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My Windows bootloader died, and thought it'd be a good opportunity to come back to the Ubuntu community.

Unfortunately, when I tried backing up my information onto an external hard drive...

Hey everyone, I know this is (2 years) late but I got it working! Thanks again.

Hey guys,

For an English project we're supposed to make a George Orwell desktop environment (wallpaper, games, photos, etc.) and I wanted to do this with Ubuntu. The part where I'm stuck is that I...

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(I'm considering trying a Live Boot, to see if it works then)

In the mean time, is there an easy-fix problem? Or do I have to Live Boot, and re-install Ubuntu?

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to attach my Ubuntu PC into a HDMI TV port, and that works. I boot up my PC with my ATI Graphics card (fully updated, with the ATI drivers), and yet it does not show...

On test actually. EXT4 is 3 times faster than Ubuntu. With it's revolutionary packet system of transferring and using data, it's much more efficient and faster than the poor Ext3. I believe Ext4 is...

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I am not quite sure if my virtualbox is 64 bit, all I did was install VB from the Add/Remove programs.

Upon doing these instructions, I get past the GRUB and I recieved an: Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS.

Help please?

There is another boot menu inside the Vista...

Upon doing these instructions, I get past the GRUB and I recieved an: Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS.

Help please?

There is another boot menu inside the Vista...

I still need help with this problem.

If it's any help, I also cannot tick the VT-x/AMD-V setting in VirtualBox, and this may have to do with the problem.

This problem is still unsolved.

Hello everyone,

Through some trial and error, I have tried to boot my existing Vista partition using VirtualBox. I have gotten it to get to the Windows part of the boot (bypassing Error 17 in the...

Hello everyone,

I tried to boot my existing Vista partition in Ubuntu, but it didn't work. I came out with the 'Error 17' on the Grub in VirtualBox.

I'd gladly post my boot menu or whatnot, if...

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Hello everyone,

Any sound made through Ubuntu (whether the log in sound, or a Pidgin instant messaging sound) lags in Ubuntu. I know it isn't a lag, but a software/hardware problem.

My laptop...

Hello,

I have been trying to set up my existing Vista partition in Ubuntu, but to no avail.

Could I please have some help?

I was going to use VirtualBox for the job. I have an Intel Core 2...

It has worked. Thank you very much for your help! :D

You may close the topic as you wish.

Thanks for the help. I have tried the commands as listed, and they have worked, I think. I do have internet access, and this is what it has given me:


Backup copy of /dev/sda in /boot/boot.0800...

Caljohnsmith - I have tried your way of doing so, however the term 'lilo' isn't recognized as a command. As it says, "Command not found".

And for you keithld - It didn't work. I tried fixing it...

To be frank, I'm completely new at this. Any commands I could use specifically?

I'm not very good at editing via CMD/Regedits, and might accidently delete something.

Plus, I don't think it will...

Hello,

As an Ubuntu user for almost 6 months, I had occured a problem. So I booted up Vista, and deleted the Ubuntu partition via Vista the "unclean" way.

Now, when I boot up, the Grub Menu...