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How to identify and delete Linux Bootloader/GRUB from my HDD?
Im using win 10 in my principal HDD.
I needed a dual boot with linux mint, which should be in my SSD, so I installed it. The problem is that it installed the BOOTLOADER in the EFI of my HDD and not in ...
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Linux no boot after cloning partitions
I had and old HP Compaq laptop I wanted to upgrade because the IDE HDD was dying inside. Previously I had set up a Windows XP / Lubuntu 14 dual boot on it. After cloning the drive with Rescuezilla to ...
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GRUB sees NVME SSD but Linux does not
The system was working then suddenly freezed and didn't boot up.
After some wrestling with power button it eventually started up but Linux stuck in initramfs cli. Guess this happend in the chroot ...
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Manjaro won‘t recognise nvme ssd
So I tried to dual boot with 2 nvme ssds however manjaro won’t recognise my 2nd nvme ssd.
In fact it won’t recognise any. I tried reformating it’s file system into pretty much everything and also ...
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BIOS not showing windows boot manager
So i accidentally removed my ubuntu partition and was prompt to grub rescue. My laptop was was not opening Boot menu for some reason at first so i just removed my ssd and putted in my pc to fix it ...
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Can you make "offline" ssd with grub
I have an SSD with Ubuntu where GRUB is located (I think it should be there because I installed grub when I was on Ubuntu). I also have nvme ssd with Windows, and another hdd used by that windows as a ...
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Unexpected boot menu option on RHEL 9
I have 2 SSDs on my laptop both 512gb. I have windows on one of them and today I installed RHEL for learning purpose on the other. I expected 2 options on my boot menu - one for windows and other for ...
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Grub does not load on boot after transfer of SSD drive to another laptop
I got two laptops of the same make and model, laptop Alpha and laptop Beta. Alpha runs a LUKS encrypted LVM of linux and is partitioned into three parts: Grub, swap, and the encrypted drive. It's been ...
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Windows inaccessible after NVMe ssd upgrade, but grub and Linux partition work fine
I have an Asus ROG Scar II Strix that had the stock 512gb NVMe ssd, which I have upgraded to a Crucial 4TB PCIe 3.0 M.2 ssd. On the original ssd, I five partitions, which I have cloned onto the new ...
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Fedora installed on M.2 sata ssd storage is not showing up
I installed an M.2 sata SSD (256GB) on my Dell vostro 5468 laptop. It detected fine in windows initially, and then I installed fedora on it. However after rebooting, I did not get a grub menu and also ...
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Laptop won't start when Ubuntu SSD is unplugged - move grub
I have a MSI laptop running on Windows 10, for work purposes, I have installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a SSD which works fine
When I turn on my laptop with the SSD plugged in, a menu appears where I can ...
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My PC won't boot after I format my HDD. I have a dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu on the SSD
Ok, so here is what happening. First, I had Windows and Ubuntu in the HDD. Then, I installed the SSD and installed both Windows and Ubuntu there too. Everything was working just fine (and the time to ...
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Dual boot with Linux and Windows 10
Currently I have Windows 10 installed on a SSD; now I'm about to add a new SSD and I want to install Ubuntu Mate on it.
As far I understand the Grub will make a dual boot in this second SSD so the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 slow boot time
From a "minimal" fresh desktop install of Ubuntu 20.04 (not a system / distro upgrade), I have very slow boot times.
I timed it at 1:36 (96 seconds) from OS selection on GRUB to the sign-in ...
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Fixing Grub, no partition
So I made some foolish mistakes that confused my computer altogether. In trying to install a second os on the same ssd, and not liking the end result, for the graphical user interface of that os was ...
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