This question already has answers here: How to use manual partitioning during installation? (6 answers) Closed 2 years ago. I have Windows XP on my first hard drive, and have installed a second empty hard drive. When I load the Ubuntu 14.04 installation disk and try to install, I chose Something Else to mean that … Read more
I have two drives 80GB and 500GB, I want to use 80GB for Windows 8.1 and 500GB drive for ubuntu 14.04LTS. I read lot of forums/tutorials, but I am confused someone using Primary for Swap, Root and Home and in some tutorials Logical etc etc. Please guide me what is the best way to create … Read more
I have a Dell Inspiron 3521 that came preinstalled with Windows 8.1. I decided to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows and till the last week it was working perfectly. But, since yesterday I am unable to use Windows as it is really slow. However, Ubuntu works fine and smooth. I ran the Dell ePSA test and … Read more
I am using a Toshiba Canvio Connect 2TB Portable Hard Drive on my Microsoft Windows 7 laptop. Also, I am testing Ubuntu Desktop by running it from my flash drive. I am planning to later dual boot Ubuntu alongside Microsoft Windows 7. Will the files on my external hard drive be deleted when I use … Read more
I am trying to install Ubuntu in a laptop with Windows 8.1, but after launching from a USB, I obtain the message “This computer currently has no detected operating systems”. I’ve seen a lot of similar problems in this forum, but all of them are solved in a similar way, as they are related with … Read more
I am running Windows 7 on my computer since I built it but a few days ago I was inspired to also try out Ubuntu. I managed to get Ubuntu installed a seperate partition and its running fine. The problem is on boot-up my computer instantly goes into Ubuntu and I have no option to … Read more
I have ubuntu 14.10 installed on a pendrive in legacy mode. I can use it to boot my desktop and tablet in legacy mode, but not UEFI. Is there any way to make it bootable in UEFI mode? For example, adding an EFI partition and copying grub2 to it? Thanks! Answer You’re on the right … Read more
i “accidentally” messed up the boot/efi folder when i was trying to replace it with one i had copied earlier(stupid I know) When i rebooted the computer i could not boot into ubuntu 14.04 nor windows 7, asking me to insert boot media. So now i’m trying to use boot repair, but it gives me … Read more
I am a long time user of Ubuntu and I’m trying to get it runnning on this pc with preloaded windows 8.1 I have disabled secure boot and dealt with UEFI, when I enter the BIOS I have moved CD/DVD boot first and hard disk to last. I have properly burned the ISO file having … Read more
I installed an partition image (Ubuntu 14.04) from another computer to my computer (previously Ubuntu 12.04) using clonezilla. The system partition on the other computer was sda1 and on my computer its sda4 (I have a multiboot system with windows, MBR, UEFI, SWAP on the other sda’s). After installing the image my computer cannot boot … Read more
