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Installing Ubuntu on a HDD

I recently purchased a 2TB WD MyBook external hard-drive with the intention of installing Ubuntu on it in a way that will allow me to simply plug it in to any computer and boot MY Ubuntu from ...
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how to install ubuntu permanetly, while being already booted to ubuntu 12.04.2 trough a external HDD?

nothing to provide here..how to install ubuntu permanetly, while being already booted to ubuntu 12.04.2 trough a external HDD and not being able to go back to windows? I tried the suggestion with ...
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Installing on an external hard drive using VirtualBox

I have used Ubuntu before using Wubi but, I found that I needed the extra space which I installed Ubuntu in. I have tried VirtualBox for Windows and Mac to try to full install Ubuntu, I even installed ...
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How to create partition without formatting drive?

I am have some doubts in partition my external drive. I am have external drive of capacity 2TB formatted in NTFS . 1.5 TB is used in hard drive. I want to create one partition of 200 GB in FAT . But I ...
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How to run full ubuntu installation from external hard drive?

Please bare with me: So I'd like to re-purpose my previous laptop as a desktop (seeing as it has decent specs), the problem is is that the hard drive is shot (failing) so installing Ubuntu on to that ...
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How to install Ubuntu on a laptop external HDD for use in another PC?

I have several Intel Pentium II 333 based PCs which I want to install Ubuntu on. All PCs are identical, however they have no floppy nor do they have a CD drive. They all use 2½ HDD. I intend ...
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Ubuntu not booting after installing in external hard disk

I have Lenovo z570 laptop with 750GB HDD, 6GB RAM, Intel i5 Processor and Windows 7 installed in it. I also have an external portable USB hard-disk of 1TB. My aim was to install Ubuntu 12.10 onto the ...
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Use USB external HDD to install Ubuntu

So I want to install Ubuntu by booting it from my external USB drive, as is outlined here. The thing is, I read here that the drive will be erased. My external drive is a 500GB HDD with a LOT of stuff ...
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How to boot Ubuntu from an external disk in a macbook?

I want to install Ubuntu to an external hard disc from my macbook pro 13.3 2012! I have try to and although the installation complete normal. Then when I go to boot from the external disc it doesn't ...
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Can I install 12.10 on an external HD that will become an internal drive in another system without changing my Windows 7 system?

How can I install 12.10 on an external hard drive that I plan to put into another computer that will only run Ubuntu? I have this drive connected to my Windows 7 and the reason I'm asking is because ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 installation wnt wrong, partial install on wrong hd

I attempted an install of 12.04 on my main pc. I mistakenly left-on the power to my 300G external drive. During the install for some odd reason it began installing to the 300Gb external with all my ...
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Install Ubuntu 12.10 directly from an external HDD

I have an external HDD loaded with 12.04. How can I boot from external hdd and install 12.10 on the internal hdd? Standard installation media (live usb) does not load properly on my machine (DELL EXPS ...
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Install 12.10 to an external USB hard drive automatically mounted at /cdrom

how can I install Ubuntu 12.10 to an external USB HDD? On the disc partitioning screen of the installer there is only /dev/sda showing up in the list. However in a terminal window I can see /dev/sdb ...
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Getting windows 7 to boot from external hard drive. Using Ubuntu

I have Ubuntu 12.04LTS as my current operating system, and I have a Windows 7 iso on a disk. I'm using an external hard drive because my internal hard drive has become damaged. I need to get Windows ...
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Installing ubuntu to other disk from running system

I'd like to install Ubuntu on a disk which is connected (but not mounted), without booting from a DVD or USB. The goal is to have Ubuntu installed on an external disk, unplug it, plug it to other ...
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Installing applications on a usb drive

I'm running Ubuntu off an 8gb USB drive but it's almost full; is there a way to install my applications on a different USB drive. It's been suggested that RAID 1 will work but will that just duplicate ...
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“Bootmgr is missing…” Upon reboot [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Install/running ubuntu on extarnal HDD with a windows laptop? Ill take you through the steps I did. Sorry if this question has already been resolved, I'm new to Ubuntu ...
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I have installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS on an external drive from a CD but it will not boot. iMac 2011, OSX 10.7.4 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to boot Ubuntu from EFI/UEFI? I have followed all installation instructions and partitioned the drive as follows: 475 GB for Ubuntu and its files 25 GB of swap ...
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Can I install Ubuntu on the same hard drive I booted with?

