Questions about hard drives, configuring and formatting them. Hard drives typically provide stateful memory storage for computers, and are the primary location for the operating system and user files.
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Can't boot into windows?
I installed Ubuntu on a second hard drive inside the computer by booting with the CD.
I now want to switch back to my main hard drive but I don't know how. When I unplug the Linux HD it goes into ...
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Does “No such device”->grub rescue on on an established system herald a catastrophic event?
I've already found plenty of threads on "no such device" and grub rescue on AskUbuntu, but I'm wondering what this signifies if it happens not on a fresh install, but on a computer that has been ...
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BIOS recognizes Hard drive but fdisk doesn't
My windows 7 machine gives an error - "Operating system not found". I am currently running Ubuntu from a USB device and attempting to redeem my harddrive. Bios recognizes the hard drive but sudo fdisk ...
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Can I install Ubuntu server on an external SSD in USB enclosure and then move it to the internal SATA connection?
I have an HTPC/server with two HDD's inside with lots of data on them and serving several web applications that I want to keep online as much as possible.
Now I'm planning to move these two HDD's into ...
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Removing Windows [duplicate]
I've been running Precise and XP in a dual-boot on my laptop for several months now. I'd like to pull the plug on XP and reclaim that wasted NTFS space. What's the easiest way to do that?
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How to turn off HDD write cache?
I want to turn off HDD write cache permanently. Is there a better way to do this than running hdparm -W0 /dev/sda some time during start up?
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How can I uninstall Ubuntu in order to install Windows 7? [duplicate]
I can't work out how to do it. When I try to use my Windows installation disk, it won't even show a setup menu.
I installed Ubuntu via a USB stick, and it is the only OS on my hard drive.
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How to let ubuntu ignore a internal hard-drive when start up?
I am dual-booting Ubuntu(12.10) and Windows on different hard drives in my laptop.
For battery life and noise issue, it is possible for me to ignore the Windows drive and prevent it from being ...
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ubuntu won't boot
So my configuration is such that my windows 7 is installed on a msata ssd drive and I am trying to install ubuntu on my regular sata hdd. Overall the windows installer copies the files but ubuntu ...
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Copy speeds drop down all the time?
I use Ubuntu 12.04.
I have a good PC , a Dell XPS, with 8 GB of memory and a 1TB HDD and an i5 processor.
When I copy files internally (to and from the internal HDD), nautilus initially shows speeds ...
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Linux swap partition created accidentally [duplicate]
While going through one of the tutorials for installing ubuntu I accidentally created a linux swap for drive D and was unable to undo the change. Now my drive does not appear in MyComputer but it ...
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Running ubuntu from LIveCD with no harddisk [duplicate]
can i boot Linus from LiveCD into a copmuter system where computer system doesnot have a physical hard drive.
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killed windows, trying to recover data through ubuntu
windows got corrupted during a update, i am trying to access the data on the HDD to back it up to restore windows. the HDD is mounted already, but when i try and acces the HDD, it does not show any ...
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Will Ubuntu spin down harddrives in an RAID 10 array?
I'm about to buy parts for a new home server and I'm planning on using Ubuntu(perhaps 12.04 LTS)
For the OS, I'll use an SSD.
For cold storage(big files, rarely accessed), I'm planning on setting up ...
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Disk Utility changes bad sector counts
I have been monitoring my HDD for a while now and noticed the following related to the amount of Bad sectors shown in the Disk app:
7 Months Ago - Brand new, sparky, Beam me up Scotty!
3 Months Ago - ...
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I have 4029 bad sectors. Should I worry?
My SATA drive is from 2009 and has been under some circumstances where it's not "Pleasant" for the drive, such as blackouts (lots of them).
On Ubuntu 12.04 SMART reported 4029 bad sectors. I often do ...
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USB 3.0 port not working on Asus x202e
Just got a USB 3.0 HDD, when its plugged into the blue port it doesn't mount at all or show up in fdisk. When I plug into 2.0 it works fine. Is it just a matter of installing some drivers, and are ...
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Disk Error Broke my LUKS encryption
My 1TB Seagate had some strange error which caused it to fail to mount. I ran the command:
fsck.ext4 -cDfty -C 0 /dev/sdb1
The hard drive then stopped making strange clicking noises. Unfortunately, ...
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Virtual Box Ubuntu 12.10 how to access Windows host drives/folders? [duplicate]
Since I'm quite new to Ubuntu I have a little issue with accessing the internal disks from the PC when running Ubuntu on my Windows 7 on VBox. Now I don't know other than trying to select the network ...
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Determining size of the partition when using Ubuntu Installer
I would like to install Ubuntu 12.04 alongside with Windows 7 using the Ubuntu installer, following the official guide. I first chose "Install Ubuntu", then "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7", but ...
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Not able install grub on a new hdd that has ubuntu installed on it
I am not able to install grub on the new hdd. I have already installed ubuntu 12.10 on the hdd however I am not able to boot from the new hdd so tried installing grub on it by running apt-get -f ...
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How can i save files on my hard drive
as i am new on ubuntu operating system.
how can i save my files , music , photos , doc , ect.
on my hard drive i got two partition each 300GB.
and filesystem.
when i open the partition i found in it ...
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How should I troubleshoot this weird SSD issue?
I'm having a confusing issue with my SSD. I will describe some of the symptoms.
Randomly the GUI will crash. The launcher and panel disappear, programs won't launch and eventually everything blanks ...
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how to network in ubuntu client on windows host?
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed on my windows7 on Vbox. Is it possible to access disks and folders from the windows host like system C drive or D drive? Or maybe networking between both machines to ...
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NTFS Corrupted HDD
I just installed a new HDD in my computer. I booted up and formated it in NTFS and copied about 500 GB of Videos onto it. My computer (few hours later) froze while a was watching a video off that ...
