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I have a dying hard drive and a replacement drive (same model). What is the best way to copy the old drive to the new drive?
Its a dual boot setup - Ubuntu Karmic and Windows XP.
I really don't want to have to reinstall both operating systems and all ...
Started by srboisvert on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
If you can plug your new HDD in alongside.
Is fully capable of this and would be my first choice .
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I currently have a windows XP machine and two internal hard drives. I want to dual boot with Windows 7 on the second drive. I'll have the license for it in August. This will not be the release candidate.
I haven't dual booted before. What issues should...
Started by BenMaddox on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
As for dual and what you....
Makes keeping track of which HDD easier.
Use EasyBCD to set up the dual boot afterwards appears no matter which letter its been assigned.
That way you don't have to fear formatting it.
Drive.
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Hi everyone,
I've read the guide on dual boot but it looks like my scenario is a bit different and wanted to check if I understand what I need to do.
I have Windows XP and Windows 7 already installed on separate HDD. Reading the guide, this is what I ...
Started by hp22 on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at sevenforums):
Consider Visual BCD Editor - Windows 7/Vista which comes with automatic "Dual-boot Repair moving the Windows 7....
If XP installed later then it has taken over the boot process.
Created a dual-boot - nothing more to do.
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Hi everyone,
I'm trying to set up a dual boot on my X220, but can't seem to get it working.
I tried to follow the tutorials available on ThinkWiki about SSD partitions and optimization, but it didn't work.
Also, I'm a bit confused between MBR and GPT,...
Started by devplayer on
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by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at lenovo):
You on HDD?)
By the way, I'm not looking for the easy way to get it working, but the most efficient on the....
The partitions
No, you asked for an easy way to have a dual boot system, that's the easy way.
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I'm trying a dual-boot installation of Ubuntu 9.04 parallel to an exisiting Windows XP. On first Ubuntu boot I get a Grub error 18. As I already found out the reason therefore is a unfortunate combination of problems:
The Ubuntu partitions are at the ...
Started by desolat on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
There I set /boot as the mountpoint for the small partition and put the rest of the Ubuntu....
Then ran the Ubuntu Desktop installation and chose manual partioning .
A new small first primary Ext2 partition for /boot with GParted did the trick.
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Hi, I have a laptop, with no dvd drive (that i can locate anyway).
It runs XP with lots of other stuff on it, none of which I have original disks for, as the laptop was my work machine that was given to me after they gave me the bums rush we parted ways...
Started by noober69 on
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by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at overclockers):
Isntalling in dual boot mode.
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The simplest way to put my problem is that in DOS, I could solve it with "sys C:\" then FDisk to make sure the drive I want is Boot, Active and System.
Some years ago, I set up a 1 TB SATA drive to dual boot XP Pro 32 bit and 64 bit. Lots of things changed...
Started by McGrandpa on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at sevenforums):
Start Windows 7 DVD/CD and ....
Reconnect 640 GB drive to be first and only HDD.
See if you can access data there and backup
fscapture free download Disconnect 1 TB drive .
Later attach 1 TB drive as second HDD.
Windows 7 should boot.
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I originally installed Ubuntu 11.10 on the far left partition over the whole HDD. A couple months later I dual-booted with Blackbuntu 10.10 (far-right). When I dual-booted 10.10 it automatically set the root, swap, and home folder the way it is to the...
Started by optima4 on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ubuntuforums):
If you like to delete the partition sda....
Please pay attention to the messages in the file: there are parts that you .
Please pay attention to the messages in the file: there are parts) to start during boot.
Partition) to start during boot.
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I decided to swap my laptop hdd out today. Followed John's great article, everything went fine, all the files were copied and the HDD was made bootable, but when I put it in, the computer won't boot. The bios info comes up, the CD drive clicks and then...
Started by Jack.Sparrow on
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by 3 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at tnthelpforum):
Hard Disk Tools the drive when....
And I can't find the equivalent file for Win7 on the other drive .
Is it a dual boot ? XP Win7 ?
I haven't been in this position before normally that kind of thing happens dual boot with XP ..
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Before you Read this, please note that you may not be capable of running all the little shortcuts/perks I did/do with my setup. You are more then welcome to try everything I suggest and see the improvements for your self but due to being busy with school...
Started by Satnam1989 on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at macrumors):
4) Once I boot up for the first time a recovery thingy should with the 6gb....
Out a way to sleep the second HDD so my laptop is completely silent when I'm not accessing HDD since) and place that in the where my hdd is.
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