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 May 13 2010, 06:23 AM
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 Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots.  Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291  |
Hey, um, I'm in a bit of a pickle. So, about four or so months ago, I decided to install Ubuntu Linux on my computer. It's been a great OS so far and I've gotten pretty used to it, but I wanted to check out some things on Windows Vista (which was the original OS I used before Linux). However, whenever I booted Vista up (on both /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2) it doesn't really ever boot Vista completely. Like, if I boot on /dev/sda1, it takes me to a big Vista image with a bar underneath that reads, "Recovering Windows" and then, it just restarts my computer and never "recovers" anything because it just shows the same image and bar again when I go back to see if it was actually "recovered." If I try it on /dev/sda2, it takes me through some options and stuff like that to recover Vista, but I've tried all options and none seem to work because when they "repair" the "problems", it restarts my computer and it still doesn't work (it just shows the exact same repair options again and again).
I'm not sure what to do so it'd be nice if one of y'all tech-nerds helped out on this one. And I don't know if it counts for anything, but I boot Linux/Vista from something called GNU GRUB. 
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May 13 2010, 08:23 AM
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Sounds like one of the partitions/locations where Vista put its boot files got hosed. Windows doesn't always play nicely with Linux; sometimes installing Vista on the same hard drive as a Linux install (or vice-versa) can cause problems with the boot loader.
To confirm, you can grab this script and run it as the root user, and then paste the output here. |
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May 13 2010, 08:31 AM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
Do cat /boot/grub/menu.list and post it here.
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May 13 2010, 03:10 PM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
QUOTE(mipadi @ May 13 2010, 09:23 AM)  Sounds like one of the partitions/locations where Vista put its boot files got hosed. Windows doesn't always play nicely with Linux; sometimes installing Vista on the same hard drive as a Linux install (or vice-versa) can cause problems with the boot loader. To confirm, you can grab this script and run it as the root user, and then paste the output here. CODE Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010 ============================= Boot Info Summary: ============================== => Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in partition #5 for /boot/grub. sda1: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7 Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Windows Vista Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /boot/bcd /Windows/System32/winload.exe sda2: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: ntfs Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7 Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block. Operating System: Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr sda3: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: Extended Partition Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: sda5: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: ext4 Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: Operating System: Ubuntu 9.10 Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img sda6: _________________________________________________________________________ File system: swap Boot sector type: - Boot sector info: =========================== Drive/Partition Info: ============================= Drive: sda ___________________ _____________________________________________________ Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x1bfa413a Partition Boot Start End Size Id System /dev/sda1 * 2,048 520,304,631 520,302,584 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 602,224,640 625,135,615 22,910,976 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 520,313,220 602,212,589 81,899,370 5 Extended /dev/sda5 520,313,283 598,774,679 78,461,397 83 Linux /dev/sda6 598,774,743 602,212,589 3,437,847 82 Linux swap / Solaris blkid -c /dev/null: ____________________________________________________________ Device UUID TYPE LABEL /dev/sda1 4184B31C679D77D5 ntfs /dev/sda2 BAE07D99E07D5D17 ntfs RECOVERY /dev/sda5 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ext4 /dev/sda6 651569a7-2411-46bb-9e24-60d01f88aa44 swap ============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: =========================== Device Mount_Point Type Options /dev/sda5 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro) =========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: =========================== # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then have_grubenv=true load_env fi set default="0" if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry} save_env saved_entry prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=10 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/white ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-21-generic" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi set quiet=1 insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-21-generic (recovery mode)" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-17-generic" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi set quiet=1 insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-17-generic (recovery mode)" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi set quiet=1 insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" { insmod ntfs set root=(hd0,1) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4184b31c679d77d5 chainloader +1 } menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" { insmod ntfs set root=(hd0,2) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bae07d99e07d5d17 chainloader +1 } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### =============================== sda5/etc/fstab: =============================== # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier # for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name # devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # / was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation UUID=651569a7-2411-46bb-9e24-60d01f88aa44 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 =================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: =================== 278.9GB: boot/grub/core.img 281.6GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg 267.5GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic 278.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic 278.8GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic 267.5GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic 278.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic 278.6GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic 278.8GB: initrd.img 278.9GB: initrd.img.old 278.6GB: vmlinuz 278.6GB: vmlinuz.old =======Devices which don't seem to have a corresponding hard drive============== sdb QUOTE(ButtsexV2 @ May 13 2010, 09:31 AM) Do cat /boot/grub/menu.list and post it here. That didn't seem to do anything. All I got in return was: No such file or directory. |
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May 13 2010, 03:59 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
in that case you're using a version of grub that I'm not familiar with.
