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I want to dual boot my laptop with Ubuntu and windows. I'm quite worried that if this gaming performance on Windows. Suggest what to do!
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Hello, I hope someone reading this might be able to steer me in the right direction of fixing my current issue. Thanks in advance, too! I have a Hackintosh with a GeForce GTX 680, which runs awesome and very fast on Steam Games. Recently, I've decided to install a boot of Win 10 - It's all running well - EXCEPT! The steam games are VERY VERY VERY Laggy, choppy, and so slow. Even the same games I've played on the mac. Now, I've already installed the web drivers for NVIDIA & CUDA. I'm just not sure what else to try - it's as if the games aren't running off my graphics card. Which is strange, because my GeForce Experience application says it's running.. ? Strange! Any bright ideas out there?
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I have a HDD from a laptop that has Linux already installed on it (laptop 1). I'd like to pop that HDD into laptop 2 with an HDD caddy and dual boot to windows 10 (currently on laptop 2) and Ubuntu (currently on hdd from laptop 1). The problem I'm having is that I'm not sure how to get it so it asks which drive to boot into on startup (I think that's the grub 2 menu but I'm new to this) I CAN boot into the Ubuntu drive on my desktop pc if I disconnect the windows SSD before startup but if they're both connected, it just boots to windows. UFEI also only shows the windows SSD under boot options. The drive with Linux already has some files and projects on it that I'd rather not move anywhere which is why I don't want to do a fresh install of Linux on that drive once it's in laptop 2. Happy to hear any solutions! Thanks. -
I've decided to finally dual boot linux, rather than running it on just my laptops and in a VM. I cleared my SSD to 50% so I could give it a 64GB partition, but when I went to create the partition, it only let me make one up to 2 gigs. I thought maybe it was to due with where the files are and how fragmented my SSD was. I opened Defraggler and it's obviously a mess, I ran the optimize task to see if maybe that'll help, but it ended up just bringing my potential partition down to 0 mbs. Obviously you aren't supposed to Defragment your SSD, and even when I tried because, it shouldn't really cause much damage, it estimated 12 hours and kept growing. Anyone know of any ways around this or methods I could use to better fix this? It's an SSD, it's not like fragmenting it will really slow it down. But the datas all over the place I can't partition.
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So my Lenovo Ideapad 310 won't boot to windows, I tried resetting using the OS's own Reset PC feature but the process fails all the time with no explanation why. I suspect this all started when I switch the laptop off after it hanged. The only reason I'm able to type this is from a live session of Ubuntu Linux. The Windows OS came with the Laptop when I bought it and I'm thinking of just erasing the whole hard drive and installing linux instead but I don't want to lose the OS since it's a licensed OS and it would be a waste to just erase it and I might have to come back to install it some time in the future. I did however, manage to snap a picture of the pre-installed OS license from the BIOS, along with UUID and Key ID. The license Key is only 10 characters long and comparing it to a googled Windows 10 CD key, it's too short so I'm not sure if this is the correct key. Can I just download a copy of windows 10 and use this shorter key instead or do I need the original CD the manufacturer used so the License key and disc will match? Also, if I replace the OS completely, will this ruin my laptop's ability to boot? I don't know much about UEFI but the laptop has a setting in the bios to switch UEFI to legacy. I've heard that UEFI prevents installation of other OSes other than windows. So I'm not sure how those things are going to affect each other. So my options are: Erase entire hard drive and replace windows with linux at the risk of losing the licensed windows. Dual boot ubuntu and the unbootable windows 10 at the risk of having boot problems. Erase the preinstalled windows and install a fresh copy using the CD I used on my desktop build. But this means I'll be using the same license as the desktop and I'm sure there's going to be a problem somewhere down the line and potential boot problems, I think. Note: I'm sure the hard drive still works since I was able to copy my data to an external usb hard drive via Ubuntu live session. And which OS is better for web development as that is the type of work I do with my laptop?
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Hi, I have 2 hard drives on my pc. I installed windows on one and Ubuntu on the other. I don't use Ubuntu anymore so I want to remove it. Since I have 2 OS in 2 seperate hard drives, I am not feeling safe using the methods shown on YouTube. So can anybody help me out?? A bunch of thanks in advance ?