I booted Ubuntu using an external hard drive. Is it possible to install it on the same hard-drive without unplugging or turning it off? I only have one working USB port and the internal PC hard-drive ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu 12.04 from external Hard Drive using Mac

Recently, I upgraded the RAM and hard drive on my Early 2008 Macbook to improve the performance. Rather than throw away the old hard drive, I bought an enclosure for it to turn it into an external ...
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Will installaling from USB HDD harm files in that disk?

I downloaded Ubuntu installer on my portable HDD, and I have a question. Will files be deleted from my portable HDD if I install Ubuntu directly from it(i plant to install it on my PC HDD, not on my ...
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wubi external hard drive

Is there a real risk / issues when installing a simple WUBI on an external USB drive . I must stress that the drive is not empty - it is currently NTFS (winxp) and has documents on it .. As I ...
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How to partition external USB without losing data?

I'm running Ubuntu 12.4 on a 8GB thumb drive. Every time I restart I lose my settings because I don't have enough room. So I want to install it on my 160GB external USB drive (FAT32). My issue is, I ...
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Can I install ubuntu on usb hdd without loosing data on it?

I have live-usb stick that I can boot latest live Ubuntu from. Then I have 160GB external WD hdd with few GB free of space. My notebook can't have any internal hdd so I was wondering if I can use my ...
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Duplicating Ubuntu from external hard drive to internal SSD?

I have been trying to install Ubuntu for the last few days and have had no success at installing to my internal SSD. After trying to format it in Mac OS X and GParted (Which always resulted in a ...
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Triple boot Ubuntu, Windows and Mac problem

I run on an intel core 2 duo late 2009 imac 21.5" I have rEFIt installed which changes boot camp (efi or w.e) to show a triple os boot, mac, windows, and linux. I want to install to my WD Elements ...
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Grub fatal error during installing to external hard drive (sdb)

So I worked out a proper way to partition the external hard drive (see link below) and do the right partitions for ubuntu. However during the install not far from the end, it says the grub or boot ...
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Unable to boot ubuntu 11.10 from external usb drive [closed]

I'm new to Ubuntu (and actually all things Linux) as of this morning, so please excuse any stupid mistakes I may be making. I recently bought an external hard drive for my newly built PC (that is ...
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Ubuntu running too slow on USB stick

since quite some time i'm running ubuntu on an external hard disk, connected to the PC via USB. This works quite well. I recently got a 32GB USB stick and i installed (so no live USB) Ubuntu 11.10 on ...
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How can I install Ubuntu on an external hard drive so that I can boot it on different computers?

I need to be able to use Ubuntu on different computers with my external hard drive, with varying devices. And it needs to be a full (normal..ish) install. (No bootable+overlayfs persistence for me!) ...
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Install Ubuntu on external drive without removing internal drive? (during installation)

All the guides I've read on installing Ubuntu to an external drive strongly recommend unplugging the internal drive before installation. Is there a way around this? I have a Macbook Pro, and I'd ...
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If I install ubuntu on my external hard drive, will my data be deleted?

I have an external harddrive that I use to backup my files. But now I want to install ubuntu on it. I was thinking of a LiveUSB instalation, because it would allow me to boot ubuntu from other ...
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If I can, how do I install Ubuntu from Ubuntu?

Here's what I mean: I normally install by running a Ubuntu Live USB, clicking "try" Ubuntu, and when I'm ready, I double-click the "Install Ubuntu" icon on the desktop. Now, I have an eSATAp port ...
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Installing Ubuntu to and running from an external HD without Live CD

I've got a 2TB external HD just for personal use, with an 8GB primary FAT32 partition (I made it there from the beginning just in case I wanted to install Ubuntu at a later moment) Now I could ...
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How do I install Ubuntu on an external hard disk?

I install ubuntu on my HDD but can not use it on any computer Installing Ubuntu 11.04 or any other distribution on an external hard drive connected to a computer via USB is about the same as the ...
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Installing Ubuntu on external hard disk

I have an external Hard disk with 500 GB capacity. I have data filling almost 300 GB. I want to install Ubuntu into it. I have downloaded the iso and have written it to a USB drive as a bootable ...
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Recover original data on external disk clobbered by botched Ubuntu install [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Recover data using Photorec onto an External Drive When I was installing Ubuntu 11.04 from a CD, I told it to use the whole hard disk. That's what I wanted. Somehow, ...
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How to Install 10.10 to an External Hard Drive

I recently got a used external hard drive from a relative, and decided that I would like to have a fresh system around, so I can program, etc. without all of my junk around. I downloaded the 10.10 ...
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How do I check the external hard disk I purchase would support Ubuntu or other linux platforms

I planning to by a 1TB portable external hard disk. I have a budget of Rs 6000( US $136 approx. ) . How do I check the external hard disk that I purchase would support operations for multiple OS's( ...