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May 13 2010, 04:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
QUOTE(Mikeplyts @ May 13 2010, 04:10 PM) That didn't seem to do anything. All I got in return was: No such file or directory. It should be /boot/grub/menu.lst (no "i" in the file extension). Although in your case, it may be /boot/grub/grub.cfg. |
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May 13 2010, 05:00 PM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg:
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# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then have_grubenv=true load_env fi set default="0" if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry} save_env saved_entry prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=640x480 insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't # understand terminal_output terminal gfxterm fi fi if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then set timeout=-1 else set timeout=10 fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/white ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-21-generic" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi set quiet=1 insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-21-generic (recovery mode)" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-21-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-21-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-17-generic" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi set quiet=1 insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-17-generic (recovery mode)" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-17-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi set quiet=1 insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic } menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" { recordfail=1 if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,5) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=4f7d5e2c-616f-4a88-acb8-3e5e6d9cbcb1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" { insmod ntfs set root=(hd0,1) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 4184b31c679d77d5 chainloader +1 } menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" { insmod ntfs set root=(hd0,2) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bae07d99e07d5d17 chainloader +1 } ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### |
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May 30 2010, 10:07 PM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
bump.
By the way, I installed VirtualBox to see what was up. When I take a look, I see that there's a message on Windows Vista that reads, "FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted." I don't know about you, but fatal sounds pretty bad. 
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May 31 2010, 05:04 AM
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 Live long and prosper. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 10,142 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 514,926 |
the vista boot is no longer there.
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May 31 2010, 11:11 AM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
Yep, thought so.
Any way to get it back or put in a new one, I suppose? |
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Jun 1 2010, 12:25 AM
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Live long and prosper. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 10,142 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 514,926 |
Do you want to dual boot? Otherwise just stick in the OEM cd for windows "x" and run normally for a completely formatted drive.
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Jun 1 2010, 04:38 AM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
QUOTE(Mikeplyts @ May 31 2010, 11:11 AM) Yep, thought so. Any way to get it back or put in a new one, I suppose? try a grub boot disk Edit: Actually, after actually reading the thread all the way though, sounds like you managed to f*ck up the kernel or filesystem. You may need to reinstall |
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Jun 1 2010, 05:47 AM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
Yeah, I don't even know how. I just went through the regular setup of Ubuntu. I was being really careful to read everything and not do something stupid. And look, about half a year later, I finally recognize it. Eh.
Anyway, I don't know how to reinstall Vista, because it was the default operating system on my laptop before I installed Ubuntu. So, yeah, how should I do that? |
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Jun 1 2010, 10:33 AM
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Live long and prosper. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 10,142 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 514,926 |
If you haven't replaced any of the hardware, i.e. motherboard, just insert the operating system disk, restart the computer and change the boot to first priority from CD-ROM
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Jun 1 2010, 11:33 PM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
That's the problem, though; I don't have an operating system disk.
Trust me, if I did have one, I would have tried doing that in the first place. EDIT: Hrm, I was thinking since that I don't have the disk or whatever, if I could get the same results using a .ISO file? I mean, I haven't downloaded one yet, but I was thinking of downloading a torrent or something. However, I'm not sure if it would work well or how to even go about installing it from that type of file. |
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Jun 2 2010, 12:46 AM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
go ahead and download an ISO. You'll have to burn it to a disk (using nero or magiciso or from ubuntu there's brasero) and install from that.
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