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Would it be possible to dual boot Android and windows on a tablet now that windows supports arm processers
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Good morning. For the last few years, I've been running two installs of Windows 10. One for work, and one for gaming. Each on a separate SSD. The work SSD installed internally. The gaming SSD run via a SATA Dock built into my case, and remove when not in use. (The dock had a direct SATA connection to my motherboard, so speed was not affected) I did this by starting with the work SSD. Getting all programs and updates installed, then cloning that install over to the gaming SSD, and installing my games from there. Minimizing all the extra work of having to reinstall everything again. I never set up a dual boot menu, as when I wanted to run the gaming SSD, I'd just select that drive to boot from when I turned on my PC. The SSDs are 500GB each, and both use a 3TB mechanical drive for file storage. This setup worked fine for about 2 years. But recently, I've had to wipe and reinstall Windows on the work SSD multiple times. Sometimes when running the gaming SSD, it would complain about hard drive errors from the other Windows 10 install (The work SSD). Eventually, when booting gaming SSD, it'll run chkdsk on the work SSD. And it's usually at that point when I need to wipe and reinstall windows again. It'd just simply refuse to boot in to windows one day. Just stuck on a loading screen forever. (This has never happened to the gaming install once.) Both SSDs are fine according to CrystalDiskInfo. So I don't THINK any of the flash chips on the work SSD are bad. I should also mention that every time I've had to reset the work SSD, it'd been running just fine for a month or two. Do you think something really is wrong with the SSD? Or did I set up this dual boot system the totally wrong way? And if so, how do I do it right? I'm hoping to stop this frustrating cycle right here. Thanks in advance. -
I have a Dell Inspiron 7460. I'm planning to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10. I had done a dual boot earlier but then I blew up my motherboard and hard disk so I have to do it again. My laptop went through a lot and these are the top 2 reasons how my hardware could have got damaged. 1. Survived a walk through light rainfall (laptop worked perfectly for a week, then my charger stopped working). 2. Was powered up by a 45W charger instead of 65W at high load (i bought a 45W replacement instead of 65W). Then the motherboard and hard disk blew up. But I have an even dumber question. Can dual boot cause hardware damage in any way? -
I'm building a Windows/OSX dual boot system soon, and I'm planning on partitioning a 1TB m.2 nvme ssd into two 500gb volumes for each operating system and some programs. I also want to install a 4TB secondary hdd. My question is, do I have to partition the hdd into two volumes in order for both operating systems to make use of it, or could they both access the same volume? It would be handy to be able to share files across both operating systems like that if it's possible. Thanks in advance.
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What is your fav distro for workstations, with a special interest in driver compatibility and stability? I had a mint 18 install on a Threadripper build that worked fine for a while but got borked when I changed some GPUs from Red to Green team. I could go back in and fix it but I wasn't in love with mint to begin with, so I thought I'd ask for some opinions. The system will be used for Boincing and Folding, Blender and Kayden, and the occasional Steam game and Flight sim. I do have a windows install drive in the system now but I am always trying new things and trying to learn more about linux in general. I use windows for work and when I have to for anything else. Thanks. -
So I have a custom build Windows machine and I also have a 1TB HDD lying around, anyway I can use clover to install mac os on the hdd and be able to dual boot?
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I asked about this late last year, but it hasn't gone away, so I'm re-posting about this issue. ---------- I have a PC with two installs of Windows 10 Pro on two separate SSDs. When I first built this PC, I was able to install and login to Steam on each one, and I'd always be signed in when I started either one.Recently, if I sign in to Steam on OS-1, when I next log in to OS-2, Steam will make me sign in again. The check box is checked to keep me signed in, but it no longer works. If I simply reboot back into OS-1, Steam remembers my login status. But forgets it when I switch to OS-2Each OS is totally independant of the other, and Steam shares no files between them.Seeing as both OS-es are on the same PC, I'm NOT looking for some way to be logged in on both at the same time. That's impossible! I just want Steam to keep asking me to sign in when I switch from one OS to the other.If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it! Thanks in advance!
