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    Pc Won't Boot

    Hi Ghostman, Apologies for the late reply. I took the PC to a local computer shop. Turns out that it was a hardware problem after all. Not the...
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, Jun 4, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    Hi, you asked how many partitions I have. I have several partitions, but (only) two OS's (Linux Mint & Windows XP). That's not so much, is it?...
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, Jun 1, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    All the specs are at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883114074 I have several partitions (a few Linux and a few Windows). I...
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, May 31, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    Ghostman, I am extremely grateful for all your help and effort. Still, I won't follow an advice if I am not convinced that it will solve my...
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, May 31, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    I just removed the power supply from the HDD. I also changed the BIOS so that the PC cannot boot from HDD and that the first Boot option is the...
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, May 31, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    No, I didn't. I pressed the Boot-key (F12 in my case) and selected the DVD. It did start with the Ubuntu splash screen, so I am convinced that it...
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, May 30, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    Thanks again. There are files on the HDD that I want to save (both Windows and Linux partitions). Good suggestion to connect the HDD to another PC...
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, May 30, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    Thanks again for your help. Sure I have watched the video. If I would follow the video (assuming I can, as I cannot boot), my Linux partitions...
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, May 30, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    Hi Ghostman, Thanks for the info. It seems that the boot manager is on the hard disk and that removing it is quite final (cannot be undone). When...
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, May 30, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    Any idea how to do remove the Linux Boot manager?
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, May 30, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    Hi Ghostman, thanks for the reply. Would that also explain why I cannot boot from USB disk? As far as I know, by booting from USB disk, you use a...
    Post by: Joost Hofstede, May 30, 2015 in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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    Pc Won't Boot

    I have a dual boot system (Win XP and Linux Mint). Booting into both Win XP and Linux Mint does not work any more. Only booting into Win XP with...
    Thread by: Joost Hofstede, May 29, 2015, 25 replies, in forum: CPU, Motherboards and Memory