Questions tagged [boot]
The process and events beginning with power being supplied to the processor and ending with the operating system fully loaded and ready for use. Questions about specific parts of the boot process should be tagged with, e.g. [bios].
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Windows 10 - disable reopening programs after restart/startup
Occasionally, a forced restart is happening on my Windows 10 computer.
When the OS is restarted every program that I've had prior to the restart is reopened at startup. The programs are reopened like ...
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What utility can move my Windows boot partition over to another hard drive? [closed]
Can anyone recommend a cheap/free utility that can do this without very much effort?
My preference is that it would be really easy.
Boot into Windows
Pick drive to move
Pick target drive
It copies ...
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Windows Disk I/O 100% at boot for 20 Minutes
I have a fast computer (quad-core i7, 3.5 Ghz, 24 GB of RAM, Windows 8.1) and I installed a new hard drive less than a year ago that was supposed to be as fast as you could buy for an HHD and not an ...
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What does "delayed start" do in startup type for a Windows service?
What is the difference between Automatic and Automatic (Delayed Start) for a property setting for a Windows service? i.e. what do I gain or lose by setting my service as one or the other?
Running the ...
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Run command on startup / login (Mac OS X)
I was wondering which file I should place this bash command in so it will be run on startup.
# Start the MongoDB server
/Applications/MongoDB/bin/mongod --dbpath /usr/local/mongo/data --fork --...
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Stuck on UEFI interactive shell with Mac OS X High Sierra VM
I got a Mac OS X virtual machine on VirtualBox and when I started it, I got into this UEFI shell:
What should I do?
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Does every OS need RAM?
Is there an OS which can be used without RAM, specifically the kind I can create a bootable pendrive from and use it in the computer? This gets awkward, since booting is essentially loading OS in RAM....
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How to run a program as an administrator at startup on Windows 10? [duplicate]
We have a program that is having problem starting up on Windows 10. If the program is NOT run as administrator, it popups a "Access Denied" message right before it starts. If we run the program as an ...
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Boot from USB using GRUB
My friend's laptop was in a car accident (he's fine!). However the laptop is very old its an Acer Aspire 1520 the CD-rom drive is broken and there is no floppy drive.
I made him a USB boot before I ...
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grub2-install: "this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition"
There seems to be quite a bit of discussion about this but I can't find a simple answer.
When I try to install grub2 I get this error:
# grub2-install /dev/sda
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub2-...
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Mac OS X - disable program on startup that is not listed in Accounts' "Login items"
I have YSoft Safe Q client installed on my Mac OS X 10.10.5. Client starts everytime on startup but I do not want to. Unfortunately it's not available in list of programs inside System Preferences -&...
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Create a bootable USB drive from a DMG file on Windows
A Mac machine needs to be reformatted with Lion. I backed up the Lion dmg file when I purchased it via the Mac App Store.
I now need to create a bootable USB drive from the DMG file but I need to be ...
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Why is the first BIOS instruction located at 0xFFFFFFF0 ("top" of RAM)?
I know that BIOS loads its first instruction from 0xFFFFFFF0, but why this specific address? I've a bunch of questions and hope you can help me with some of them, at least.
My questions:
Why is the ...
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How do anti-virus programs start at Windows boot?
When performing some testing, I noticed that after installing Avast and checking in both my "Run" registry key and my "Startup" folder that a startup entry wasn't present in either location. Taking ...
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Show Windows 7 logon time?
On Windows 7 Ultimate, is there a way to see when I logged on into the current session?
I want to find out how long I have been at the PC / when I started it up.
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Can't install Kali Linux from USB, fails to find CD-ROM drive
I successfully made a live USB of the Kali Linux.
When I boot from the USB it gives an option to install. I clicked on that option. At one point it was detecting and mounting CD-ROM drives. As I have ...
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How do you configure Virtualbox VM to autostart after Windows reboot?
In 2013 I tracked down how to autostart/shutdown a Virtualbox VM when the host is Linux. The process was officially documented and required a few steps.
Right now I am interested in, how do you ...
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Boot Camp: is it possible to restart directly to Windows from Mac OS X?
With the Boot Camp tools installed on Windows, there's an option for rebooting directly to Mac OS ("Restart in Mac OS X" from Boot Camp system tray item).
But is this possible in the opposite ...
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How to check root partition with fsck?
I installed Linux Mint 12 KDE, and I would like to check the root partition for any errors.
How do I check the root partition with fsck at boot time?
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How to fix the Windows 10 boot loader from Windows
I installed Ubuntu on a system that has Windows 10 installed. I can boot to Windows or Ubuntu normally using GRUB. I want to delete Ubuntu partition, but first I must restore the Windows 10 MBR.
In ...
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What is CSM option
What is the CSM option in BIOS? If I can't boot into Windows any more, is it because CSM is disabled?
Would an ASUS K55 come with this option diabled?
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Making a bootable OSX USB from dmg on Linux
I have 2 machines - a MacBook Pro and a desktop running Fedora, I have a USB drive and a OSX 10.8 dmg. The MacBook won't boot into OSX unfortunately, I'm trying to make a bootable mac usb to recover ...
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grub: boot from ISO
How can I boot into an ISO file in GRUB? The ISO file is on a reiserfs partition and GRUB can access it (already tested that).
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How to create an EFI System Partition?
TL; DR How do I create an EFI system partition from scratch? How do I put the EFI firmware on it onces it is created?
Long version
I hava Toshiba T430 laptop. I received it with Windows 7 installed (...
