My PC was previously on dual boot with Microsoft Windows 7 (x86) and Linux Fedora 17 (x64). I installed Windows 8 (x86) on the Windows 7 partition by formatting it. I'm not able to install the GRUB 2 bootloader from the Fedora LIVE session (I think Windows 8 secure boot is blocking it).
I'm thinking of going back to Windows 7. Does anybody have a better option?
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swapnil360 said:
My PC was previously on dual boot with Microsoft Windows 7 (x86) and Linux Fedora 17 (x64). I installed Windows 8 (x86) on the Windows 7 partition by formatting it. I'm not able to install the GRUB 2 bootloader from the Fedora LIVE session (I think Windows 8 secure boot is blocking it).
I'm thinking of going back to Windows 7. Does anybody have a better option?
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That's really weird, I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04, I had to fix the GRUB bootloader after installing Windows 7 on a new partition after I had Ubuntu alone. I installed Windows 8 on that 7 partition and it didn't mess with the bootloader. Try fixing GRUB with an Ubuntu 12.04 LIVE session.
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I am thinking about installing Windows 8 developer preview alongside Windows XP whether this will cause any problems?
Whether I should format Windows XP and then install Windows 8?
look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17673518&posted=1#post17673518
texonex said:
look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17673518&posted=1#post17673518
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Before you blab,...
Dualbooting with Windows XP is special. Windows XP is so deprecated that the Win8 bootloader does not show it.
It is possible, as my computer's primary OS is WinXP; Win8 is my secondary and Ubuntu 11.04 is my tertiary OS. Only Win8 shows up in the Win8 bootloader; I had to EasyBCD and write the Win7 bootloader to my MBR and add the other two manually.
Yes, I dual-booted WinXP with Win 8... But how to dual boot Win 8 with ubuntu ?
TheWhisp said:
Yes, I dual-booted WinXP with Win 8... But how to dual boot Win 8 with ubuntu ?
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Same way as usual. Do a straight partition and install from LiveCD/USB.
If you want to triple boot, I don't think you'll have much success with a Wubi-based install because it would only write to the bootloader of the Windows install that it was installed to AFAIK. I transitioned my Wubi install to a full partition once I installed Win8. It didn't stop it from not appearing on the Win8 bootloader.
I have Windows 8 and Ubuntu 11.10 in separated partitions. I had Win 8 installed first, then I installed ubuntu, but GRUB doesn't add Win to boot menu, when I run "sudo update-grub" it doesn't detect Windows 8
Has anyone been able install Windows 8 on vmware esxi 5? When I create a new virtual machine I set the settings for a Windows 7 PC. But when I boot from the dvd or iso image it disconnects and shuts down the virtual machine after it loads the installation files. (right after it boots from the dvd)
Windows 8 on eSXi 5
Currently its not possible, need to wait for esxi 5 updates.. check belwo guide
mytricks.in/2011/09/windows-8-on-vmware-vsphere-5-esxi-5.html
I install Windows 8 in vmware Workstation 8 without any problems.
Maybe this ist a solution for you.
I have a desktop computer about 4 year old, running Windows XP. It has hardware robust enough to run Windows 8. So, I created a bootable usb drive using Windows 7 usb tool in my laptop running Windows 7 HP x64. The usb drive works fine on my laptop, both while booting from it as well as using it while already booted on Win 7 to install Windows 8. But when I insert it to my desktop, and run setup.exe, it shows that setup.exe is not a valid win32 application. And if I boot from it, just shows the Windows 8 logo and does nothing, even if I leave it for a couple of hours, I have purchased Windows 8 for both my pcs but I am not able to install it on my desktop. Help.
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Windows XP 32-bit will likely be unable to start the 64-bit setup.exe file, you'll have to boot the installer from the USB stick or from a DVD.
or use a 32-bit ISO and install a 32-bit version of Windows 8.
As nbates said you can't run apps with different architecture. Make sure you have the right settings set in the BIOS (make the USB device bootable) and install again. I think that there was an app called Wintousb or something like that. That's the best app for making a bootable usb.
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WinToFlash, that's how the app is called
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nbates66 said:
Windows XP 32-bit will likely be unable to start the 64-bit setup.exe file, you'll have to boot the installer from the USB stick or from a DVD.
or use a 32-bit ISO and install a 32-bit version of Windows 8.
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Since Windows XP both a 32Bit and a 64Bit version exist. OP therefore should clearly specify which machine have what OS version running...
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Another worthwile freeware tool is WiNToBootic - the ultimate Windows Boot Disk Maker
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Since Windows XP both a 32Bit and a 64Bit version exist. OP therefore should clearly specify which machine have what OS version running...
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yeah since XP 64-bit was mostly unpopular i'm assuming they're using 32-bit XP.
cheema1234 said:
hello my name is garry . i have IBM destop with 1 GB ram Intel pentium 4 processor 3.00E GHz (3000.0 MHz) MOTHERBOARD intel 865GV. i was trying to install window 8 pro on this but when i was trying to install on it it shows your system doest support NX compatible .i know what is this but i want just ask can we install window 8 without NX .do u have any solution for this i mean bypass this NX .i have found these error code while installation.Error Code: 0x0000005D
Parameters:
0x0306170A
0x756E6547
0x49656E69
0x6C65746E
please help me
Thanks
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Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-5kVNwPUo4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwLGNZ1PNrU
HTH
i have a problem
i had windows 8.1 64-bit in my pc then after that i installed windows 8 32-bit in different partition after that when i reboot my pc i didn't get the dual boot option to choose between windows 8 and 8.1..my system automatically loads windows 8....
Sounds like you didn't do the installation safely with regard to the old OS. The 64-bit one may have been using a 64-bit bootloader? In any case, you may have clobbered the boot partition of the old installation. You can try using bcdedit to add a boot entry for the old OS - it might still work - but you may need top use 64-bit Win8.1 recovery media instead (and doing so you risk clobbering the boot partition for the 32-bit install).
... Do I dare ask why somebody would *do* this? I mean, I could understand if you were installing Win7 or something, and even vaguely understand why you'd install 32-bit instead of 64-bit (though these days I pretty much exclusively use virtual machines for 32-bit systems) but why in the world install 32-bit Win8 on a 64-bit Win8.1 machine??
Triple boot Phoenix, Linux Mint, and Windows 10
I have a Windows 10 laptop. I was able to create a partition and install Linux Mint into it after Windows was already installed on it. I guess I was a little surprised because I had thought in the past that you needed to install Linux before Windows guess I was wrong.
So I'm wondering if I can now install an Android OS either Phoenix or prime and when it installs and creates a new bootloader assuming it does will it take care of the other operating systems or will this completely screw my laptop?