For questions regarding file formats, or formatting hard drives.
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Cannot Create Bootable USB Drive from .iso file
I've tried formatting the flash drive as FAT as well as Mac OS journaled through diskutility but still cannot successfully create a bootable drive. I'm following the directions here exactly: ...
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formating old computer with win
I have an older computer which runs windows with multiple viruses that I can`t get rid of.
So what I want is to format the computer and only run a Linux program without windows. How can I make this ...
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Will Ubuntu One delete or restore files in the cloud after formatting my PC?
One of PCs the Windows is having typically Windows issues and needs a reformat. I have my documents, pictures, music files etc syncing across Ubuntu One to access on Smartphone and my Ubuntu dedicated ...
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A good tool for formatting partition aside Gparted
There is a good and quite easy to use tool for format partition, especially with nfts fs, aside Gparted which with I've had some issues?
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Remove Ubuntu and keep Grub manager
here is the deal... i have 3partitions and swap... one big for space one windows 7 and one Kubuntu.
Here is table:
SDA1 >NTFS >System Reserved >100mb
SDA2 >NTFS >Windows7 >40gb
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Installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows7, now win7 wants me to format drive D?
I have an ssd boot drive and a Hard disk drive, C: and D: respectively. I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside windows 7 and when I rebooted to go to windows, drive D says it must be formatted. Is ...
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cannot allocate free space, format extended partition
I can not create a partition on free space, neither can I delete the extended partition.
Disk utility says
Cannot delete extended partition while logical partitions exist
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I Want To Start Over But Its Confusing
Okay, I had a desktop completely running on Ubuntu 12.04. No dual boot at all.
I wanna re-install it because of some complications. Now I know there are many methods out there, but none could work so ...
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How do I unlock a microsd card?
I have a locked microSD (locked by Nokia symbian phone), I forgot the password, how do I unlock it? I don't mind if I lost my data in microSD. I can't mount it.
Output of mkdir ~/sd_mount ...
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unable to format external hard disk
I have an external wd my passport connected via USB 2.0. Yesterday I have tried to format it using disk utility but somehow it could not complete successfully. Now its showing unknown volume 0.0kb. I ...
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I want to format my hard drive and install Lubuntu from DVD- Where do I start?
I have 256 MG ram. I don't really need XP. I ran Lubuntu with live CD but could not install it with XP (which I don't really need).
My computer is for back up only. I need something to access the ...
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tried ntfs format in terminal but says internal error
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 with Linux kernel 3.8 which has ntfs-3g package but again asks to install it, when tried the terminal does not respond!
as I am new to ask Ubuntu I'm not allowed to post ...
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Ubuntu Gnome 3 and Windwos FAIL BOOT
I have a strange issue:
I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.10 Gnome edition on a usb and every time I wanted to use this Ubuntu to plug my usb into my laptop and boot the usb enjoy the cool OS. I made a ...
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Disk Utility. Format CD-RW to blanck : Error creating filesystem
I got this error when I went to format a rewritable cd with Disk utility.
Disk was unmounted as demanded.
Error creating file system: helper exited with exit code 1:
Error calling fsync(2) on ...
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After formatting Windows 7 there is still dual-boot screen
I have installed Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10 on my PC and Ubuntu was installed using WUBI installer.
Today, I format my PC and installed Windows 7 and after restarting the PC, there is still ...
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Harddisk Acces to bootable harddrives
I have several bootable harddrives in one PC.
Harddrive 1 has 2 partitions both bootable, I want one partition instead
Harddrive 2 is bootable I want acces to as a normal slave/data harddisk and ...
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Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 4684514
I'm trying to format a hard drive.
I've used mkfs.ntfs /dev/sda1 after the fdisk command, but mkfs doesn't work!
And when I press Ctrl+Alt+F6 I see this message:
Buffer I/O error on device sda1, ...
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USB NTFS pen drive and hard drive not working after plugging them into Ubuntu
I connected a USB key (NTFS formatted) with data in it, on 12.04, after I disconnected it, I was no longer able to access the USB key neither from Windows nor from Ubuntu. The system asks me to format ...
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How to format a SD card easily in KDE?
first I want to clarify that I know how to do this with programs like kde-partitionmanager or gparted.
