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SFS Windows partition after Ubuntu Install

I installed Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows 7 64-bit on another laptop of mine and encountered a problem. Here is what happened: I shrunk the Windows partition to create space for Ubuntu I ran ...
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What is the windows equivalent of /usr/bin, etc [closed]

This may not be the best place to post this, but my question is asking the sort of the opposite of What is the equivalent to the Windows "Program Files" folder? . I'm new to windows and am ...
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What “file system” is supported by Windows and Linux? [closed]

I'm setting up a media centre for my living room so that I'm able to watch downloaded films and TV shows on the big screen. The media centre is an old small computer which will have XBMCbuntu 12 ...
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watch the file changes in Ubuntu

I'm worried about my Windows apps modifying the files in Ubuntu, as there is software in Windows that can see and can modify files on the Linux partition. Can files or applications run normally in ...
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How to change the hard drive file type?

I installed Ubuntu OS. Then tried to install Windows 7 as dual boot. But i get error message that unknown file system. Not NTFS. Now there is no OS in System. How to change the hard drive file system ...
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Mounting encrypted file system on Windows

Is there a way to mount (read/write) an encrypted file system on Windows? By "encrypted" I mean whatever it is that Ubuntu does to encrypt a file system when you choose that option during formatting. ...
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How can Ubuntu update running applications without having to close them while Windows cannot?

Running Ubuntu 12.04 64 Bit edition [ and Loving it :D] I mostly update through Terminal using sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade I couldn’t understand this , That, having Firefox ...
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Can't see Windows partition in Wubi install

I installed Ubuntu as dual boot using Wubi. All seems fine, only I can't see the files on my hard drive. Do I need to do anything special to mount it, or similar? In the Nautilus file browser (top ...
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partition scheme [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to partition a disk for installing Ubuntu? I bought a new laptop with following configuration: 640gb hard disk and 4gb RAM with pre installed windows 7. right now ...
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GUI for setfacl or other NTFS equivalents?

I would like to setup a small office network based on ubuntu machines to replace the current based on windows. One of the requirements is to setup a samba share for file sharing. The problem is that ...
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In simple terms, how do ext4 journaling file systems work?

How does a journaling file system work and why does it not fragment, like ntfs? Why hasn't Windows switched over to a journaling file system? Co.uld someone please explain this to me? Thanks.
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NX6 gets deleted everytime i dual boot windows ? [closed]

I'm dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I like GNU/Linux, but still need Windows to use some CAD software I'm familiar with: unigraphics NX6. Switching to FREECAD is not an option at the moment. Every ...
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Is there a modern free-born file system working equally good in Ubuntu and Windows?

Is there a modern (I mean excluding Ext2/3 as they are obsolete for general usage when there is Ext4 today) free-born (I mean excluding FAT and NTFS) file system working equally good in Ubuntu and ...
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How do I access my Windows partition using the command line?

I had a problem with my Ubuntu install, and I need to uninstall it. However, I have one folder on there with an important assignment in it that I'd like to keep still. I can still get into Ubuntu with ...
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What filesystem for an external Harddrive (Linux/Mac/Windows)

What Filesystem should I use for an external USB harddrive (500GB), with possibility to share with a Mac and Windows systems, for example at the office. Now it is NTFS but back in the day the NTFS ...
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Technical differences between ways in which UNIX and Windows “mount” devices

Question from which this arose is here: What does it mean to mount something? Since asking about which is "better" or which "worse" can lead to subjective and argumentative answers, I'd like to know ...
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The best choice of linux file system and software that can be accesed from Windows

I am curently having ubuntu and win 7 dual boot and I want to delete my windows 7 and format all my partitions to use a linux file system. But I want to leave a door open in case I have any problems ...
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What is the best way to keep all your files when moving from Windows to Ubuntu?

I've been planning to change my OS to Ubuntu, but my hard disk contains 750GB of files (in two NTFS partitions: 250GB and 700GB). I know that it is possible to keep the larger partition and install ...
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Problem renaming files in a NTFS partition

I have one partition with Ubuntu and one partition with Windows XP, I have also another NTFS Partition where I share my files. I ve had many times the problem when I use Ubuntu and rename a file ...
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Mounting NTFS as read-only

My PC have 3 NTFS partitions (main and backups) plus Ubuntu on dual boot. I want to keep NTFS partitions available, but mounted as read-only by default, so that other users (and accidentally even me) ...
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Where's the best place to share files from?

I've got Samba installed on Ubuntu 10.04 and am about to configure it using webmin, but I just realized I don't know the best place to create a file share on a Linux system. I want to use best ...