Questions tagged [hard-drive]
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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Secure Erase NVMe Drive with nvme cli //CMD_SEQ_ERROR:
Trying to Secure Erase NVM drive but failed with CMD_SEQ_ERROR:
Below is a summary of what/how I am doing to perform the Secure Erase.
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Failed to find default application for the content type 'application/octet-stream'
I recently updated my laptop from Ubuntu 22.04 to 23.10. After the upgrade, I tried to access my 1TB hard disk. Once I clicked the hard-disk folder, I got:
Failed to find default application for the ...
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File system is very slow on both my drives
I'm having a strange problem with trying to load things off my drives on Ubuntu 22.04.3. My computer has a 2TB NVMe SSD as its boot drive and a 14 TB hard drive that I store data on. I'm not ...
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Install Ubuntu on Apple Fusion Drive ( 24 GB NVME + 1 TB HDD )
I just bought a cheap iMac 2015 27" 5K ( iMac17,1 ) with an Apple Fusion Drive.
This drive has only 24 GB NVME and 1 TB HDD. I tried Ubuntu live (23.10), it works good (sometimes only the ...
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Failure to mount external harddisk in Ubuntu 22.04
Recently I have switched from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 22.04. One of my external hard disks, a Western Digital Elements 3 TB hard disk, which has always mounted properly in 18.04, did mount and worked ...
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Automount duplicates all mountpoints DOZENS of times
Coming from arch, I am using Ubuntu for a side project, and the automount behaviour is driving me insane. I have two internal hard drives, one with the system on it and a 640G one mounted at /media/...
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Is it possibel to set up a media server on an HDD drive installed into my existing PC?
I have a dual boot system with 4 drives - 2TB HDD (holds 1TB of Windows partitions and 1TB of ext4 partitions), 2 SSDs 500 GB (1 SATA and 1 NVMe - both ext4 - NVMe hold Linux OS) and I have an old 750 ...
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Root account does not have permission on a file [closed]
I have files which I cannot delete on my hard drive even when I log in as the root account. I have tried to make the owner of the file root using chown, but that does not work either.
I use the mount ...
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How to Change Permissions on an External Drive
Newbie here.
I've got an external hard drive (EXT.4 format) that I'm trying to use as a destination for LuckyBackup.
It seems that I don't have permissions to use the hard drive.
I've tried to change ...
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How to automatically mount a hard drive at runtime in Ubuntu 22.04 server
I found many solutions online, but each had specific errors or downsides, that made them unconvenient.
I want: On an Ubuntu 22.04 server, connect hard drive at runtime, not only boot, via sata and ...
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Installed Robolinux with encryption; Encryption Key won't work; HDD says 0 B available on re-install attempts; Is HDD toast? [closed]
First off, 'utter novice at Linux but extensive experience in OS installs and drive-wipes ('kept Windows 7 going up to now by doing monthly wipes/reinstalls of Windows and saving nothing on the system....
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Unable to mount external hard drive - Damaged file system and MFT
I get the following error when i try to mount my external hard drive.
UNABLE TO MOUNT
Error mounting /dev/sdc1 at /media/khalibloo/Khalibloo2: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,...
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how to check badsector on ext4 6TB
how to check bad sector on HDD 6TB
koko@Rumah:~$ sudo badblocks -v /dev/sda2
[sudo] password for koko:
badblocks: Value too large for defined data type invalid end block (5751976960): must be 32-bit ...
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Ubuntu: How much drive space does it need?
I have a HP Stream 14. It only has a 32 GB hard drive. An eMMC, so,I can’t remove it to upgrade.
Windows took up most of the 32 GB, so I thought to put Linux on it. I’ve made the bootable USB with ...
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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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Startup device error status: { DRDY ERR } and error: { ABRT }. What could it be?
Startup error photos:
ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
ata1.00: error: { ABRT }
ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x5
ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA
ata1....