What I am really looking for is a easy way such as right click in dolphin on my SD Card or USB ...
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How do I format or partition a read-only USB drive?
Whenever I try formatting my Sandisk Cruzer Glide 16GB, I get this error message on Gparted.
GParted 0.11.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid
Libparted 2.3
Create Primary Partition #1 (ntfs, 14.42 GiB) on ...
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How do I choose M4A format music downloads in the Music Store?
The albums in the Ubuntu Music Store are shown to be available as mp3 or M4A files. How can I decide which format to download? I am not using Mac but I would prefer to download M4A.
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Formatting HDD and USB-stick results in broken “unknown” file system
I am trying to format a new hard disk (and a USB-stick) using GParted. After successfully formatting the drive (to ext2, ext4, ntfs, fat16, whatever), GParted tries to reload the partition data and ...
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Copying to NTFS drives
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Windows XP.
I have copies files from Ubuntu to my Drive E: and all went well.
Log into Windows and Drive E: is classed as a Local Drive and appears not to be ...
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How to format a read-only NTFS formatted USB Drive?
I'm trying to repair my USB drive because I can't write to it. It's a Transcend Jetflash 700 USB 3.0
This is the information I get via g-parted:
Trying to mount the USB drive:
The file system ...
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empathy irc text formatting
How do I post in bold, italic, colors in an irc chat windows in Empathy? and how do you mention someone if you need to direct a msg at them specifically like @someone?
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Reset Ubuntu (Edubuntu) USB drive settings
I have installed Edubuntu on USB drive but I need to reset the settings (all of them) so it is a fresh install after that. Is there a way to do it without formating the USB and re installing the OS?
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How to overcome “error fsyncing/closing /dev/sdb input/output error” and recover data from drive?
I have a Seagate 500 gb external HDD. When I connect it to my laptop it gets detected but when I click the icon to open it, it states Drive needs to be formatted. If I say OK then after some time it ...
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USB Hard Drives being only Read-Only?
I have finally gotten my Hard drive to be formatted in FAT32 but now, when ever I try to move a file onto it, it says: "The destination is read-only." I have been looking through it in GParted and ...
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How to add year in date section on top panel from christian to buddhist year?
From tutorial in
http://choorucode.com/2010/04/02/how-to-change-the-date-and-time-format-of-clock-in-panel-of-ubuntu/
According to strftime format, I have only %Y for full 4-digit year in Christian ...
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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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No operating system or formatted partition(s) on laptop
I have about 20 IBM Lenovo ThinkPad laptops, R52, that are being donated to a school in the Dominican Repulic. There is absolutely nothing on them! I am trying to load Ubuntu Mint on them and have ...
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Recover data from NTFS partition after being formatted to ext4
I understand this is EXTREMELY unlikely, I was just wondering if someone might have a tip or two?
I have an external 500GB HDD that was formatted to NTFS and I (VERY stupidly...) left it plugged in ...
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can't get Ubuntu format partition and continue installing
All goes well until the fresh install starts formatting the desired partition - 200 GB drive with XP-64 on the original 100 GB partition (resized from 60 GB using it externally in a W7 box). 2 ...
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Can't format USB drive
I have a 4 Gig USB drive that I'd like to format.
I go to the Disk Utility, and try to format it, but it says that the device is busy. (This same error occurs no matter whether I tried to format the ...
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Format sdcard and read superblock issue
I've tried to format my sd card with no luck so far. Everytime I put it in my card reader, Ubuntu throws back at me this error:
Error mounting /dev/sdb1 at /media/haunted/FC30-3DA9: Command-line ...
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Install Ubuntu 12.10 error with ntfs partition
I bought a Sony Vaio SVS1511V9E with Win 7, The first attempt I made to install Ubuntu in dual boot, everything worked ok, the only problem was that I screwed up and selected LVM which completely ...
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error creating filesystem daemon is being inhibited
while formating an error occured while performing an operation on 320 GB hard Disk(SAMSUNG HM321HI) :The Daemon is being inhibited
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Lubuntu boot CD fails install to hard drive, will not format, daemon inhibited
I am encountering an error similar to that described in this question.
In my case, I am trying to install Lubuntu on an old IBM using a just-burned install disk (version 12.04). Long story, but I ...
