For questions regarding disk storage devices such as hard disk drives, floppy disk drives, and optical disk drives.
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How can I restore missing files containing photos?
I tried to reboot and run Ubuntu,using western digital external hard drive(Passbook).
I saved many photos on this disk drive:All my photos have been missing since then.
How can I restore missing ...
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Stop/Switch eSATA hotpluggable disk
I would like to know what would be the best practices to start/stop/switch safely an eSATA disk.
First : i've read this post : Safely removing eSATA disks but the given and accepted answer does not ...
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Not enough free disk space
I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm getting an error in software updater. When I try and do my daily updates, it says:
The upgrade needs a total of 25.3 M free space on disk /boot. Please free at least an ...
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Why are Ubuntu's Volume UUID's not the same as the ones listed in windows?
I am running Ubuntu under wubi and when I run sudo blkid i get:
/dev/loop0: UUID="8325f250-89a8-4675-be02-c02774456c6e" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="System Reserved" UUID="346A855E6A851E2C" ...
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View TOTAL Disk Space Taken by ALL Installed Packages
Is there a way to view a 'system size'? I want to know how large I should make partitions if I separate my /home from the / (root) partition, but I don't know how much space Ubuntu + every installed ...
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What are relevant disk benchmark settings for a desktop system [duplicate]
NOTE: This is not a question about which tools to use to fine tune disks.
I am about to replace an HD with an SSD and also to fine tune some of the disk settings. Also, I might distribute my ...
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There was an error when trying to install live disk but now it will not boot up with anything but that disk [closed]
I tried to reinstall ubuntu 10.04 on an older computer now but this disk i use has an error so i made another disk but it stays at a black screen with this disk and any other disk i put in
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Installing ubuntu to a specific disk drive alongside Windows 7 on separate disk
I have deleted an entire disk drive (120 GB ssd) for ubuntu to be installed on. However, when I install ubuntu 13.04 from DVD, it never prompts me as to which disk drive to install on.
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“Disk I/O error:” Can not write anything to mounted partitions
Recently I have lot of DISK I/O Errors. I am not able to save anything even on my home partition. I have the same problems in 12.04, 12.10 and now in 13.04.
Following is the output of mtab
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How do I make a complete image file boot disc
I'm a crusty old fert who's gotten fed up with MS, plus I have security concerns. I'd like to make an image file boot of Ubuntu, a PDF printer (possibly a complete editor?), and if possible, a driver ...
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Strange RAID disk volume usage
I have Ubuntu Server 12.04, and my disk is full. I don't know why; my files don't use more than 5GB.
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
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GRUB check disk says there is an error in 1 file
My system runs very slow, it's a fresh install ubuntu 12.04.2. I booted from USB memory stick and checked the disk. GRUB said there is an error in one file, but I don't know where or what is the file.
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I can't see my IDE hard drives in Ubuntu
I have installed Ubuntu to replace my Windows system. I have 5 HDD in my pc, the main 3 Ubuntu picks up, the SATA ones, but the two connected by the IDE cables I cannot see.
I am new and this is ...
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USB DVD Drive not playing DVDS
I am running Xubuntu 13.04 and I have a USB DVD Drive as its a notebook. The only problem is that it's not playing DVD's or CD's. Ive installed Restricted extra's to see if that would sort it but it ...
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Increase of Disk space
I have chosen Drive-G which was 100GB memory Space. Nothing was present in the Drive-G. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS through wubi inside the windows 7. While installing I chosen 30GB space which was ...
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Deleting contents of a disc
I need to completely delete the contents of the folder /data
Obviously I launched rm-rf * but it's been running from a long time (I have many large files for a total of nearly 1 TB).
Given that the ...
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“Back-up location not available”
I have been successfully backing up to a 16GB USB 2.0 removable disk.
Now I get a message from Backup saying "Back-up location not available". Detailed message is Waiting for USB DISK 2.0: Backup to ...
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i need to put ubuntu on a dead apple desktop using an apple laptop… how do i do that?
my apple desktop computer only displays a flashing question mark when i turn it on. i tried resetting the PRAM and doing some other suggested actions. the only suggestion i didnt try was installing a ...
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Changing size of Windows partition
when I was installing Linux, I divided my HDD into few partitions. By mistake, I let for Windows too little space. Question is, how to uninstall Linux, join all partitions and then again divide HDD ...
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How can I use clonezilla to encrypt a ubuntu system after install?
I have used clonezilla before to make a backup of a ubuntu partition, I was able to "clone" that backup over any fresh install of ubuntu to restore my system, can I use this method to make my system ...
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How can I preform a full disk encryption and be able to decrypt via ssh after install?
So I already installed Ubuntu on a Netbook I have, I have the system set up as a wifi router and I was planning on setting up other services as well. I did not set up disk encryption during install ...
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How do I find out if an external drive is in active use (being read/written to)?
I have some external drives connected to a power outlet. The outlet is USB switchable, i.e. I can run a program on my PC that physically disconnects the external drives from the power grid. I only use ...
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Increase the disk spindown timeout
When my laptop (running Ubuntu 12.04) is on battery, the disk powers off after a few seconds of inactivity — about 20s. I use lightdm to log in, and have some Gnome components running (I have ...
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While installing Ubuntu I used replace Windows with Ubuntu option. Did it delete my private data?
I had 3 Partitions:
Local Disk C: with Windows installed
D: and E: with my data.
While installing Ubuntu, I used:
Replace Windows With Ubuntu Option
Have I lost my data in D: and E: also? ...
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How to create partitions in preparation for software RAID?