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External Hard drive mount, and Make directory [duplicate]
cloud@cloud-System-Product-Name:~$ cd /media/
cloud@cloud-System-Product-Name:/media$ ls
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cloud@cloud-System-Product-Name:/media$ cd /media/cloud/
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my hard disk is too noisy (always making clicking noise)
I am fairly new to Linux and I am noticing my hard disk is constantly churning over with clicking sounds. I've tried various sites to fix this problem, but have been unsuccessful.
I've tried: https:/...
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Busybox: is my hard drive dead?
All of a sudden, my Dell Lattitude 7410 with Ubuntu 23 does not boot anymore, instead I get the error
ALERT! UUID-022fd460-e4c3-4552-806d-9be2f3337409 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
I then get ...
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SRST failed (errno = -16) while resuming from suspend
I see this error briefly at the top of a full screen console-type text screen as the computer restarts from suspend. At the start of the message is something about ATA, so I think it's to do with a ...
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Can't mount my external hard drive
I have an external hard drive which I partition sometime ago. I made two partitions in one I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and the other I use for storing various files. It was working OK last time I used it ...
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Mount Internal drive Lubuntu
I am using Lubuntu 16.10 installed on 120 GB drive. However, I also have a secondary 1TB hard drive full of personal data and similar valuable information, yet I am unable to mount it:
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How to recover json firefox files using photorec testdisk?
On the wiki it says that json files are supported but json file format is not listed when using photorec file options.
On the cgsecurity forums, some people have suggested that this is considered a ...
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USB IDE HDD in Ubuntu 22.04 is not working
I have have some IDE disks very old stuff,
I would like to backup all data to a newer HDD or SSD, so I buy an USB IDE adapter to do the work.
When I plug the HDD on the adapter the SO only recognize ...
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Can I decrypt an encrypted USB-HDD using a USB enclosure case, other than the one used for encrypting?
I encrypted an external USB-HDD and it works like a charm, I can decrypt using the password when manually mounting or even automatically decrypt with using the proper settings to do so with using the ...
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Copying files to a SSD without problems
I am planning to buy a SSD external disk with some terabytes of capacity.
I want to copy some files, repos, code, documents etc that I have in my ubuntu machine
In the past, I vaguely remember that ...
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How can I install Ubuntu 22.04 on a system with an SSD and a hard drive using full disk encryption?
I would like to install Ubuntu 22.04 on a PC with an NVMe solid-state drive for the OS and a traditional hard drive for /home, using full disk encryption.
Before I buy the hardware, I have been trying ...
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I couldn't mount my external ssd (ntfs) to my ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
I tried something, but it's not working. For me, the sudo fdisk -l command gives me this output:
... loop devices removed from output ...
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 238.47 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 ...
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Partition windows does not exit
Why does the 500GB HDD appear here while in Other Locations it's not coming out?
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Unresponsive storage ssd
I have a ssd with very important data in my workstation.
It has a ext4 and a ntfs partition.
This morning, the ext4 partition (sda1) didn't mount, and the filesystem was listed as "unknown" ...
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Accidentally deleted folder containing system volume information
I am unable to see folders or files. Please see the attached image and give me a solution.
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the folder content could not be displayed input/output error
I'm new to Linux and I have Ubuntu Budgie (Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS) (Budgie version: 10.6.1) (OS Type: 64-bit)
I have this ntfs type HDD:
I checked its file system:
I saw that it's not damaged:
but when ...
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How to mount an external hard drive as HFS+ by default?
I just switched from MacOs to Ubuntu 21.10.
I use an external HFS+ hard drive to share files between MacOs and Ubuntu.
To enable read / write on this disk from ubuntu, I have to mount it with hfsprogs ...
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Are there any advantages/disadvantages (if any?) in running luksFormat on raw drive (sdx) vs a partition (sdx1)?
I've been setting up a few LUKS encrypted drives and noticed that I've been creating the encrypted disk directly on the 'raw'(?) drive, ie. /dev/sdb, while many examples via google are showing it ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Ext4 ext4_dx_add_entry:2006: Directory index full!
