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Boot-Repair is a tool to fix Windows/Linux boot problems either after installing Linux or Windows. Boot-Repair repairs the GRUB bootloader of many Linux distributions and can repair multiple editions of Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Boot-Repair is a tool that fixes Windows and Linux boot problems either after installing Linux or Windows. Boot-Repair repairs the GRUB bootloader of many Linux distributions and can repair multiple editions of Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Boot-Repair can be run as an application from many Linux distributions, or you can also run Boot-Repair from boot-repair-disk, a live CD/USB rescue disk that includes the Boot Repair Tool.

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After resizing NTFS partition, Windows 10 no longer boots

My computer is configured for dual-booting via Grub. I run Windows 10 and Ubuntu 17.10. Earlier today I was working in Ubuntu and I ran out of space on my ext4 partition. Wanting to make it larger, I first needed to shrink my Windows boot…
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How do I add Windows 7 to GRUB 2?

I am having trouble adding Windows 7 to my GRUB 2 boot menu. I know similar questions have been asked and answered on this site and others, but none of the answers seem to work for me. My setup: Two hard drives, sda with a Win 7 installation and sdb…
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Dual booting windows 8 and Kali Linux 1.0.8

I'm trying to install kali linux along with windows 8 The latest Kali version (1.0.8) supports booting alongside windows 8 I installed Kali Linux from a LiveCD, rebooted and it went straight to windows. I thought I should use boot-repair I used my…
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repair boot with encrypted partitions

I am trying to repair my system boot with boot-repair. I used to have a dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu and installed Manjaro alongside. Unfortunately, Windows does no longer show in the boot menu. I posted my boot info in this paste. When I…
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Ubuntu boots, Windows doesn't on New PC with old SSD

I installed a new motherboard, cpu and ram but unfortunately my Windows won't boot. I have dual boot - Elementary OS and Windows 10. Elementary works just fine, but when I select Windows in the boot loader (grub 2) my screen either freezes or goes…
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How to execute DISM from Windows 10 PE on Win 10 system with Windows Update / Microsoft as source only?

I've got a corrupt Windows 10 installation (SFC noted Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix someo of them...) so I tried to run DISM, from a Windows 10 PE USB installation. (Note: Win10 PE current OS is at c: and…
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After Boot Repair, Windows 7 does not boot

After I purchased my computer I followed these steps: Installed Windows 7. Installed Ubuntu. There was no boot option, and Ubuntu automatically boots, leaving me no option to boot Windows. I used Windows Repair to repair the MBR or whatever it…
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I have been running Ubuntu off a flash drive on my Windows 7 laptop and now suddenly Windows won't boot

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a USB flash drive and have been using it on my Windows 7 laptop. During the startup process I would press F12 and then select to boot off my USB drive. Ubuntu would then boot. If I didn't do that, Windows 7 would…
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cannot boot into windows 8 after installing kali

have windows 8 in my hard disk and i installed Kali on a pen drive disk(not live). after installing i could not boot into windows i un-installed Kali but grub is still my boot loader and it does not detect windows 8.. i have already tried…
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Removing Extra rEFInd boot options

So I had to install rEFInd in order to dual boot linux + windows8 my MSI GE70 laptop. But before that I used boot-repair to try fix, only after installing rEFInd did i find out that I should undo boot-repair. ooops Anyway now I have a few extra…
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Regarding boot repair

I've repaired grub using boot repair disk x64. I've windows 7 and ubuntu 14.04 on laptop both are working properly. I want to reinstall windows copy but it fails to boot from DVD and win 7 iso through usb. I've set the booting priority properly but…
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laptop only boots with usbstick

In short: I can't boot my laptop. It will ONLY boot when I insert a RescueLiveBootUSB, it then shows the normal bootmenu. Longer description of the problem: After moving/resizing the partitions, I got booting problems. Setup is four…
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Enable wifi antenna in boot-repair environment

L.S., I'm trying to fix things with Boot-repair(bootable disk) but it needs internet to work properly. The thing is, my wifi antenna auto-enables when i boot windows and linux, but this is not the case when i boot into Boot-repair. And i can't…
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Windows 8 won't boot after Boot Repair

I've got a Sony Vaio laptop. Until yesterday I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 installed. Today I upgraded to Windows 8, which killed my OS selection screen. So I booted to Ubuntu 12.10 from a USB stick and ran Boot Repair. This recovered the GRUB…
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Boot-repair not working after installing win10_20H2 after debian

i've been running debian for quite a while, i wanted to install windows because i'll use it on classes, so i tried to make a bootable drive with win10_20H2 and Disk Image Mounter, with WoeUsb-ng and with Balena Etcher in all these cases the USB…
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