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Hard disk partition [closed]
I am new to Ubuntu. So after I installed Ubuntu, I couldn't see the hard disk partition in computer (like in windows C:/ D:/ E:/ etc.).
So I don't know where I can save my files and data. I need to ...
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External Hard Drive is not recognized
I have a new 1 GB external hard drive which I was trying to partition with Gparted. Evidently I did something wrong and now it does not show up in My Computer or in Ubuntu. How can I repair it?
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Hard drive mounted at / , duplicate mounted hard drive after using MountManager
possible duplicate post
I'm running 12.04 64bit. My system is a dual boot for both Ubuntu and Windows7. Both operating systems are sharing the drive named "Elements".
My volume named "Elements" is ...
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Trying to fix a corrupted ntfs through ubuntu. Could I get some code help?
Windows won't boot but I think both my HDDs still work because they are recognized in other computers and in BIOS. I'm trying to fix them through Ubuntu USB using this tutorial on ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 installer can't detect hard drives
I'm hoping someone here could help me with the installation problem I'm having, namely Ubuntu doesn't detect my hard drives. I've tried installing from a disc and using wubi; neither have worked. ...
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Can't install ubuntu onto brand new hard drive
I recently replaced the hard drive of my Samsung n102 netbook with a brand new hard drive. I can't get the computer to read the ubuntu 12.10 install disc at all. It says "OS not found" despite me ...
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Cannot install 12.10, it doesn't detect a HDD
Trying to get a client functioning until DELL will send her system restore media. The Original HDD failed only after 1yr 6mos of light use (the system was a print server for 3 hours a day) with out ...
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disk will not mount
I get the folowing error when I try to mount a drive:
Error mounting /dev/sda1 at /media/ubuntu/f2bebb2d-d57d-4c75-b719-cda5a73d8531: Command-line `mount -t "ext4" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid" ...
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How can I format a hard drive in Ubuntu to use it as storage?
I have an extra internal hard drive that I just want to use for storage. I want it to work with Windows (7) and Ubuntu. How could I just format it to have no operating system and just be used as ...
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How to load HDD lazily?
I have a laptop with an SSD and an HDD. I tend to use the SSD only. On Windows 8 when I don't use the HDD for a few minutes, it goes idle and the laptop is completely silent, because SSD makes no ...
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ubuntu 12.04 does not always boot at the first time
I have a recurring problem: my Ubuntu 12.4 does not always boots at once. I often get a message on a black screen, saying "Media test failure, check cable" (it is not only this what's on the screen), ...
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1 suspicious file with size 140TB?
SOLVED
please see the bottom answer for my solution
After I use GParted to fix my partition(GParted ran well but my laptop shutt down because it ran out battery power and didn't finish the process ...
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What are the consequences laptop running out power while GParted is running?
I was fixing my partition with GParted and it seemed to work well.
But, my laptop suddenly ran out of power and I didn't realize it, then it turned off while GParted was still running which was at ...
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Why does my new Ubuntu installation get installed on the wrong hard disk?
I just installed Ubuntu and I have some issues. At the moment I have got:
1x 120GB SSD <---- I want Ubuntu to install here as it would be faster to run stuff from here.
1x 500GB SATA disk ...
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How can GParted be used to fix “partition does not start on physical sector boundary problem”? [duplicate]
UPDATED
I tried to learn GParted and use it with all the risks -_- and I think that I found a solution, but I still have problem, please read my question below
this is from terminal after I move ...
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Can I install ubuntu to a partition on my portable hard drive?
Ok I've got a live USB which I can load the ubuntu 12.10 installer from so that's no problem. I am very cautious about losing files and I don't have much space on my computer anyway so I am going to ...
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Hard Drive doesn't show
I have a problem with a hard drive. I recently installed Ubuntu on an old computer to make a media server and since the hard drives are small ATAs, I added a 500 GB SATA drawer.
Now I want it to ...
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How do I mount a USB hard drive to an arbitrary mount point?
I just upgraded my system with an SSD from a hard drive. Loads faster. But, I left all of my large media files on my hard drive. Currently, I have a SATA optical bay caddy on order, but in the ...
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Will i get a Multiple OS boot choice after installing Ubuntu with Windows 7?
I have Windows 7 operating off an HDD and am going to install Ubuntu on to another seperate HDD.
How will I determine the boot options? through Bios by the HDD each time I start, or is there a bit ...
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Command line not working?
So, I just installed Ubuntu on my Macbook pro (dual-boot) and I noticed that I couldn't see my other Hard Drive (I partitioned ~40gb just for Ubuntu, but I obviously don't want to install programs on ...
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How can I connect to all drives automatically when I log in?
The download folder in my Google Chrome is a folder in another drive (partition). But when I log in, the folder cannot be opened through chrome unless I open the drive manually (with nautilus or ...
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Installation Ubuntu can't read my HDD
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I just about to dualboot Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7 on my laptop. But when I want to select where I'll install Ubuntu at installation setup, there's no options for freespace. But I just give a ...
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How to use GParted for drivers with data
I would like to install Ubuntu on my 640 GB external hard drive.But about 100 gb of its capacity was already used. I heard there is a program called Gparted so I can creat some partition for Ubuntu ...
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How to view and manage encrypted LVM partitions after installation?
I did a full disk LVM installation. I now want to share the /home folder with another linux distribution installed on another hard disk. But I can't work out how to do this because I can't see what's ...
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Unable to Use External Hard Drive (NTFS Formatted)
I installed Lubuntu 12.10 earlier today on an old machine I have lying around. I've never really used this variation of Ubuntu before and was hoping I could get some (straightforward) steps on how to ...
