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So I have a 64Gb flash drive that I would like to turn into a stand alone bootable Ubuntu installation. I know how to create the flash drive as just the OS, but what is the easiest way to also...

Well I managed to resize into the unallocated space using MiniTool Partition. But I do have a 700 Gb HD, and it is now basically entirely comprised of my newly enlarged 470 Gb C drive, and the 210...

Nevermind, just had to keep trying different software. MiniTool Partition did the trick.

I decided to uninstall Ubuntu from my dual boot PC, as I was never using it, and I gave it half of my hard drive when I installed it for some dumb reason. So I repaired BCD with EasyBCD, and my...

I am currently running dual boot of Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7 on a Samsung RC512 with a 750GB ATA HD. The initial install of Ubuntu was done using an Ubuntu 10.10 CD, and I used the auto...

I turned hibernate off entirely on my computer, on the off chance it could be a problem. I have viewed word documents from the mounted windows partition, and saved them with changes. Would the...

Apparently I missed some spaces. GRUB, Windows 7, and Ubuntu are all back up and running! :grin: Thank you all for your help.

And thank you for the links to customize GRUB. I will look into...

So here's what I tried:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount/dev/sda6/mnt
sudo: mount/dev/sda6/mnt: command not found
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255...

Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of...

I'm not mad at her at all. And I'll get the boot report to you this evening.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size...

I have a Samsung RC512 laptop that came with Windows 7 installed. I installed Ubuntu 10.10 using the automated repartitioning tool built into Ubuntu's installation. Everything was going fine with...

Is this why every 3rd time or so that I start up Ubuntu, it has serious display problems, like horizontal lines are displaced on the desktop, or in programs and images?

Should I even be running...

I did try "that" and now some of the function keys do work (including mute and volume adjustment, which are really the only ones I care about the most). Thanks for the suggestion, although I think...

Well its working pretty well for everything else. Haven't tried closing the lid yet. As for the graphics card, I don't really need it (yet), as I use Windows for CAD and games (and that's about...

Whenever I go to use the function keys on my samsung rc512 laptop in Ubuntu, it apparently gets stuck in a loop, and I cannot make it stop without shutting down the PC. Does anybody know a fix to...

Thanks for the help. This topic could be changed to solved now.

PS: I really have to wonder why I didn't try this OS before. I'm in love.

Startup Manager was exactly what I needed to know about, so thanks.

Now if I could have a better understanding of what it means to select either of the two windows boots, I would be good to go.

Thank you for the Synaptic suggestion, although I can't try it out at the moment.

As for selecting the second windows partition to boot from, they both successfully start windows 7. Is there any...

I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop that is a new gateway with Windows 7 on it, as a full dual boot installation. I went with the automatic partition resizing option (I know, I should have done...