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How to find *all* startup programs on Windows 10? [duplicate]
I've checked the "Start-up" tab under Task Manager, the "Services" tab in msconfig, and the startup folder (C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup) but ...
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VirtualBox - Android x86 - Don't boot in GUI but just in command line
I followed a lot of different tutorials to install Android_x86 on VirtualBox (actually I want to install Android on a virtual machine, so if you have alternatives, I'm interested), I followed its step ...
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How do I stop services from starting on boot on Ubuntu?
I have lots of servers installed (Apache, MySQL, etc.), but I don't want them all to start at boot time (they drain power, and I'm on batteries most of the time). How do I configure this?
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Cannot boot windows 10, “bootrec /fixboot” gives “access denied”
My “always on” home desktop today appeared to be totally unresponsive. It was clear that I had only one choice to power reset it. At first it seemed that it booted into my login screen, but again my I ...
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Automatically login and lock
I want to configure Windows 7 to login automatically after the computer is switched on. That's not because I'm lazy and don't like typing passwords. That's because I want programs that are configured ...
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Where is the startup (autostart) folder in Windows 8?
Well, Windows 8 has no Start Menu any more and the startup folder has disappeared also.
Where can I find that folder? Or is there a new way with Metro?
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How to diagnose slow booting or logon in Windows? [duplicate]
When I start my PC, it boots into Windows (Windows 7 32-bit) quite happily, I login and the main Windows screen appears. At that point, however, the system is extremely unresponsive for up to 5 ...
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Is a /boot partition always necessary?
Should I create a /boot partition every time I install a Linux distro?
Is there a difference between having a /boot partition and making the / partition bootable?
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Running bat file at startup as administrator in Windows 7
I'm currently running a startup script in form of a bat file successfully in Windows 7 (I've inserted a new registry key entry with the bat file path as value in
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\...
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Where Linux places the messages of boot?
I want to find place to where Linux writes all boot messages. You know:
facility one [STARTED]
facility two [STARTED]
facility three [FAILED]
I searched with
find . -print0 | xargs -0 grep -...
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Flipping the Removable Media bit -- alternatives to BootIt? [closed]
There's a utility called the Lexar BootIt utility that flips the Removable Media Bit on certain USB flash drives.
I want to flip the bit on my USB flash drive (it's supported) but really am not too ...
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If I copy a bootable USB drive to another USB, will it create a duplicate bootable drive?
I thought it's kind of a dumb question but a search with Google seems to indicate that it is not even possible to copy/paste data on a bootable drive to another USB? But even if we were able to copy ...
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Is there a list of available boot-args for darwin / OS X
In OS X you can set boot parameters with
nvram boot-args=[options]
Where the options I know about -v (verbose) -x (safe mode) and arch=x86_64 (boot into 64 bit kernel on 64 bit capable machines).
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Create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive (UEFI) from Linux
How can I create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive from Linux ?
Please note:
WinUSB doesn't work with Windows 10.
UNetbootin doesn't work either.
dd method didn't work as well.
Beside this, I've ...
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Is it possible to boot from an ISO over the network, and how?
I have a machine with a bootable ISO stored on it, and I have another blank machine, which I want to install the ISO on. They're both on the same LAN (attached to the same switch). How would I go ...
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How to tell when Windows and all startup programs have completed booting?
My machine (Windows 7 64-bit) takes about 3-4 mins to completely boot. Is there any way which will indicate that boot is complete, some kind of sound / pop-up, either by using Windows in-built feature ...
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Why does GIMP start up so slow on my machine?
Is there any way to speed up GIMP's startup time on Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit 1.6 [Dual] Intel Processors? On XP [different computer], it loads in less than 3 seconds. On Vista, it takes 20 ...
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How to boot from a flash drive OS using VirtualBox?
I have two flash drive, one with Slax installed and another for Android x86 Live installed, but they do not boot in my laptop (in my work they boot perfectly).
I can boot from some live CDs/DVDs or ...
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"Unable to find root device" on a fresh ArchLinux install
I have installed the latest version of ArchLinux (2014.06.01) on a MacBook Pro 8,1 (15", if that matters regarding hardware) dual-booting with OSX following the instructions in the official install ...
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How do I check the current boot parameter list in Linux?
During test, I sometimes add/change boot parameters to /boot/grub/menu.lst (suse), or at the grub screen during boot.
How do I check what boot parameters have been used after the system is done ...
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How to Boot CentOS in CLI?
I have a CentOS 6.2 OS which boots into GUI. How, upon startup, can I not boot into the GUI and instead, boot into the CLI? I want to do this at computer startup time.
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Boot Ubuntu 16.04 into command line / do not start GUI
I want my Ubuntu 16.04 to not start GUI on boot and show command line console only. I have tried the following recipies but none of them are for version 16.04 and so they do not seem to work — GUI ...
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Can't boot from USB - even with BIOS set correctly
I can't boot from USB even though the BIOS is set to boot from USB first. Windows Boot manager somehow seems to be taking precedence. I have Windows 7, Linux Mint and Ubuntu installed on my hard-drive....
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What is the absolute minimum size a UEFI system partition can be?
Suppose I have a flash drive, and I want it to be bootable. Suppose I also have a basic EFI file which will accomplish something. So, what is the minimum size the ESP can be? I've read that it's 100MB,...
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How to know if I am using systemd on Linux?
How could I know if my linux starts with systemd or whatever package?
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How can I run a command after boot?
I would like to run the simple shell command echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq at each boot, to enable the sysrq keys. When in boot should this be done, and where should I put a script to do it?
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