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| From | HGW <HGW@home.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint |
| Date | 2016-04-05 21:31 +1000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <ne07lo$198l$2@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <ndvgqn$24e$1@gioia.aioe.org> <ndvhkm$2kq$1@dont-email.me> <ne05er$150p$1@gioia.aioe.org> <ne06iv$nkf$3@news.albasani.net> |
On 05/04/16 21:12, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 05/04/16 11:53, HGW wrote: >> On 05/04/16 15:18, Bobbie Sellers wrote: >>> On 04/04/2016 10:01 PM, HGW wrote: >>>> When I installed Mint, my win7 disappeared. Mint is using about 465 >>>> gigs of my 500G drive in one partition so I think Win7 is still >>>> there somewhere on the other 35G. That happened on a 64 system. I >>>> had no trouble installing linux with dual boot on two other 32 >>>> computers I have tried numerous suggestions to reestablish a dual >>>> boot but nothing seems to work. I notice many other people have had >>>> this experience because the 64 installation process does not make >>>> clear how to prevent the problem from happening. Ideally, I want to >>>> set up grub to allow boot options again. I also want to resize the >>>> current partition used by Linux. I tried rebooting with the CD with >>>> no result. Tried boot repair and Gparted but just end up against a >>>> wall of error messages. If I reformat the drive I might lose Win7 >>>> altogether and would prefer not to do that. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>> >> >> No, Gparted wont allow me to do anything. The partition cannot be >> changed. Can you suggest a way to do it? >> >>> Then you can try to install Mint or something better on the prepared >>> partitions. >> >> I don't have the windows disks so I don't want to format he whole hard >> drive. >> >> >>> Post your questions in this thread if you want further advice. >>> >>> bliss >>> >> >> > If you boot from a live CD the hard disk will NIT be mounted, or if it > is you can unmount it and partitioning tools can then work That is what I thought, too. But how do I unmount the partition. Gparted does not say anything about mounting or unmounting. Is deactivating the same thing?
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Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint HGW <hw@...> - 2016-04-05 15:01 +1000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-04-04 22:18 -0700
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint HGW <HGW@home.com> - 2016-04-05 20:53 +1000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-04-05 12:12 +0100
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint HGW <HGW@home.com> - 2016-04-05 21:31 +1000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-04-05 12:43 +0100
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-04-05 15:27 +0000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint HGW <HGW@home.com> - 2016-04-06 04:39 +1000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-04-05 18:44 +0000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-04-05 19:26 +0000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint HGW <HGW@home.com> - 2016-04-06 08:01 +1000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-04-05 22:17 +0000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-04-06 12:40 +0200
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-04-06 07:37 -0700
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-04-06 19:40 +0200
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2016-04-06 16:59 +0000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-04-06 23:11 +0000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-04-06 16:44 -0700
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-04-09 02:30 +0200
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-04-09 12:15 +0100
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-04-05 14:44 +0200
Re: Recovering Win7 ^ Correct^ philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-04-05 08:00 -0500
Re: Recovering Win7 ^ Correct^ Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-04-05 13:26 +0000
Re: Recovering Win7 ^ Correct^ philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-04-05 09:19 -0500
Re: Recovering Win7 ^ Correct^ Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2016-04-05 07:58 -0700
Re: Recovering Win7 ^ Correct^ philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-04-05 10:14 -0500
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint HGW <HGW@home.com> - 2016-04-06 03:18 +1000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-04-05 13:30 -0500
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-04-06 12:44 +0200
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-04-06 12:08 -0500
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-04-06 20:32 +0100
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-04-05 12:53 +0000
Re: Recovering Win7 after installing Linux mint Andreas Kohlbach <avr16.10.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2016-04-05 16:39 -0400
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