IMac boots straight into Windows 7

I installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 using Bootcamp on an iMac 9,1. Now when I turn my computer on, it boots straight into Windows 7 by default. If I hold down Option while booting and select Mac then it does boot correctly into OS X 10.6.1. Is there a way for me to configure the iMac to boot into Snow Leopard by default?

Use the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences in Mac OS X or the Startup Disk control panel in Windows.
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When I boot up my iMac and hold down ALT it boots straight into windows 7 without giving me the option to boot OSX back up. Have I lost OSX and all my files completely? Please help

I set up boot camp for my iMac with windows 7. All was fine and it gave me the option to boot into windows.. I then used windows for a few hours and shut down the mac to boot back onto OSX when I was done.. This time my mac booted straight to windows 7 even with me holding down the ALT key it gave me no choice.
I'm assuming the boot camp set up was wrong somewhere but is there a way to get back on to OSX now?? Please help

1. Have you tried both Alt keys - maybe your Alt key is dead.
2. Do you have wireless keyboard? Have you tried to change batteries? USB Keyboard?
3. If your Win is installed correctly then you have also installed all windows support software.
There should be Startup manager like on the Mac (next to the clock little bootcamp app or in control pannel) to restart your Mac into the Mac partition.

Mac Pro boots automatically into windows anyone else?

Installed bootcamp and now if I hit restart it boots into windows automatically
Called apple and the tech just said he had no idea. and thats weird
I have selected the mac Hd as the boot up, but if I don't hit the option key it will go straight into windows.
Anyone else have this and can solve it for me?

You must be careful about what USB devices you plug into the keyboard. A mouse would be okay but you have to realise that the keyboard is an unpowered USB device and cannot power other devices, well anything needing more than a few milliamps anyway. So running sound sticks from the keyboard is not a good idea and the Mac should have thrown up a warning that it could not provide sufficient power to those speakers. Generally the USB ports on a keyboard are not much use for anything except a mouse or a dongle that some software suppliers demand be used to authenticate their software's legitimate use.

Boot straight into KDEmod desktop

How do I boot straight into the KDEmod desktop, not the login window but the desktop itself (if using kdemod is relevant)?
I switched to windows from linux and now after 6 months going back to linux so I've kind of forgotten some things.
Last edited by KCE (2008-02-07 02:36:49)

I assume you mean bypassing KDM's login screen and going directly into KDE desktop.
You can use the..
x:5:once:/bin/su PREFERED_USER -l -c "/bin/bash --login -c startx >/dev/null 2>&1"
method mentioned in the "Start X at Boot" wiki like you've done but I just thought I would let you know that
KDE lets you change this inside control center.
Control Center --> System Administration --> Login Manager --> Convenience

AMD/ATI fglrx and 3d, only after booting first into windows

I have a x1600pro agp and I can only get 3d acceleration to work if I first boot into windows. Every time after i turn off my PC, i first have to boot into windows or 3d wont work. It also happened with a 9600xt agp card.
I'm wondering if it has happened to somebody else, and if it is because they are agp cards?
It happens connecting with the vga or the dvi outputs of the cards.
Is there a way around this? It gets really annoying having to boot first into windows.
I also think many people having trouble getting they're 3d to work is because of this.
Last edited by tacita (2007-11-07 18:05:45)

tacita wrote:MrWeatherbee: thank you for the link, i have searched high and low (maybe in the wrong places) and didnt find anything before.
Cerebral: yes, but then i guess it is a nice excuse to upgrade. And stay away from the Nforce3.
I congratulate you for making the connection between Windows and 3D functionality in your Linux installation. That's the hardest part to figure out. Loss of hair can result wondering why 3D comes and goes without any apparent reason. However, once you know the secret, the behavior is 100% consistent. I rarely notice it because I rarely turn off the PC in question, and once the correct settings are locked-in by a single boot to Windows, 3D acceleration in your Linux distros will remain through any number of reboots. The only thing that requires a repeat of the Windows touch-n-go is when you power-off.

