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• Questions on the Dual-Boot Linux/Win8 on Inspiron 15R

  I recently got a new computer Dell laptop, Inspiron 15R, and I want to dual-boot with Windows 8 and Linux. I'm not familiar with Windows. I use Debian based Linux flavors, but I've only used the 32-bit versions on PC with BIOS (not UEFI). I never put in place a system dual boot, I usually just run Linux and one at a time unless I am running from a USB key. The laptop is running Win 8, basically, as he came. I have not updated to 8.1 Win. I have not moved all the files on the laptop yet.

  Issues related to the:

  1. If I use "Dell Backup and Recovery", the reinstallation disks will allow me to do a completely clean install of win 8?

  2. relocation records re-create the configuration factory of partitioning and include backup partition?

  3. can I move the backup partition that is pre-installed in other media (I have 4 partitions for dual boot-Win8 need, root, / Home, swap)?

  4. can I leave the backup partition, have my 3 partitions for Linux, no Win partition and reinstall Windows from backup partition should I have to?

  5. can I choose what software is installed when I create/use the backup disks?

  6. can I add software that I installed when I create the backup disks?

  7. should I have the Windows product key to reinstall? If Yes, where is it? (no sticker on the bottom of the laptop)

  8. can I use the product key or from backup disks to run Win 8 in a virtual machine under Linux?

  9. can I run Windows on a Flash DRIVE (or SD) as I can with Linux?

  10. can I install Win 8 to an external hard drive?

  10. is it better to shrink the Windows partition and reinstall Windows on a partition?

  11. how small the Windows partition can be?

  12. Windows will be able to access the/home partition? If not, is there a way to set up a separate partition for/home on Windows, Linux can access? Or do the / Home partition readable for Windows?

  13. do not set up the dual boot somehow cancel my warranty on the hardware of the laptop?

  14. If I end up doing a boot of Linux and using Wine for Windows software, which will void my warranty?

  15 is it my laptop to change any empty not compatible equipment (possibly wireless card) the warranty on the material of the opening?

  16. given that the laptop came with Win 8, is it possible to install older versions of Win on it instead of 8?

  17. given that the laptop is equipped with Internet Explorer, can I copy this program and run it in wine? (It's really the software only Windows only, that I need, to test software)

  I'm sorry that there are so many questions, I always try to understand all my options before doing anything permanent. Thanks in advance for any help :)

  1. If I use "Dell Backup and Recovery", the reinstallation disks will allow me to do a completely clean install of win 8?

  No it won't be a "clean" installation This will be a facility of factory settings. i.e. Windows pre-installed drivers and preinstalled software such as McAfee. Make sure that you install Dell Backup and Recovery version 1.7.1.2 before using it. See here for more details:

  

  You need a DVD of resettlement to clean install, call Support Dell technique for her.

  2. relocation records re-create the configuration factory of partitioning and include backup partition?

  USB recovery will recreate the system partition.

  3. can I move the backup partition that is pre-installed in other media (I have 4 partitions for dual boot-Win8 need, root, / Home, swap)?

  You will have problems this, unless you can get several disks in your system and have a Linux hard drive and a hard disk of Windows separately.

  4. can I leave the backup partition, have my 3 partitions for Linux, no Win partition and reinstall Windows from backup partition should I have to?

  No it does not work like that, you will not be able to boot from the partition recovery making it useless. However, you can start Recovery USB.

  5. can I choose what software is installed when I create/use the backup disks?

  No, as mentioned previously this is not not a "clean" installation and drivers and software preloaded such as McAfee will be included.

  6. can I add software that I installed when I create the backup disks?

  Not unless you get a DVD to reinstall and then install all your software on 1 large Windows partition with nothing else on the disc, then use Dell backup and restore. Or you buy a premium version of Dell backup and restore.

  7. should I have the Windows product key to reinstall? If Yes, where is it? (no sticker on the bottom of the laptop)

  Integrated sound in BIOS here:

  

  8. can I use the product key or from backup disks to run Win 8 in a virtual machine under Linux?