I'm following the ubuntu docs on setting up software raid-0 across 2 disks.
Installation/Software RAID - Community Ubuntu Documentation
It suggests that I partition the disks ...
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how to check if cache is working
is there a way to check if disk cache is working on a regular sata disk?
i see "asking for disk cache failed" error messages, but discovered my laptop has a 1gb solid state drive without a ...
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No Such Device or Address
I have an external 250GB Seagate Hard Drive. System gives an error while trying to mount it. Here's the error.
"Unable to mount ANKIT
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 13: The disk contains ...
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Empty disk partition after opening Windows 8
I have both Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 on my machine. I always use Ubuntu and nearly never logged in to Windows 8. However I needed to use Windows today and encountered a serious problem. When I ...
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Root partition oddly full
The root partition of my 12.10 Kubuntu distro is full and I don't really understand why, since fileflight shows that 72% of the disk space usage of my root partition is being used by the "home/"My ...
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Windows formated disks; are they any use on Ubuntu?
I have a bunch of disks (digital dictionaries, encyclopedia) on Windows format. Is it possible to read them with Ubuntu?(12:10) When I just put them in my drive, window says "no respinse" and it ...
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How to create a bootable USB stick on Ubuntu
in here says i need to search 'Startup Disk Creator' and i search but i dont find enything.. what to do?
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OK thanks to you i found the file but now every time i put a 'iso' file it says 0.0B ...
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Disk Drive Not Ready / Not Yet Present
i was trying to upgrade my ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04. on the half way the power went off.when i reboot my laptop first i got a error message E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room.increase your apt cache ...
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Can't mount large external large disk(3TB) on ubuntu server 12.10
When I connect with e-sata or usb for external disk, the display shows the following message:
[534.032718] ata3: exception Emask 0x10 ASct 0x0 Serr 0x5840000 action 0xe frozen [534.033063] ata3: ...
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Confusing Disk Space Situation
My system primarily has Windows 7 on it. A while ago, I switched from VirtualBoxing into Linux to installing Linux in its own Partition. I thought I had lots of free space.
However, Ubuntu's now ...
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How to let ubuntu ignore a internal hard-drive when start up?
I am dual-booting Ubuntu(12.10) and Windows on different hard drives in my laptop.
For battery life and noise issue, it is possible for me to ignore the Windows drive and prevent it from being ...
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How to solve “503 Out of disk space” error while installing software?
When I'm installing software using apt-get install through the terminal, I get the following error:
503 OUT OF DISK SPACE
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with ...
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Does Ubuntu run from a CD/DVD save data ONLY in memory?
If I create a proper LiveCD and run the OS from the disc does it save any information on a hard-drive or is it ALL saved to the PC's memory? I've looked around for a clear, direct "yes/no" answer to ...
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DIsk space required when installing ubuntu? [closed]
Listen guys when I try to install Ubuntu I have three things to check I have checked two except the one that says that I need 4.4 GB of disk space... Now I erased the disk on my sisters PC that has ...
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Can 1 partition span multiple physical disks?
I have 4 disks on an Ubuntu Server box, can I create on partition that spans across those 4 disks?
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8 Gb or 16 Gb Nexus 7 for Ubuntu? Which one I should prefer? [closed]
I am about to order a nexus 7 and planning to install Ubuntu on it. I am not sure if I should pay more for the 16 Gb version. How much space does Ubuntu take? Would the 8 Gb model give me enough free ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 says little space left
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a 100 gb partition, and it says I only have 127 megabytes remaining. When i ran df -h, this is what came up:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
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How to recover from wiping by dd a partition table on external disk?
Yesterday I used dd to write an OS into my Raspberry Pi flash card. Even though all my commands ( I checked history ) were for /dev/sdd which was the flash , when I checked my external drive(500GB) ...
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Partition table messed up. Cant see any partition using Gparted, though everything works?
Yesterday I was trying to install Mageia Linux along with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10. After several tries I finally installed Mageia and created an entry for the Mageia boot-loader in the Windows boot ...
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How to increase the disk space of Ubuntu installed besides dual boot without using WUBI? [duplicate]
I want to increase the disk space on the partition that the Ubuntu installed in.
I wonder about doing this in windows or in Ubuntu? The rest free space is less than 300MB.
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Activate spare for RAID-5 in Disk Utility
I have a RAID-5. I'm trying to replace a failing drive in Disk Utility GUI. I added a new drive as a spare, then did "Remove Component" for the failing drive. How do I tell it to actually use the ...
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System very Slow, Trying to find the bottleneck
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed in Sony VIAO E Series VPCEH16EN, 4GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, Intel Core i3-2310M Processor 2.10GHz. It is a dual boot with Windows7 alongside with it.
I see the system is very ...
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I cannot make a Installation USB
for some reason I cannot make a installation USB from my system already working, I have tried two different USB's formatted them, but still the "make startup disk" is still faded out!! whiuch I don't ...
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Recommendations for restoring accounts after replacing a disk drive?
Several of our development servers have flaky SSDs that need to be replaced. The machines are still usable, but we see lots of errors in dmesg, and every once in a while they need to be rebooted ...
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Gparted found problems when “checking” both primary partitions. How to fix?
I am using Gparted (from Ubuntu Live CD) to enlarge my Win Vista and shrink my Ubuntu 9.04 partitions.
Reports of "check" process on each partition are here:
Vista partition: ...
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Install ISO boots but then freezes
I've downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 and put it on a usb stick using unetbootin. I successfully booted the USB, Ubuntu starts and I see the classic Ubutnu splash screen. Then the computer freezes. Disk is not ...
