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Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop

From Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux, uk.comp.os.linux, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop
Date 2025-11-11 13:19 +0000
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On 2025-11-11 03:45, Paul wrote:
>
> On Mon, 11/10/2025 7:27 PM, Java Jive wrote:
>>
>> Then reboot, and it all works.

Except, I've discovered, OSs won't hibernate, all that happens is that 
the screen locks, the PC doesn't even sleep, let alone hibernate.

>> It's annoying about the 32-Bit problem, though of course I can still boot it via MBR  -  I need to use that for one particular old scanner for which I cannot get 64-bit drivers; it's useful to keep it going because it's quite suited to old gritty material which might scratch the glass of the new one, and also it's the only one I have with an Automatic Document Feeder.
>>
>> Perhaps next I might try seeing if I can boot W11P from the original MBR menu, which would achieve the desired state of only needing one boot menu.

Had a go at that meantime, couldn't get it to work.

>> But for the others I had to wing it, using little clues from various researches online,
>> none of which gave a complete template or revealed a crucial extra step to get
>> Windows 7 & 10 to boot, which is that you need to load the module 'ntfscomp'
> 
>    "ntfscomp - GRUB is able to support the compression commonly used in NTFS with this module"

Ah!  So 'comp' is 'compression', not 'compatibility'.

> That could be Old Compression (an ATTRIB applied to a file), versus New Compression
> (a custom Reparse Point invented by Microsoft to annoy Linux users).

Some folders are compressed in my setups  -  Recycle Bins, foreign 
language subdirs ar-SA to zh-TW, etc.

> Regarding scanners, there is the commercial scanner driver package for old scanners.
> That could allow you to access the old scanner from a 64-bit OS, for a price.
> (hamrick.com VueScan). The main concern for old scanner users, is whether all
> the capabilities of the scanner are available, when a novel driver is used.

Yes, I've heard that mentioned before.

Tx.

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Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-10-31 12:56 +0000
  Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-10-31 14:26 +0100
  Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Windows Elf <windows.elf@outlook.com.invalid> - 2025-10-31 14:57 +0000
  Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-10-31 12:04 -0400
  Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-10-31 16:06 +0000
  Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-11-02 14:12 +0000
  Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-11-11 00:27 +0000
    Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-11-10 22:45 -0500
      Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-11-11 13:19 +0000
        Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-11-11 10:13 -0500
          Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-14 13:24 +0100
            Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-11-14 13:03 -0500
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                Re: scanners. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-11-14 17:52 -0500
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        Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-11-15 01:57 +0000
          Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-11-15 14:51 +0100
            Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-11-15 15:01 +0000
              Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-11-15 11:54 -0500
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            Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-02-20 20:01 +0000
              Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2026-02-20 23:29 +0000
    Re: Is it possible to dual-boot both MBR & GPT without changing BIOS settings on laptop TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> - 2025-11-16 13:58 -0500
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