  No, you cannot license is OEM and the virtual machine has a virtual BIOS which will be recognized as another computer. It will not work and you will have problems to activate product. Media created with DBaR does not work on a virtual Dell BIOS or not.

  9. can I run Windows on a Flash DRIVE (or SD) as I can with Linux?

  N °

  10. can I install Win 8 to an external hard drive?

  N °

  10. is it better to shrink the Windows partition and reinstall Windows on a partition?

  Its usually best to clean install. However, it is the DVD of resettlement.

  11. how small the Windows partition can be?

  It depends on how much you want to add. At least 20 GB however.

  12. Windows will be able to access the/home partition? If not, is there a way to set up a separate partition for/home on Windows, Linux can access? Or do the / Home partition readable for Windows?

  You can make a partition for Windows and Linux to share.

  13. do not set up the dual boot somehow cancel my warranty on the hardware of the laptop?

  No, the warranty is for the hardware and not software. Dell you normally would have to restore the system to factory settings if help you hollow troubleshooting Windows so only. They will still carry the material well.

  14. If I end up doing a boot of Linux and using Wine for Windows software, which will void my warranty?

  N ° Ditto as above.

  15 is it my laptop to change any empty not compatible equipment (possibly wireless card) the warranty on the material of the opening?

  He should be ok, as long as you don't damage it. Usually, these interchangeable parts are readily available. Confer with the user manual at the parts remove.

  16. given that the laptop came with Win 8, is it possible to install older versions of Win on it instead of 8?

  Windows 7 64 bit can be installed, but you will need a new Windows license unless it came with Windows 8.0/8.1 Professional (in this case, you can use downgrade rights to Windows 7 Professional). You may have trouble with older versions.

  17. given that the laptop is equipped with Internet Explorer, can I copy this program and run it in wine? (It's really the software only Windows only, that I need, to test software)

  I don't have much experience with wine, but it is not as simple as copying a .exe for IE11.

• I have install windows 8.1 and to use as a dual boot Linux, but linux not shown in boot pls help me

  Hi Acer, I use Acer V3 - 571G i5. I have install windows 8.1 64 and Linux 64-bit for use in dual boot, but linux not shown in boot pls help me. When I boot it shows only windows 8.1. In my computer the drive not present but is disc from the drive partion what linux installed shows as logical.

  Someone on the net says 'change the UEFI boot legacy '.

  but I can't have this option in my Woods, please help me where is and how to change...?

  You can't update 1.x to 2.x and you do not need.

  you just erase you the Ubuntu grub after windows 10 installation, follow the first link on the post of JordanB.

• Can I install windows 8 on a system dual boot (XP, 7) and keep the dual boot (XP)?

  Can I install windows 8 pro update on a system dual boot (XP, 7 ongoing) replacing of windows 7, but keep the dual boot ability so that I can run the XP apps that only seem to work on XP?

  Can I install windows 8 pro update on a system dual boot (XP, 7 ongoing) replacing of windows 7, but keep the dual boot ability so that I can run the XP apps that only seem to work on XP?

  Yes, you can use the installation of Windows 7 to qualify for the upgrade to Windows 8.

  You can then install Windows 8 on Windows 7 partition and dual boot with XP.

  For reference - if the computer had installed XP you could not dual boot with the help of an upgrade of Windows 8.

  In addition, to back up important data before installing a new operating system is recommended.

• Im just not getting the dual boot I want

  I have a dell that I installed a 2nd HD in 1720.

  I need to be able to boot either Vista or XP without that dreaded OS drive letter change.

  When I boot from vista... I get C: OS but when I boot XP I E: XP.

  A few applications that I have are not well written and require the explicit C.  So when I boot XP drive should list as C: and not E:

  I really need to keep each separated from each other, but be able to use the dual boot without having to tell the machine this disc to start off every time.

  Suggestions?

  http://www.syschat.com/dual-boot-Vista-XP-Vista-already-1946.html

  Above the way dual boot Vista and XP on separate hard disks, with Vista installed is 1.

  You have the choice whether you want to start Vista or XP.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• IM 10 atm installation initiated Preview and I want to know: is it easy to use the dual-boot functionality, if I have 2 hard drives

  Hello!

