Use this tag if you have problems using HDs or SSDs in Ubuntu.
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Kubuntu 12.10 not seeing usb drive formatted ntfs
I have a 160gb hard disk (model WD1600BEVT) that I've installed in a USB casing. I formatted it as NTFS in Windows 7. A few days ago, I have installed Kubuntu 12.10 on my computer at home, but when I ...
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Permanently disable CD drive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
disable the cdrom in Ubuntu 11.10 OS
I have no use for a CD drive, ever. Yet it exists, consumes power, opens inadvertently when in its case or in my bed and makes noise ...
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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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Addition drivers on a installation usb
Is there a way to install additional drivers on 12.10 64bit installation usb drive? 12.10 usb does not start up properly (holds on blank screen with blinking underscore). I believe this is because I ...
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Run Ubuntu 12.04 Without Hard Drive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I run Ubuntu without a hard drive?
Is there any possible way i can run Ubuntu 12.04 from a live USB drive with out having a hard drive in my computer?
The hard ...
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I cant see my windows drive in ubuntu
I'm n00ber than any n00b you ever seen, so bear with me...
I just downloaded wubi and installed ubuntu 12.10 along with Windows 7 on the same HDD.
Linux works fine, but doesnt show files from drive ...
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Unable to write in mounted driver Kubuntu 12.10
I installed Kubuntu 12.10 in SSD but unable to use HDD because I do not have write permission.
kisun@ejo129:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for kisun:
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected ...
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Cannot mount USB drive — FSTAB error
Recently, one of my desktops seems to have developed a problem with the fstab and mounting USB drives. The specific error I receive is...
Unable to mount TRAVELDRIVE
Error mounting: mount exited with ...
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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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Create bootable flash drive on mac for PC
I've got a PC with a crashed HD, which I am replacing with a new HD. I want to create a bootable flash drive ubuntu to install ubuntu on that PC. Obviously I can't do that on the dead PC and the only ...
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Why would my USB remote just stop working? (Compro K100 USB MCE)
So I recently installed again and I am finding small things to be super frustrating. For example getting my stupid Compro K100 USB MCE Remote to work.
When I installed Ubuntu 12.04 TLS it was ...
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Cannot find wireless after installation, please help
I recently posted a question but couldn't get any help from it so here goes again:
I am new to Linux. I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 onto a USB drive to put on an old laptop just for fun. I realized that ...
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Restoring deleted partitions/files
I had Windows 7 installed on my computer and four partitions, namely, C (where Windows was installed), D, E, and F. I decided to install Ubuntu and ended up deleting all my partitions, but one with ...
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switching from ubuntu to windows on same hard drive
I just portioned my hard drive for ubuntu and windows 7. since I have a wireless keyboard I cant change the option to boot to windows at start-up. Is there another way to change from ubuntu to windows ...
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network drive automounitng after upgrading to 12.10
I have a usb hard drive hooked up to my netgear router that I have been using to store music, documents, etc. and access on my netbook. Since 10.04, I have been able to automount it at login by:
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How to automount usb drive reliably without fstab
I need a way to mount a usb drive without using fstab.
I Cannot use fstab because the drive is not connected to my computer at boot. This causes an issue during any one off reboots because start up ...
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1answer
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PC wont install from pendrive
I made a bootable usb stick using Pen Drive Linux's USB Installer, but my PC doesn't recognize it when booting.
I have set the BIOS to select USB as first choice but it just bypasses it and boots ...
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Can't Find Windows's partitions in Linux [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to access Windows partition?
I have made dual boot system with Ubuntu and Windows 7 (Preinstalled given by manufacturer on Laptop). I am not able to find my windows ...
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2answers
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Problem Installing Ubuntu 12.04 - [Errno 5]
I'm trying to intall Ubuntu 12.04 to my brand new eBay purchased hard drive. Only got the drive today and already it's causing me problems. The seller is a proper proffesional company with 99.9% ...
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1answer
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Booting From USB Problem [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can’t get USB flash drive to boot
I'm trying to boot Ubuntu 10.12 from a usb memory stick in a first time installation, but i keep getting a message preventing me from ...
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Copying entire root drive to flash drive with different drive sizes on VirtualBox
I have my modified Lubuntu version installed on VirtualBox and I want to copy the entire root filesystem to flash drive in order to boot it on my physical PC.
My flash drive has 1.90GB and the entire ...
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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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Can't mount any partitions - ACL error
I've install Ubuntu 12.10 and now I can't mount any partitions.
I get the same error with drives: Adding read ACL for uid 1000 to/media/proachfailed: Operation not supported
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2answers
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Problems mounting ntfs hard disk on boot
I've followed this tutorial:
Can I change personal folder locations
to mount my two disks on boot.
The funny thing is that I was able to mount one (Datos), but the second (Programs) gives me this ...
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I can't access secondary hard drive
I have Ubuntu installed on a primary hard drive and Windows 8 on a secondary one.
When I try to access the secondary hard drive the following message appears:
Error mounting: mount exited with ...
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2answers
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No Read/Write Permission as User on a Secondary Drive
I have a 2nd hard drive that is used for data only, it has been formatted both in NTFS and FAT32, the system is dual booted with Windows so the Data drive is used to share data between Win and Ubuntu.