I'm having in some servers this warning, I have a directory with millions (20 more or less) of files but according to ext4 documentation this shouldn't be an issue.
Any idea how can this affect my ...
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How can I use/extend a new hard drive on ubuntu from my main ssd? [duplicate]
I have my main(120gb SSD) drive with Ubuntu 22.04 installed on:
dev/sda1
I have another 3 TB hard drive which is formatted as ext4:
dev/sdb1
What I would ideally like:
I would like to "fuse&...
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Bootable hard disk image locked my hard drive
I recently followed this guide
in an attempt to create a Windows bootable hard disk.
Without any warning or confirmation, the console command chose and locked up my middle/largest hard drive with 7 ...
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Unknow error when mounting /dev/sdb1
I tried sudo apt install --reinstall ntfs-3g then the sudo ntfsfix /dev/sdb1, and get this:
Mounting volume... Incomplete multi-sector transfer: magic: 0x58444e49 size: 4096 usa_ofs: 40 usa_count: ...
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Hard drive usage unreported/ can't find what's taking up space
So I have my ubuntu installed on a 500GO NVMe drive, and, because I needed the space, I decided I wanted to relocate it to a 120GO SATA SSD. I figured it would be enough, and, based on my information, ...
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Clone multiple partitions without re-creating them manually
I'm migrating from Windows to Linux but I have to keep a working Windows installation for backup.
The source HDD is this:
$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdd
Disk /dev/sdd: 465,78 GiB, 500107859968 bytes, ...
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Setting timeshift backup to harddrive, getting "Device not found" error
I'm trying to set the backup location for timeshift to a new external hard drive I just bought.
I formatted the drive w/ an ext4 filesystem w/ the command:
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sde
I then ran the ...
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Ubuntu not booting after hard drive failure
I have a 4yo Lenovo IdeaFlex5 running Ubuntu 23.10, with umis rpjtj512mee1owx storage (some say it's SSD, but in ubuntu it was always /dev/nvme... so NVMe). It worked perfectly fine until it froze out ...
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Clone single partition to empty disk
I would like to clone a single partition off of my current HDD to a newer, larger SSHD. The partition that I would like to clone is running Linux Mint 17.1. Using a bootable Clonezilla USB, I have ...
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HDD exfat partition will not mount
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 dual booted with windows 7 (on separate SSDs) and just stored all of my music on my 1.5 TB HDD (which is formatted as an exfat partition). Everything was working fine for a ...
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External HDD not detected on HP Laptop 15s-eq1
I connected an external hard disk drive (HGST 500GB) to my ubuntu laptop yesterday, the hdd took some time but connected successfully and I transferred a few of my files to it. I had one more hard ...
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How to have Ubuntu read the file in windows hard drive which became RAW?
I have a 2TB USB Windows hard drive which suddenly became RAW.
The hard drive contains only HD movies, mkv files. There's no OS there.
From this link and this link, it seems I may get the chance to ...
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How can I increase partition sizes when adding a new drive on Ubuntu 22.04?
Do the answers in How can I add more disk space to /boot for update still work in the newest Ubuntu 22.04? Can I just order a new drive format it and resize boot to the right and be done? And does ...
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Mounting Drives
The last time I touched Unix of any flavor it was Solaris, so please forgive me. I'm am so very rusty.
I decided to build a home lab and get back into things. I've built, destroyed, and rebuilt my ...
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Incorrect shutdown of HDD
I have 2 HDD on my laptop.
I installed the latest version of Ubuntu on hard drive No. 2
But I think I have a problem
When entering the Ubuntu system and turning off the device
The second hard drive is ...
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Error when getting information for file - Input/output error
I ran rsync sudo rsync -aE --progress /mnt/seagate/dataset/RD\ 8* /mnt/backUp/backUp/dataset/ and pressed ctrl-c by mistake. There was a SIG-INT error whic makes sense.
But now, I am not able to ...
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