  IM 10 atm installation initiated Preview and I want to know: is it easy to use the dual-boot functionality, if I have 2 hard drives? I have win7 on my main drive (SSD) and I want to install 10 preview initiated a new partition on my 500 GB hard drive, I created. I'll have to change smth in the bios menu, or I will be asked to choose between win7 and win10 in a menu after boot?

  Yes, it's, it's just like installing Windows on another partition.

  To learn more:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-dual-boot-the-latest-Windows-build-with/9695dfc7-1C13-4D8D-B10B-587e78c6ac36

• BootCamp "preparation-auto-repair" after the triple-boot Linux install.

  Hi everyone and thank you in advance for your help, I'm pretty desperate here...

  I use a retina MacbookPro 13 "with dual-boot OS X el-captain and Win8.1 for years, with also a small third partition"shared file ".

  Today, I needed to install a small partition (ubuntu14), so I decided to take a part of the macOS (26g) of Linux Ubuntu partition.

  Everything went well during the installation process, but now I can only access my OSX. When starting with "command-key" Linux is not appear at all and Win8.1 goes to 'prepare-auto-repair' blue screen without other information.

  I tried to install refit or without success.

  Running diskutil list:

  disk0s2 is my OS X partition

  disk0s3 is my OS X recovery partition

  disk0s4, that's where I think I installed correctly Ubuntu14

  disk0s5 is my shared files Partition (worked between osX and win8.1)

  disk0s6 is my Bootcamp Partition of Win8.1

  

  Running diskutil list of cs:

  

  TPG - vv - r see the/dev/disk0 : running

  

  Running disk/dev/disk0:

  

  Thank you in advance to those who can help me on this.

  All the best,

  Yoln.

  In addition, with regard to this topic: 'not bootable after Ubuntu Installer Bootcamp. "

  I have the exact same blue screen when you try to run Win8.1, but I never see the reclamation / screen, only right boot to OS X, if I don't press any keys.

• Remove the Dual Boot Win 7 Options - after clean install SSD

  Hi people,

  I was wondering if you could help us?

  I bought a PC that came with an SSD (256 GB) and a (2 TB) HARD drive, but for some reason, the operating system was installed on the HARD drive!

  I finally sort myself and performed a clean installation of windows on the SSD drive and after some messing about with the pilots, he is now in place and works very well.

  However when turn on, I get two options of starting two Windows 7, one on the SSD and one original on the HARD drive (I can start if I wanted to right now).

  • How can I get rid of the old drive HARD install & boot options?
  • Is it too easy to delete the partitions in the Disk Manager & potentially adjust the MSConfig options?
  • This will also remove the files and erase the drive down or do I reformat or clean this player in some way as well?

  A couple of things that I was concerned compared...

  • Initially, I had some of my games Steam installed on the SSD, will it manually delete these or the windows install crushed the?
  • After the installation of Windows, a number of drivers were missing (including the network card). I used the Auto search function to find and use those of the old installation of OS. Delete/remove the old BONES will affect these?

  I am running Windows 7 Home Premium.

  Thank you

  Steve

  • How can I get rid of the old drive HARD install & boot options?
  • Is it too easy to delete the partitions in the Disk Manager & potentially adjust the MSConfig options?
  • This will also remove the files and erase the drive down or do I reformat or clean this player in some way as well?

  Yes, you can use msconfig to remove the HARD drive boot entry. Once this is done, you must manually remove the windows and program files (also Program Files (x 86), if you are using Windows x 64) files of the directory of the HARD drive.

  • Initially, I had some of my games Steam installed on the SSD, will it manually delete these or the windows install crushed the?
  If you have performed a clean Windows installation, with formatting, the files would have been deleted. If this isn't the case, you must manually remove the files.
  • After the installation of Windows, a number of drivers were missing (including the network card). I used the Auto search function to find and use those of the old installation of OS. Delete/remove the old BONES will affect these?
  No, it won't have an impact. Each installation of Windows is separated and none of them can affect the performance of others.

• After removing the Dual Boot, I can't delete the old partition

  Some time ago I installed an SSD and I have Windows 7 installed in Dual Boot with the Windows 7 system.
  So, I had two versions of Windows 7, which worked well.

