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Converting a windows drive to Ubuntu Drive

I am recent convert to Ubuntu and just loving it. Right now, I can access my windows drive from ubuntu, however, I want to delete the windows partition and make it an ubuntu partition. I have already ...
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How to partition an external hard drive

I would very much appreciate your kind help with making multiple 50 GB partitions in my 500GB external hard drive. My System information is: edmond@Dell:~$ uname -a; lsb_release -a Linux Dell ...
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Rough guide on how to partition when installing ubuntu 12.10

I was wondering if someone could give a rough guide on how to partition my desktop. I have a 512 GB SSD and 2 TB SATA HDD. The computer runs on 32 GB RAM and an i7 processor. The computer is for ...
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New lvm install to pick up existing home drive and reinstate swap partition

I've read so many variables on what I'm trying to do, I thought it better to ask outright. I've been through a few installs and upgrades of Ubuntu but never had my system (root) drive encrypted. Just ...
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How to create a common ext4 [ read / write ] partition with all ubuntu users?

I have a shared EXT4 drive with 777 permissions for all users to use. Problem is : When a user creates a new folder / file, it gets 644. I guess that is because of the umask for that user. Now, I ...
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Adding additional internal drive to fresh install (format/partioning/mounting questions) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I add an additional hard drive? I think this is simple, but want to make sure I am doing everything right. I have a fresh 12.04 install on my 750GB sata internal ...
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How to bigger up a ubuntu hard drive system? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is it possible to extend the disk space available to a wubi install? I instal ubuntu 12.04 on my Laptop. And make a dual boot with Windows 7. I instal ubuntu with ...
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partitioning drive [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What's your recommendation on drive partitioning schemes for a desktop and home server? I am going to teach myself to administer linux. I want to be able to run both ...
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Not able to see '/home' drive .

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with 3 partition [ / drive for 100 GB, /home for 200 GB and /swap drive for 8 GB] . But after successful installation I'm not able to see /home drive . I can see ...
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Freed up space on disk gets filled? [closed]

I recently posted a question here on askubuntu that didn't get answered about my disk space. It considerably went down, and I have been using Ubuntu for 3 days only. It passed from 25Gb(allocated ...
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How to remove an “Unallocated” partition

I had Windows partition on my hard drive, but I uninstalled Vista, so I no longer need it. I'm guessing I need to log in with a Live CD, but when running Drive Utility and GParted on the CD, it showed ...
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Why won't my setup see the partitions on my hard drive?

I currently have a dual boot system with 6 partitions on my 180GB hard disk (4 NTFS, 1 for swap and the other one ext4). Ive got WIndows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04 (upgraded from 10.10) installed. The 11.04 ...
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What is the difference between the “Entire Partition” and “Entire Disc”?

I want to install Ubuntu alongside my Windows 7 operation system. During installation I have three options: Install alongside the existing OS. Remove everything and install Ubuntu. Manual ...