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My friends and I have LAN parties sometimes and none have powerful enough laptops to run better games than Minecraft or Gmod. How would one run two installations of Windows on the same PC simultaneously? I’ve seen that LMG has done it before with their tri-VR i9 build, but I have no idea how to do it myself. Also, how would one use multiple input devices (keyboards, mice, etc.) without interference?
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Hi, I was wondering if it was possible to dual boot windows 10 and linux on a single laptop SSD. I currently have a Kingston 256gb SSDinside my lenovo ideapad 110 as well as a 1tb HDD (I forgot rpm) Is it possible to dual boot Windows 10 (primary os) and linux mint (secondary) on a single SSD? I have both boot sticks on hand but can't figure out way to have both bootable if it's even possible
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I recently replaced my dvd drive with a drive. My current configuration has windows installed on a 500gb ssd and linux mint 18.3 on a 1tb hard drive. I have already successfully dual booted the two operating systems. What I am trying to do now is partition the 1tb linux drive (with preferably an ntfs file system) and share that partition between both operating systems for general data storage. I already partitioned the drive in linux with gparted with an ntfs file system, but the new ntfs partition does not show up in windows. I have attached a screenshot from disk management in windows. If anyone can help me with a solution I would really appreciate it. I am used to windows and just started to get into linux.
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Let's say I built a PC and don't like running Win10 as the only base OS and have Linux permanently running in a fullscreen VM on another user's account when they sign in. It's glitchy, it's slow. Some of my family like Win10 and others like Linux. Is there a way that I can dual-boot into both OS' without restarting the PC every time someone signs into their account? Can there be a seamless transition between operating systems based on who you're signed in as? The system is an i5 quad-core with a GTX 1050, and a single 500 GB sata III SSD. Without using VM's (or using them, but efficiently), can it be done?
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A while ago I attempted to build a Hackintosh for the family computer. Aside from me and my dad, my whole family was used to our iMac and OSX. It got old, so I used my skills to build one rather than buy another similarly spec'd one for over $5000 or whatever. Plus, I got to do my one and only white build! It has an i5 quad-core and a GTX 1050. I failed, though. She settled for me just installing Win 10 so the kids could use it. I tried running it in VMWare Workstation, but it was glitchy and bad. Here's my question, is there a way that I can, not dual-boot into Win and Mac, but like, set them both up to have a seamless transition without having to reboot the PC? Like, assign each user to a different OS? I had something like that going, as when you were signed as any of my brothers, it was Win10, but when you signed in as my mother, the VM was automatically open and it went right into the OSX desktop. But like I said, it was glitchy and slow. Anyone ever done something like this before? It would mean that my Mom could actually use the office computer comfortably AND nobody else would have to settle for Mac!
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I have an oldish laptop (HP Envy m6 1125dx, i5 3210m, 256 GB SSD) that I have dual booted with Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (which I am loving over 17.10, I must say). My issue comes not from how to dual boot it, as it's already set up, rather it's HOW I have it set up. When I initially set it up, GRUB2 took over as my boot manager (as I expected), then a while later Windows took over and stopped showing GRUB2 at all. I found a ghetto fix on the interwebz somewhere that basically had me replace the windows boot file with the grub boot file, so the system boots to grub instead of windows (I can still get to windows, it's a bit of a process though). Here's what I would LIKE to be the case: Computer boots straight to GRUB2 without any shenanigans (replacing the windows file), then I can select Windows or Ubuntu. The wall I keep running into is that my laptop for some reason cannot change the boot order of things, it ALWAYS boots to that exact file, there's no option in the BIOS, and efibootmgr -o just ends up getting wiped on restart. I'm not sure what information is needed, so just ask and ye shall receive. I have some knowledge of how partitions work, and I think it might have something to do with the laptop looking at an mbr, and windows overwriting that, but I don't really know if that makes any sense.
