Questions tagged [dual-boot]
For questions regarding the installation of two or more operating systems on a single computer.
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I'm having issues dual-booting eOS on a Macbook!
I've been trying to set up a dual boot on my Macbook Pro with a version of elementaryOS and the current version of macOS using rEFInd, but I've been having some issues and I'm not sure where the ...
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Task Bar Randomly Disappears On Reboot (Resolved)
Randomly, if I boot my system, on the login screen the task bar will be gone. When I get pasted the login screen the taskbar is still gone. The only way I can reboot is by holding down my power button ...
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Can't install eOS to my external HDD via live USB
I've been trying to install eOS for around 3 days now, I'm probably missing something big or I'm just a big retard.
I'm trying to install to my external hdd. So, I've tried to boot from a USB and ...
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I dual booted Elementary OS and Mint and now when I go to use Elementary OS it goes to the BusyBox screen
I dual booted Elementary OS and Mint and now when I go to use Elementary it goes to the BusyBox prompt. I don't want to reinstall because I don't want to lose my files. GRUB is seeing the partition ...
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Wifi issues on Elementary
I am not very familiar with Linux OS. I just installed elementary on my Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro Win 10. I have 2 issues:
1. Boot option screen: you could hardly read it the options, very small characters???...
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When I upgrading my elemenry os its shows me this computer has only 17.9mb space remaining
I recently dualbooted elementary OS 5.0 Juno with windows 10.its working fine and i love this os. But when i uograding my system its shows me "this computer has only 17.9mb disk space remaining, ...
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Windows 10 not showing in grub after elementary OS installation
I had Windows 10 installed on my drive now I installed elementary OS on a separate partition on the same drive. Both are on EFI system. The grub menu is not showing any option to boot to Windows only ...
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Black screen flickering on boot
I had the OS for a few months now. There was an issue couple of months ago where the OS will drop to (initramfs) which I fixed with a command that I found in the ubuntu forum.
Worked well for a while ...
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making my iso file bootable?
How do I make the downloaded ISO file on my USB drive bootable so i can install it? I have downloaded the ISO file and do not know what to do next to install it and make it dual boot with windows 7.
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Wifi always disabled in Elementary Juno [closed]
Here is some information:
lspci log:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel ...
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Speakers make a pop sound on boot [Huawei MateBook D 14 Ryzen EU-Version]
so I recently bought the notebook and I am currently dual-booting Windows 10 and ElementaryOS 5.0. The system runs flawlessly except for when I boot into elementaryOS my speakers make a loud pop-noise ...
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Stuck on grub screen
Last week I Dualbooted elementary OS alongside windows, and it worked perfectly fine. Today, when I wanted to boot my pc, it got stuck on a grub command line screen. My keyboard doesn't work, I can't ...
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Cant boot to Windows 10 after installing eOS
This is on a 2012 MacBook Pro.
I followed what I think is the normal process - Installed windows 10 and then elementary choosing to install side by side.
Elementary boots up fine, but when ...
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end kernel panic - not syncing vfs unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0 0)
I have installed in a notebook with windows 10, everything was fine until yesterday i updated the system from the appstore. When i try to boot today i have this messagge error : end kernel panic - not ...
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Problems with installation (beware: noob level over 9000)
Reposting here from reddit
Hi everyone, Noobity McNooberson here.
So, next semester I'm supposed to start a programming class and I'm very excited for it, so I thought I would install a linux based ...
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Issues dual-booting Elementary Freya and Windows 10
Have installed Elementary OS per the official instructions, and it never shows GRUB but rather boots straight into Windows. Here's a non-exhaustive list of what I've tried so far:
Turn off quick boot ...
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Elementary crashes router when plug in Ethernet cable; Windows, no problem
I've already tried this more than twice. I can connect my laptop via Ethernet cable to the router on Windows, but when I do so on Elementary, the router instantly crashes and reboots. I can use WiFi ...
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Elementary won't connect to internet with dual boot
I have a dual boot with Windows 10 and Elementary Loki. Internet has always been faster on Windows (which I've wondered about for a while), but now Elementary no longer connects.
The internet icon ...
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I can't Modify files and folders in othger Drives like C:
After Installing elementary OS as a dual boot on windows 10 i can't access files and folder on C: drive and other drives , all files and folders have a lock icon in them
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Disk Encryption Juno/Windows 10 - Dual Boot from separate hard drive
I have two separate drives with Window and EOS Juno.
I'd like to encrypt both systems but want to avoid any booting issues.
Any recommendation how this can be achieved?
Model: SAMSUNG MZVLB512HAJQ-...
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Computer won't load desktop after logging in?
My computer won't login completely past a black screen with mouse pointer after login. Everything was fine until I updated now I'm missing the clock/calendar from the bar, programs suddenly missing ...
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Trying elementary OS without installing options get stuck in black screen dual boot Win 10
I'm trying to install elementary OS on a Lenovo IdeaPad 330S
I did follow the steps for Ubuntu:
Removing the fast boot option from windows 10
Disable the boot secure
then when booting from the ...
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Installer not listing disks
I'm trying to triple boot my MacBook 15,1 using these instructions. I have of course mac (latest) and windows booting but I'm failing to install latest Elementary OS.
I burned the iso to a usb stick. ...
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Problem Installing elementary OS 5.0 Juno
Well i was using Mint on dual boot with Witndos 10, so i wanted to remove Mint and install eOS with Windows.
I've been trying to install for a long time using a DVD, but every time that i finish ...
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dual boot problem
Im trying to dual boot elementary with windows 10. i can only boot into elementary and when i click on the windows option in grub it just reboots. i think its because i don't know what to chose in "...