[SOLVED] Can't boot back into windows

Been a while since I had to install Arch but my previous PC died so I tried installing it on my new one. When I installed it last time, there was no EUFI and it was a simple Grub installation. When I installed it, I disabled eufi from my bios to legacy grub. I installed Arch like normal but os-probe didn't seem to work. Although it detected my OS, it did not make an entry for windows in the grub, When I re-enable EUFI from bios, it just goes straight to GRUB cmd line.
Here's the output for fdisk:
Disk /dev/sda: 946.4 GiB, 1016218828800 bytes, 1984802400 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: A3D81761-F777-4399-9F81-01E346CDC93F
Device Start End Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 1988607 970M BIOS boot partition
/dev/sda2 1988608 3708927 840M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda3 3708928 4241407 260M EFI System
/dev/sda4 4241408 4503551 128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda5 4503552 1123987926 533.8G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda6 1905238016 1953523711 23G Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda7 1953525168 1984798127 14.9G unknown
/dev/sda8 1123989504 1900040191 370.1G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda9 1900040192 1905238015 2.5G Linux swap
and os-prober
$ sudo os-prober
No volume groups found
/dev/sda3:Windows 8 (loader):Windows:chain
Arch is installed on sda8/sda9 and wndows is on sda3/4/5/6. There also seems to be a seperate "boot" drive sdb that only shows up when eufi is enabled. Can anyone help me figure out how to boot into my windows partition? thanks
edit: here's grub.cfg
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt8'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_archlinux ###
menuentry "Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel" --class arch-linux --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
fi
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
fi
echo 'Loading Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea rw
echo 'Loading Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel initramfs ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
menuentry "Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel (fallback initramfs)" --class arch-linux --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
fi
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod ext2
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
fi
echo 'Loading Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea rw
echo 'Loading Arch Linux pkg-linux kernel fallback initramfs ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
### END /etc/grub.d/10_archlinux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Arch Linux' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt8'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
fi
echo 'Loading Linux linux ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea rw
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
submenu 'Advanced options for Arch Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea' {
menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-linux-advanced-6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt8'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
fi
echo 'Loading Linux linux ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea rw
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### 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 ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
if [ "${grub_platform}" == "pc" ]; then
menuentry "Memory Tester (memtest86+)" --class memtest86 --class gnu --class tool {
search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt8 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt8 6a6f6015-3793-4978-8c19-5abd44c63aea
linux16 /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
Last edited by giok13 (2014-04-24 15:20:31)

dice wrote:
As you have disabled UEFI during arch installation your grub was installed in mbr mode and not EFI.
Your Windows installation is probably installed in UEFI mode.
So when you enable UEFI grub doesn't work correctly. And in legacy mode Windows won't boot.
See here for details https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI
Yea, I figured it out last night after spending hours on it. For anyone that might be having the same problem as me: Re-installed grub with os-prober and it detected windows successfully. Added the entry into grub correctly as well. But when I tried to boot into windows, it said my bcd was corrupted. Apparently when I was trying everything, I formatted the entire /boot partition so there was no way for windows to boot. After hours of trying to figure out how to restore the partition, I went into bios and re-enabled UEFI, safe boot, fast boot. It restored the /boot partition and let me get into windows. Then disabled safe boot and fast boot, booted arch live cd and installed gummiboot.

Imac boots up into user account

At start up my imac boots into my wifes account evem though it has a password How can i get it to boot up into the users screen

You have to disable automatic login. Open System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Options, and choose "Off" next to "Automatic login". After doing this, you will have to choose which user you want to log in with every time you start up your Mac.
You may have to press the padlock at the bottom left corner of the window first

Boot Back Into Windows With Boot Camp

Hello,
I am running Boot Camp on a Mac Book Pro. It runs extremely well except for one issue. When the mac goes to sleep for a short time minutes to a few hours, and I click a button, the Windows screen is there ready to use. But, if it sleeps over night, I can not click a button to wake it, I have to click the power button and wait for the boot cycle again holding down the option button so I can choose the Windows drive again. Am I missing something is settings so no matter how long the system sleeps it will wake back into the last running operating system?
Thanks Jr

Check on the hibernate settings by going to the advanced power options as posted by Loner T above. Look under the sleep heading, see pic.
While sleep puts your work and settings in memory and draws a small amount of power, hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard disk, and then turns off your computer.
It can be disabled. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920730

IPhone 4, Home button not working, stuck in recovery mode and boots straight into voice control.

