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Should I just suck it up and use a VM? I think it is upto you. I do not use VM so not much comment Will installing another Windows OS on my Windows HDD screw with the bootloader and prevent me from seeing my Linux HDD? In a msdos/legacy system, installing Windows OS on existing HDD will usually hav...

I suggest you check the hard disk partition first.

To do this, please boot computer with DVD or USB of LM.iso, then open a terminal, type a few commands, copy the output of the terminal and paste on this forum:

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here is a link for you
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... ct/windows

@wayne128:I just wanted to clear up any misunderstanding.... ;) Fred Hi Fred, Thanks for your post too. I read title.... and responded... On second read, yes, you are correct , the OP wants help on how to install in Virtual box, which does not require a preparation of bootable-USB-flash...all he ne...

I copied and paste my old post below. Re: How to create Win 8 bootable USB Postby wayne128 » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:44 pm arturas_f wrote: Also it says now that it is a UDF volume. Any thoughts how can I make bootable USB WINDOWS 8.1 using Linux Mint? The best and reliable way is to use Windows OS with...

The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H, Corsair 650w psu, and an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro My agenda is to get the fresh install working as neatly as I want it to, and then drop the old drive and Vista altogether if i can do without it . If this all works out I will invest in a new mother...

Does the MATE desktop run on any other distributions? Mate desktop is generic... Many distro have Mate DE Taking from http://mate-desktop.org/ Which distributions support MATE? MATE is available via the official repositories for the following Linux distributions: Arch Linux Alpine Linux Debian Fedo...

i want have a 500gb hd i want to partition so i can choose to boot either Mint, Gentoo, kali or windows (for when i get it). Very well. Multiboot.. can someone help me to partition my hd properly? There are as many partition scheme as the number of people responding to your questions. This is just ...

I suggest you do this one step at a time. 1. Repair your Win7 boot without Linux HD, use Win7 DVD and repair it. test to be sure your Win7 is now working. alternatively, you can try to repair your Win7 boot by using Linux DVD/USB What you can do is, boot and select Linuxmint. Assuming you have inter...

With Mint HD remove, leaving only Windows drive, can you now hit the boot menu key and get into boot menu?

How much should I shrink the C drive? I read I should shrink it by at least 10 GB, but how much would be the best? I have 397 GB free of 453 GB. You have lot of space. The size of Linux OS depends much on your own use. If you just want to play with it for learning, then 10G is good enough. if you a...

I bought a new laptop that came with Winders 8.1 (yuck!) but I decided to keep it for later upgrade to Win 10, and install Mint 17 beside it. The instructions I used were not too clear, and I ended up installing it fine in Legacy mode. This works, but to get to either one, I need to go into the BIO...

My main computer is a Dell Studio XPS9000. Drive 1 has win 7. Drive 2 has Linux Mint. I can tell the bios to boot into drive 1 or drive 2 and I have chosen drive 2 (Mint) as my main computer HD. Before I attempt to install win 10 on my drive 1 will it affect my drive 2 and my ability to boot into d...

Hi Guys, frustrating stuff :-) I tried running "Boot-repair" again in Live USB Mint, which asked me to run Terminal commands, the last command resulting in this Error: mint@mint ~ $ sudo chroot "/mnt" apt-get install -y --force-yes grub-efi-amd64-signed shim-signed linux-signed-generic Hi EdQld, I ...

:D Thanks for that advice. I can't quite see how to get easyBCD to control the MBR. When I reboot the grub menu still comes up and Linux Mint is the first entry. I can't see any references to Linux in the EasyBCD program window, presumabmy that's because it is looking at the MBR, but how do I get t...

If you have a dual boot where Grub is on a separate disk to Windows then Windows won't upgrade (fails with "Something went wrong") unless you set your BIOS to boot the Windows disk first , obviously using the standard MBR boot code on the Windows disk instead of Grub. After the install, you can set...

System 2. Multiboot Win7 /Linux with two hard disks. grub version : grub-install (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-23 Win7 boot manager: EasyBCD. MBR controlled by EasyBCD. Observation, With MBR controlled by EasyBCD, each time when I boot computer, I would need to select a Linux OS to boot from Windows BCD like st...

Just a record for reference. System 1. Multiboot Linux / Win7 on Single Hard Disk. Grub2, V1.99-27+deb7u2, controlling MBR Win7 has EasyBCD as boot manager, however, it does not control MBR. Observation, As Linux's grub2 is controlling MBR, each time when I need to run Win7 I would need to select Wi...

I have just upgrade one of several Win7 machine. No regret, it is very simple , intuitive, and it just works. I have spent only 10 minutes to play around, not much trouble to orientate and get to work almost immediately. Just one note, I did this first one on a multi-boot machine, two hard disks, tw...

You change Windows HD from internal to external via USB.

Win7 OS does not work on external HD.