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Unable to boot the OS - namespace lookup failure
Hardware: Lenovo Y700 (i7-6700HQ, 8GB, 960M)
Setup: Dual Boot with Windows 10 on an HDD.
Worked fine for a couple of weeks. Now it falls down to a shell every time I try to boot the Linux. Windows ...
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Stuck with windows Automatic repair loop after installing eOS alongside Windows 10
I recently installed Elementary OS alongside my windows 10 PC. After successfully installing eOS I can't boot to Windows 10. I click on the option to boot to the partition that windows 10 is installed ...
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Elementary OS Juno and Windows 10 dualboot time is wrong. RTC time is not changing to local
I installed release Juno recently. I used to have Manjaro before. timedatectl set-local-rtc 1 worked perfectly in Manjaro. It is not working in EOS. I am dual-booting with Windows 10.
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How to add more space to the elementary OS partition from the Windows one?
I dual boot elementary with Windows 10 on my laptop. When I was installing the OS, it let me choose how much space to get off of the Windows 10 drive but now that space is running low and I want to ...
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Less disk space than provided by dual boot
Sorry for the vague title, couldn't think of anything better.
I've bought a laptop about a month ago with Windows 10 pre-installed on it. Then I had decided to install elementaryOS alongside it. ...
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How to set up GRUB - Dual Boot of Windows 10 & elementary OS
I have an SSD with Windows 10 on it, a HDD to go along with it with just data, and now an SSD with elementary OS on it.
During the installation i had some problems, so unplugged the SSD of Windows 10, ...
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Problem with installing Grub, after eOS installation.
so i was trying to install elementary OS Juno on my laptop Lenovo ideapad Y700-15 isk and i had problems with Grub installation after whole process which made me unable to boot up eOS. I had same ...
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Cannot install eOS 5.0 from usb (list of tried solutions inside)
I'm trying to install elementaryOS on my Lenovo 80xc.
I downloaded the elementaryos-5.0-stable.20181016 ISO.
I put it onto my USB using universal usb installer.
I go to boot select on startup, choose ...
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Dual boot issue
When I installed Juno, I already had Win7 and Loki running. I wanted to replace Loki with Juno but was not given that choice. It was "run alongside" or "replace all." Now I have all three running, ...
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Quick info (for peace of mind)
I'm pretty sure if I shrink my HDD to leave some unallocated free space and then try to install ElementaryOS alongside my W10, it will just use that free space, and create everything it needs from ...
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completing the installation process
I am trying to create a duel-boot Apple iMac, using Mac OS on the internal drive and Elementary on an external drive. I've gotten a bootable version on a USB thumb drive and explored the Live View, ...
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Dual boot redirecting to windows 10 instead or OS choice
I had windows 10 in my lenovo V110 laptop, Legacy BIOS.
Then I installed Loki alongside windows in another XFS drive. Now after installation, whenever I start my computer, windows 10 opens directly ...
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Broken elementary os after low disk space warning
After installing (with no issues) EOS several weeks back, I was learning daily how to use it on a dual boot Windows 10 laptop.
One night I was notified of low disk space, with something like 1 mb ...
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Messed up my first install, any tips for the next try?
I have just tried to install elementary as a dual boot alongside windows 10 on my new XPS 15 and it was a bit of a train crash.
After some issues with Dell specifically, see here - elementary install ...
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dual boot mac OS problems
So I did a dual boot on my Macbook Air, or at least I thought.
I partitioned the hard-drive and used Etcher to install Elementary from a flash drive.
The installation went well, except I cannot ...
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Partition Issue (Using unallocated space)- GParted
So I previously used dual-boot and had windows and linux running but decided to switch to only Linux (elementary OS). The unallocated space was from deleting the partition for my windows. I am now ...
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Unable to boot from live-USB: black screen with a white (non-blinking) underscore
I've completely removed the stock OS on my new laptop and successfully reinstalled it with the latest Windows 10 64-bit (Redstone 4) MSDN ISO (erased all partitions, Win10 setup automatically ...
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Entering elementary OS directly
I installed elementary OS alongside Windows 10, now every time grub menu will show up my PC startup.
Can I enter elementary OS without choosing it? and how can I boot Windows 10 if elementary OS ...
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Dual boot with Windows 10 - Windows resolution stuck at 800x600
I installed elementary OS in my Asus Vivobook S15 with 2GB NVidia MX150.
Everything is well with elementary OS. But Windows - there is a problem.
If I change the UEFI settings for Windows Boot Manager,...
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Dual boot with Windows 10 on external drive not working
I successfully installed Windows 10 Pro on an external SSD connected to a USB3 port. This was done using WintoUSB software that mimics Windows to Go. I could then connect the drive to either of two ...
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Installing Windows alongside elementary OS
I am fairly new to elementary OS and Ubuntu/Linux. I would like to install Windows alongside elementary OS and do a dual boot system. I have found some posts on it but they are older then two years ...
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elementary OS installer crashes
I'm running a Lenovo Yoga 720-15IKB. Trying to dual boot elementary OS with Windows10. At pretty near the end of the installation process when everything is being installed, it just crashes. It gives ...
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System time is not synced with windows
I have a triple boot operating systems with windows and two linux. each one of them are having different date and times. if I updated at one, then other two's values get messed up.
How can I fix that?
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Can't do dualboot with Windows 10, options missing
Tried to install elementary OS the same way I used to before - Leave free space at the time of Windows installation and then just split it up during elementary OS installation. But now there's no ...
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Hard drive not seen by elementary's installer
This is similar to this question.
While trying to install elementary OS as a dual boot to existing Windows, the elementary's installer does not "see" the target HDD:
It can only see an external HDD (...