After trying everything and failing I still cant work out why this is happening.
I cant restore my phone in itunes, just get an error. My phone boots into voice control for no reason and to top it off the home button stopped working along with all these errors. It cant be a hardware issue. I sent it in and got told I had water damage which is impossible as I treated the phone like gold.
Does anyone have a reasonable explaination as why this is happening and maybe even a solution?
Thanks!

try to put your phone in recovery mode. plug into itunes and hold down the home button and top button until apple logo appears and then let go of the top button only. the phone should display plug into itunes.let go of the home button when this happens. disconnect iphone and plug it back in itunes should recognize it is in recovery mode. hit the restore button on summary page.

Not booting straight to windows help please

im trying to get a real fast boot time on my pc but i keep geting these 3 screens befor it gose to windows i have the msi 760gma-p34 (fx) mother board i set the ssd raid 0 as boot and it still says cant find any device and then loads the drives then gose to windows idk y please help
heres a video of what its doing
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How many more times and places in this forum do you plan on posting this same topic? Once is enough and more than once is against the rules. 3 times now is way too many.
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Mac OS Lion has caused my Mac to no longer automatically connect to WiFi. If I boot it into windows it works fine.

It does not make sense. I have reset everything. Was working fine before the upgrade. Even tried removing and adding my network connection. I have also upgraded to 7.1. If it is disconnected from my router due to sleep for more than 5 minutes it cannot reconnect automatically.

Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Connections
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Arch doesn't boot up after Windows Update on Surface Pro 3

Hi all,
I am using a Microsoft Surface Pro 3. I have a persistent installation of Arch on a USB drive. It works very well on the Surface. The only problem I am facing is, whenever I run Windows Update, I am not able to boot from the USB Arch installation after that. It just guides me to the BitLocker recovery page. The only way to boot from the USB drive is to install GRUB on the EFI partition again. It'll work until the next Windows Update, but then again the same thing repeats itself. I am stumped as to how to resolve this.
Disabling BitLocker doesn't work too, as the system then boots straight into Windows instead of going to the BitLocker recovery page.

parag14 wrote:Would efibootmgr help in any way?
You can check the boot order by using:
efibootmgr
You can set the boot order using:
# efibootmgr -o xxxx,yyyy,zzzz
Replace the letters with the bootnumbers given by the first command.
You can probably use this method to reset Arch at the top of the list rather than re-installing GRUB.

IMAC will no longer boot into Windows 7 with Boot camp

I can see the partition on the Mac destop and can access it.
The windows options is available when I hold down the option key when booting but the computer appears to just hang.
I have been unable to get the Imac to boot off the Windows 7 dvd or a repair disk. I just get a white screen.
I could sure use some help trying to get the computer to boot back in Windows.
Thanks in advance.

Oddly enough I turned off the computer for a bit and turned it back on and it boot right into windows.......
I did have my Samsung phone plugged into the usb hub.....I wonder if that was causing some issues...weird.

Can only boot into Windows 7. Can't even boot from Snow Leopard DVD.

I have no idea what prompted this. I don't recall installing any OS updates recently, other than some Windows Live apps in Windows 7.
I have an early 2009 Mac Mini with Snow Leopard, and have Windows 7 64-bit installed in a Boot Camp partition. When I installed Windows 7, I couldn't get the Boot Camp utility to install within Windows (I guess because it's 64-bit) so to switch back and forth between OSes, I just shut down the Mac and restart it with the Option key pressed, and select Mac OS X when I want to return to Mac. This has worked for about a month and a half now (ever since I got Windows 7). Suddenly I have problems.
I first had problems booting into Windows or Mac. I got to the grey screen with the Apple logo, with that spinning "progress" thing going for a while, then it would freeze up and get stuck on the grey screen with the Apple logo. I zapped the PRAM. No help. Then, after disconnecting all external drives (I have several) and extra USB devices, I was able to boot from the DVD install disk and reinstall Snow Leopard on my internal drive. Joy, or so I thought. Then I booted into Windows 7, and after some weirdness getting it to start, it did successfully start and ran just peachy.
Then I turned off the Mac and held down the option key (as usual) to return to Mac OS. But now all that happens is that I get a grey screen for a few seconds, then the Mac boots back into Windows 7, which seems to work fine. (I'm in Windows 7 right now.) I turned on one my external drives (Snow Leopard installed, connected via Firewire 800) in hopes that the Mac would boot into that, but same thing. Ignored and back to Windows 7.
Then I thought I'd boot from the install DVD again by putting it in the drive and holding down the C key as I restart, but the same thing--a grey screen for a few seconds, and then booting right into Windows 7. I can't seem to escape Windows 7! It's a bit disturbing when it won't even recognize the install DVD.
I tried to call Apple Care since I'm within my 90 day support window, but of course they are closed. I'm figuring that I'm going to have to take this into an Apple Store, but thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.