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1answer
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Is there a driver for HP 3D Drive Guard?
In some HP Laptops have 3d drive guard system . i dont how it works but there is a link about it. In windows hp depends it but i didnt find a driver about it for linux .
HP 3D DriveGuard protects ...
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My external hardrive doesn't save anything on Ubuntu
When I try to save anything into my external disk (Verbatim) from Ubuntu, I always see the warning:
Error saving (name of file) /non existent
I cannot save anything from Ubuntu to external disk. ...
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Can't mount my USB Drive
~> sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/Disk
Did not find any restart pages in $LogFile and it was not empty.
The file system wasn't safely closed on Windows. Fixing.
I have a USB Hard Disk and Windows ...
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2answers
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PCman filemanager displays old data on USB mounted drive
When I plug in usb flash drive, or even my camera and open File Manager only old data that was previously on usb drive (or Camera's memory card) is shown. I can't open any of those files or see any ...
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How to show just one Drive in Unity bar
I have two partitions and both are appearing in nautilus. On one partition windows is stored and other is for general use D:\drive.
In unity we have option to display mounted drives but I want ONLY ...
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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 USB drives goes after system hard drives
I am using 12.04. My hard drives usually comes as: sda, with sudo blkid and if I plug-in any USB drive, they comes as: sdb, sdc etc; after sda. That's fine.
But problem arises after I restart my ...
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Ubuntu installation froze on black screen similar to command line
Any help is greatly appreciated as I do a large sum of my work on my PC.
Okay so whats happened is I came upstairs and saw my computer running Windows 7 with a blue screen so I assumed nothing of it ...
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Can Ubuntu recognize an external disk drive created by windows xp?
I have an external Hard Drive Formatted under Windows XP, Can I manage this drive in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
Right now the drive is invisible to Ubuntu. How can I use such a drive without reformatting it?
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Why does the installer say I don't have enough drive space on a new drive?
I have a problem with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I am trying to install it on a new (bare) hard drive and can't get past the first screen (the one that says "For best results, please ensure that this computer: ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32 bit Live CD unable to detect windos XP OS and Drives
I m trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32 bit (Dual Boot) , but its not detecting Xp OS and the drives.
Instead it shows complete hard disk in one section
1)No previous detected
2)Drives not ...
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Is it safe to install Ubuntu with an virtual drive? (With Daemon or Alcohol)
Is it safe to install Ubuntu with an virtual diskdrive (With Daemon, Alcohol, or MagicISO)?
Because I'm not sure, and won't take the risk.
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Ubuntu 12.04 fails to recognise my blu-ray drive
This blu-ray drive was working fine in Windows (before Windows became corrupted and I used the opportunity to move to Linux). I have checked SATA connections and the drive is picked up by the BIOS ...
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2answers
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How to create fifth drive for ubuntu on Win7?
I have Win7 with 4 drives (basic disk) and a lot of unallocated space....
Now I want to create 5th drive for Ubuntu...
But windows don't let me create 5th without making the disk Dynamic.
I don't ...
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Cant set up Swap Memory
My system was recently locking up, and I realized that all my ram was all used up. I then inserted an old Hard drive and made an 8gb swap partition to compensate. Swap memory is "not avaliable" which ...
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Can't mount any partition - ACL error - Ubuntu 12.10 [closed]
I've upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 and now I can't mount any partition.
I get the same error with all drives/usb: Adding read ACL for uid 1000 to `/media/evil' failed: Operation not supported
Thanks
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3answers
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DVD wont mount Ubuntu 12.04
I can't seem to be able to mount my optical drive. I have tried numerous solutions from this site with no results. I am not able to see the device inside the file browser either. There is a DVD in ...
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6answers
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Is there any program available for making bootable USB drive?
I just don't understand the how-to pages for installing Ubuntu from USB drive.
Is there any program that can make USB drive from previously downloaded Ubuntu ISO images?
Something like that would be ...
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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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wubildr.mbr is corrupted or missing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
wubildr.mbr missing or corrupt
I have installed ubuntu on my second Hard drive, but when I boot it says wubildr.mbr is corrupted. I am very new and have no idea what to ...
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How to make several drives one large hard drive?
Just wondering how I would go about make say three 1tb drives one large volume? This way I don't need to section things off to different hard drives, and Ubuntu/Linux can just assign the data where ...
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Missing files on mountable drive after cleaning filesystem with a LiveCD
Recently my Ubuntu box failed to boot due to a hard drive error. I booted into a Live CD, cleaned the file systems and everything seemed fine.
One issue is that before the incident, I had a drive ...
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Ubuntu Server Edition won't boot with second hard drive plugged in
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu server edition running on my home server. I cannot (for the life of me) get it to boot with a second hard drive plugged in. I have checked boot priority and made sure ...
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2answers
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Inserted DVD disc not recognized
I was trying to watch a DVD on my Ubuntu laptop, however, whenever I insert the disc, the CD/DVD drive icon on the Computer pane disappears, seems that it cannot detect what type of disc was inserted.
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