  Now I no longer use the old system, I disabled the function of Dual Boot. I want to format the old drive, but it does not work because Windows still sees it as active system partition. In addition, I can't delete the partition.

  How can I format or delete the old partition?

  

  I already tried Msconfig, Bud that did not help. Default Msconfig begins with 'selective startup' and an operating system that is displayed in the Startup tab. When I select 'Normal Startup' there are two operating systems that are listed in the Startup tab. When I delete the old and reboot, it is back again...

  Who has the solution?

  (1) create a system repair disc (if you do not have an installation disk for Windows 7 for the version of Windows you have installed).
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-a-system-repair-disc

  (2) then remove the hard disk you want to format. Now try to start the remaining version of Windows. You should see a missing bootmgr message. Proceed to step #3.

  (3) Bootmgr is missing, message or black screen with cursor flashing
  (See method #2 in this Wiki article)
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/wiki/Windows_7-system/Bootmgr-is-missing-message-or-black-screen-with/73fef5b7-5a7f-4910-a2b0-7219e9ec1646

  (4) after you have created the BCD store on the remaining drive (to step #3 above), it should start up on Windows and also be the partition 'Active'.

  (5) shut down the PC and set the old drive, turn on a load Windows and then delete all the remaining partitions on the old disk.

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• Satellite C55 - C - 1 M 0 - cannot start Windows after the installation of the Dual Boot

  After I installed Ubuntu, when I try to start Windows, the process stops and says that there is a mistake: NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM. But I can't run Ubuntu without problem.

  Is there any special step before installing a Dual Boot with Ubuntu system?

  My laptop is a Satellite C55 - C - 1 M 0.

  Thank you. Kind regards.

  I guess the problem is due to changes in the size of the partition. I found a few questions about google with a ubuntu - NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM query. Maybe you should take a look https://www.google.fr/search?q=ubunt...sm=93&ie=UTF-8

• Dual boot Linux - Windows on the Satellite U940

  Hello to everyone.

  I'm pretty new to this forum and I have a Toshiba Satellite nine U940-10N? Using Linux for the past 2 years, I would install a debian wheezy on this distribution.

  Only Debian has been installed on my old computer, so I'm net really uncomfortable with dual boot especially with the ssd.

  I really don't like windows, but I still sometimes work on this subject.

  Don't you think it would be better to install linux on the system system, as I've seen on most threads, with only the/home on the HARD drive? Or do you think it would be interesting to build another raid as if it was now for windows? You want better performance and speed this way.

  Another question: is it possible to have a data to ext4 partition and make windows to see or what I write to ntfs? I noticed that the written on linux with gparted fat32 and ntfs are not recognized by windows 8.
  Those are my questions for now.

  Thank you for your help.

  Hello

  First let's look at your situation - U940-10N will probably be a unit Win8, right?
  If YES - then the BIOS must be configured for a UEFI boot.
  Secure boot can be disabled.

  It seems Debian is not so far in supporting UEFI / EFI start modes.
  Look at this ad from back in October:

  http://www.debian.org/devel/Debian-Installer/news/2012/20121018

  So, you'll need to make sure that your debian flavor may start in UEFI boot mode.
  If this isn't the case, you will have problems getting the two OS' (Debian and Win8) live side by side and start-up without problem.

  Then, you will need to ensure that Debian is able to install a bootloader that takes account of Windows 8 and is able to start this OS.

  Storage looking, I tried to install Fedora on a system of double storage (SSD + HDD).
  I installed the OS on the SSD and my structure of the House was placed on the HARD drive.
  It worked very well.
  I think that this also provides better performance, but I have no real statistics to back it up.

  Ext4 is not supported by Windows out of the box, but there is an existing driver that implements ext2, 3, 4 support for Windows: http://www.ext2fsd.com/

  If you ask me, I'd rather have Linux to access an NTFS partition that having Windows trying to write on a partition Ext2/3/4. I have full confidence in the NTFS from Linux support, but not the reverse.