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I've been dual booting windows 10 and Ubuntu for years and now I would like to use Arch instead of Ubuntu. The installation process goes fine until I get to installing the boot loader. It keeps hitting me with the error "warning: your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.. warning: Embedding is not possible. Grub can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are unavailable and discouraged.. error will not precede with blocklists" I have Windows 10 and Arch partitions on the same 500gb ssd and between 4 partitions (Windows 10, Arch, Linux Swap, and some weird 4th partition which I assume is a W10 recovery partition) only 2mb of free space is available. Could this be the issue? I thought the boot loader was installed on the root partition, but now I'm just confused. Please give any suggestions you think may help. Update: for the time being I reinstalled Ubuntu because I was so frustrated. I still would like to use arch. -
Hope this is the correct platform to ask this question. I own a Dell XPS 15 (2016) model with a 512 GB internal SSD and 16 GB Ram installed with latest windows 10 update. I want to dual boot my laptop with Ubuntu, but I don't want to install Ubuntu on the same internal SSD drive. I was thinking of buying an external Lacie SSD thunderbolt for Ubuntu so that I can connect it with Thunderbolt port and using it along with windows 10. Hence Dual booting in 2 different drive ( Windows 10 in Internal SSD, Ubuntu in External SSD). I want SSD for faster performance. I was using the Oracle VIrtual box on windows 10 for Ubuntu, but the performance is not what I expected. I can try to do it myself but it's a really huge investment so I am worried about damaging the SSD or my laptop in some way. My Questions: Is this a good idea? What are the shortcomings? Any disadvantages to laptop or external SSD? I know that External Drives have a shorter lifespan. So can anyone suggest any Desktop HDD/SSD which has a good lifespan? Is there any tutorial for this? Best way explained somewhere: A walkthrough maybe? -
I was recently trying to clear up storage when I saw my Linux dual boot partition and said to myself, "The last time I went on Linux was three weeks ago and it was to see if I can install Spotify. I don't need this." So I went and deleted the partition. The next time I booted up, I expected to have my PC just skip the grub, but instead, it went into a grub recovery screen. I tried changing the boot order to see if it was booting from a partition that didn't exist to change it, but it was booting from my SSD like it should be. Does anybody know the best way to get back to Windows in as little time as possible? Is there some sort of grub override? Thanks in advance! PC Specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d9CP3b -
hello everyone, iam planning to get a HDD Caddy for all my laptops, i am planning to do the following for each laptop: each laptop has one hdd and iam planning to install a 60gb SSD for the system and a hdd caddy instead of the cd drive so i end with 60gb ssd and 1tb hdd. now do yo guy think that this Caddy is good and will work great as in quality and lasting ? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/High-Quality-Universal-2-5-2nd-9-5mm-Ssd-Hd-SATA-Hard-Disk-Drive-HDD-Caddy/32618448549.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.1.6bd978199gSWA6&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10152_10709_10151_10065_10344_10068_5722815_10342_10343_10340_5722915_10341_5722615_10697_10696_10084_10083_10618_10710_10307_10301_10303_5722715_5711215_10059_308_100031_10103_441_10624_10623_10622_5711315_5722515_10621_10620-10622,searchweb201603_6,ppcSwitch_5&algo_expid=68bedf92-f66e-4b23-90d3-ce3746ea00dd-0&algo_pvid=68bedf92-f66e-4b23-90d3-ce3746ea00dd&priceBeautifyAB=0 Thank you all
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I currently have Windows 10 installed on my 128GB SSD (C:) and install my software and downloads are located on my 1TB HDD (D:) I would like to purchase another drive (E:) and install Windows 10 on it as well. Can I used my same license since it's the same PC and be able to switch between each OS at will? Also if possible I would like each OS to not recognize the other drive that has an OS installed. So (C:) can only see (D:) and (E:) can only see (D:)
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OK, so I have a laptop running Windows. It has 2 drives, one with Windows installed; the other is already partitioned. I want to install MacOS onto the second drive and dual boot, formatting everything on this drive is fine. There are a lot of tutorials out there but they are almost all about starting from scratch (installing both at the same time). So I'm kinda lost. I don't want to mess up Windows. Does anyone have a good tutorial for this?
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