According to Apple, Win 7 64bit is supported with Bootcamp 3.0. If bootcamp 3.0 is available; I could not find it anywhere on Apple's website. It appears the most recent version is 2.2. The only place I could find 3.0 is not on Apples website and it's a questionable source so I won't post it here.
It may just be a matter of time before Apple makes it available. I'm not suggesting you wait, however if the install disk can't be used, I'm not too sure where u could go from there. Calling Applecare might work.
If you do a simple google search using the terms 'download bootcamp drivers windows 7' u will see what I was referring too.
Here's what I found from Apple (It doesn't specifically mention 64bit however just win7): http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3920
This is not from Apple, but specifically addresses whether they support win7 64bit: http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/31/boot.camp.win.7.64.support/
Here is more info about bootcamp 3.0 and win7: http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Cannot boot into Windows XP, should I replace hard drive?

THE PROBLEM: I have not been able to boot into or use Windows XP (SP2) for almost 3 years. I have been using Linux instead for 3 years and am using it now. The Windows Recovery process only half works, it works up until you have to boot up the computer from the hard drive. Then it no longer works. The computer will load the files from the TOSHIBA Recovery and Applications/Drivers DVD that came new with the computer onto the hard drive. But when you get to the point of booting off the hard drive, with newly added Windows & Toshiba files, nothing happens. It does not boot up into Windows XP. In fact I can see the newly added Windows & Toshiba fileson the hard drive when I boot into Linux (Live) off the hard drive.
THE HARD DRIVE (Specs below): I ran a SMART Data check using a Linux (Ubuntu) Disk utility on the hard drive and it passed everything except for Reallocated Sector Count. There are 20 bad sectors. I called the Toshiba 800 # on the DVD and they told me that the problem may be the hard drive. A new TOSHIBA Recovery and Applications/Drivers DVD costs $40. Toshiba also said there is no Windows XP Recovery Console on the DVD.
CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM: I think, and TOSHIBA agreed it is either the hard drive or corrupteD files on the TOSHIBA Recovery and Applications/Drivers DVD
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: I have found a couple of sites that seem to have instructions for making a Windows XP Recovery Console CD. And I have thought I might try to run some Windows XP Recovery Console commands from such a CD, such as fixboot, fixmbr, etc. The try to see if I can boot into Windows XP from the hard drive. If I can, then that might suggest he problem is corrupted files on the TOSHIBA Recovery and Applications/Drivers DVD. If I still cannot boot into Windows, then maybe I should replace the hard drive. This should be very easy to do.
QUESTION(S): Does anybody have any comments or suggestions? Does my approach sound good? Do you have any other suggestions?
I have a TOSHIBA Satellite L25 S1216 that I bought new in early 2006. It has a 40 GB (5400 RPM) Enhanced IDE (ATA-6) 9.5 mm height hard disk drive in it. User removable, i.e., it is easy to replace.
Thank you,
Bob
Solved!
Go to Solution.

My plan is to try to use the TOSHIBA Recovery and Applications/Drivers DVD to load the WIndows XP files onto the hard drive, then use the Windows XP Recovery console CD I downloaded from here
http://www.proposedsolution.com/downloads/download-windows-recovery-console/
by using commmands such as fxmbr, fixboot, etc to see if I can get the computer to boot up into Windows XP.
Good plan, Bob!
Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console for advanced users
A backup plan would be to obtain a Windows XP installation CD from eBay or wherever. They are super cheap now. Then you could install Windows clean and add the drivers and utilities from the website here. Or you could use it to repair-install Windows.
How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
You are entitled to activate Home Edition for free. I understand that even after Microsoft no longer supports Windows XP (in April), they will honor activation attempts.
I wouldn't mess with SSDs. And stick with IDE PATA drives. You won't need to worry about advanced-format technology since that didn't come along until the very recent SATA drives. Your BIOS should support 120GB (KB303013). Some here.
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