  If Fat and NTFS partitions are not recognized by Windows, check that partitions Fat32 or NTFS.
  Maybe it's that the file systems are NTFS / Fat but the partitions have signatures of Linux.

  Hope this helps

  Tom BR

• Satellite L500/013 - how the dual boot of Windows 7 and XP?

  Hello

  I just bougth my first laptop from Toshiba, it comes with Windows 7 Professional pre-installed. Before you start to spend hours on it, I wonder if this can be done:

  (1) I would like to use the Windows 7 Professional 64-bit mode, then

  (2) create the second partition on the hard disk to install Windows XP 32 bit on it.

  I was wondering if this is possible and what is the recommended installation sequence. First thing I need to do is to create the recovery for Windows 7 disk, so I guess I have to configure Windows 7 first of all?

  Thanks for any help
  Thomas

  > The first thing I need to do is to create the recovery for Windows 7 disk, so I guess I have to configure Windows 7 first of all?
  Well, it is highly recommended! Before you do anything with your HARD drive, you must create the recovery disk!

  I m not very well how you can set up a dual boot with Win 7 because I didn't try this, but I did using Vista.
  First you must create a second partition in Vista. This could be done in disk management.
  Then I installed Win XP on the second partition. But after installing XP I could not launch Vista because Vista boot manager was damaged by Win XP.
  To resolve this problem, I used an original disc of Vista (not recovery disc). I started the Vista DVD and it has repaired the Vista Boot Manager. In Vista, I installed EasyBCD.
  EsayBCD is a small tool that allows to add Win XP to the Vista Boot Manager s.
  After the new Vista and Win XP reboot is appeared in the Boot Manager and I could choose between the two BONES.

  I think that you need the same procedure using Win 7

• Satellite A100-451 Vista - can I add XP and set up the dual boot?

  My new A100-451 came with 2 related partitions on the HARD disk, marked C:\Vista
  (Vista Home Premium) and E:\Data. About 80 GB on each.
  I can't get my ProII Toucam webcam works with Vista and refuse to update the software.
  Some of my other software no longer work.

  Because the HARD disk is already partitioned, I would install XP on the second partition and set up a dual boot system.
  Is it possible, and how would I go about this?

  Thank you all,
  John.

  Hello

  Of course, you can install a XP on more partition.
  But I do not recommend to install the XP on the partition existing E:\ but to create a new partition on the HARD drive.
  It s very simple to create the partition under Vista OS. Go to disk management and shrink a partition E:
  Then the 3rd other partition can be created on the empty space.

  Then you could just run the install of XP and could install XP on a partition that is created again.

  See you soon

• Return to the dual-boot

  I recently install windows xp again in a dual boot (xp in c drive & win 7 in d). I lost access to win 7. After the start of win 7 cd and choose repair I got only win 7 and lost my dual boot. My system boots directly from win 7.

  Hello

  See if this helps you:

  http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_windows_xp_and_windows_7_xp_installed_first.htm

  http://bootstrike.com/windowsvista/dualbootvistaxp.php

  See you soon.

• Laptop with XP/Ubuntu Dual Boot (grub 2, not to wubi). How to safely to Windows 7 without losing the dual boot ubuntu?

  Hello

  I have a laptop Dell Inspiron 6400/1505 (1.73 Gz, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, 750 GB (7200 RPM) HARD drive) with Windows XP and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed in dual boot. I installed Ubuntu in a separate partition, not not using WUBI. Since support for XP runs in the month of April, I have to upgrade to Windows 7. I would like to know if I could pass safely XP to Windows 7 (I understand the parameters and programs cannot be transferred to the upgraded version of Windows and must be done manually) without disturbing my score of Ubutnu and the GRUB that starts when I turn on the computer. What are my options if this is not possible. I know one option is to completely wipe the hard drive and start over. But I just wanted to know if I could save my Ubuntu installation.

  PS. forgive me if this has been discussed already, please redirect.

  Thank you

  Joseph.

  To begin with, as you already know, there is no way to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7, it will have to do a clean install.  When you install Windows 7 it will rewrite the MBR and dislodge the grub, you need to reinstall GRUB after Windows installation and you need to add the Windows installation for the grub.

  John