which installs the software when you plug it in. Is this going to work okay with MINT? Will I be able to get online to finish the setup? Most likely, that i...

I would second pressing the Esc key -- as what you are trying to do is open the Boot Options menu, not boot into BIOS Setup. That can also often be entered by pressing the F9 key repeatedly (on some laptops). If you DO get a Boot Options menu, don't be surprised if the USB "drive" is not listed -- a...

The term "wipe" refers to a process in which ones, and zeroes, or BOTH, are written to the drive to overwrite stuff that was previously there. It is this process that then prevents previous files, folders, and data from being retrieved using forensic software (regardless of the silliness you see on ...

Any hardware you buy today is going to be sadly out of date, possibly bordering on obsolete, within 5 years, not 10. Spending a LOT of money is simply wasting it, as within 5 years, for the same money or less, you would be able to buy a new PC with twice the memory, twice nthe speed, twice the disk ...

The simplest, and in my experience best, solution is to disconnect the HDD for the installation. Not only does this force the boot loader files onto the SSD, it also prevents them from getting written accidentally to the HDD. Then when you reconnect the HDD, just make sure you have the boot set to t...

The basic fact is that although it is much easier, in a dual-boot situation, to install Windows first, then Linux. that is not mandatory! The problem is, with UEFI installs, that you have to modify the ESP in order to get Windows to boot, and I do not have the details on how to do that. It's not nea...

You can FORCE MR (using a cloning function) to do a sector-by-sector copy, but the default is just to copy the used space. And, once you have installed the FREE version on a Windows PC and created the Rescue Media, you can uninstall it -- as you can use the Rescue Media after that to do both backups...

Sorry ... but I disagree -- First, Something Else requires you to manually do partitioning -- and 99+% of folks out there don't even know what partitioning IS, let alone how to do it properly. Making that the default is going to frustrate LOTS of folks and turn the new ones away from using Linus. Se...

Hi everybody, I'm new to Linux Mint and I was wondering about what is the best way to run win apps on Linux? Is it better to go just with Wine or through PlayoOnLinux and how? Which additional program components, and how, help with the running of such apps (winetricks etc.)? There is no accurate ge...

Just make sure that whatever process you follow to install Mint, you do NOT use the Mint installer (or any other Linux tools) to shrink any Windows filesystem partitions in order to make room for Linux. Doing that will almost certainly corrupt the Windows filesystem, making it really hard to reboot ...

OneDrive is a Microsoft feature -- and a LOT has changed in the 3 1/2 years since the thread you referenced was written. Win10- 10 came out in late 2015 and has gone through several major complete revisions since then, and along with this, MS keeps changing OneDrive, as well. If you're going to use ...

My own experience has been -- Windows apps work best at recovery files from Windows filesystems; Linux apps, from Linux filesystems. Thus, in Windows, you need to do the following: 1) Download and install this utility on the PC: http://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story/recover_data_in_3_steps_with_minit...