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Installing Ubuntu over Windows 7, recovery partition

I'm currently attempting to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Acer Aspire 4830T-6678 laptop. The laptop came pre-loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium, and it contains a recovery partition that I don't ...
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I want to reformat my home partition from ext3 to ntfs

I have three partitions: one with Ubuntu 12.04, the other is a data partition (the largest of the three) and the last one has Windows 7. First I installed Ubuntu, then I formatted the data partition ...
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Installation of 12.04, Error 30

I am very new to ubuntu so i would really appreciate your help I am trying to install 12.04 from a CD but the error message causes the installation to crash. Error 30 - they say its possibly a faulty ...
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Problem after installing Ubuntu 13.04

I installed the 13.04 version on my desktop, on it's own partition,formated it as ext4, alongside Windows 8, after the installation finished and the PC rebooted, I can't go in Ubuntu and can't find ...
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Ubuntu and Mint errno 5

There is no way I could install ubuntu right now. I have a laptop - samsung r580 I had: installed windows 7 on ntfs partition installed ubuntu 12.10 (12.04 upgraded to 12.10) - i dont remember if i ...
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Ubuntu installation failed every time after choosing “install ubuntu alongside window 7”

I want to install Ubuntu with window 7 as a dual boot PC. After Booting from pendrive when I choose "intall ubuntu on Hard disk" , then installation window comes, I choose "do not connect to wifi ...
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Mounting a partition and chroot

I'm in the process of recovering my server's files in a "Rescue" mode. Its a Ubuntu 12.04 with 2x3TB in RAID1. The instructions were to SSH into the server in "Rescue" mode, mount the partitions, ...
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Old Acer Aspire E700 Desktop - Unable to Install Ubuntu 12.04

I've been struggling to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from Disk/USB. I've got the fear that my hardware isn't up to it. I get [Errno 5] Input/Output Error reports... Obvs. I've tried installing straight ...
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Dual Boot Win8 Ubuntu out of disk space

I have checked other similar questions but mine seems to be something else that I cannot figure out. I have a Samsung 7 and installed Ubuntu on a separate 750 gig hard-drive, different from my 250 ...
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No device file for partition in /dev/

I did partition /dev/sda1 using fdisk. After creating two partitions, saved the table. And rebooted the server. But there is no device file present for new partitions. :~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk ...
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How to Install Ubuntu 12.04 With Win7 Dual-Boot

I had been using Ubuntu for a little while now and I must say very nice a few hardware compatibility issues but that's not why I am here. I have recently uninstalled Ubuntu because I did not feel safe ...
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lvm disappeared after disc replacement on raid10

here my problem: I am running ubuntu 12.04 on a raid10 (4 disks), on top of which I installed an lvm with two volume groups (one for /, one for /home). The layout of the disks are as follows: Disk ...
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Why is the Ubuntu partition seen as unallocated space after Windows 8 upgrade?

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 as dual-boot. Today I decided to upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 8 on the other partition. I read on some forums that I would most likely need a liveUSB to ...
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Set Up Partition after Dual Boot Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Window 7

So here it's, I had downloaded Wubi.exe, and install and run it successfully. The Problem is, when I restart my Laptop, the system showed up a secure boot menu (to choose between Win7 or Ubuntu), ...
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Why doesn't Ubuntu 12.04 recognize my Windows 7 partition?

After some problems trying to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7, now I have Windows 7 installed and it works just fine. But when I am going to install Ubuntu it doesn't recognize my windows. What ...
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Ubuntu Installation Partitioning Gone Wrong

I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.4 LTS beside my Windows 7. So I put the CD and booted my PC, everything was easy, but I wanted to give Ubuntu 200GB and instead I gave it more than a terabyte. Now, my ...
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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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Ubuntu installer won't recognize my hard drive

So, I've finally managed to get Ubuntu 12.04 to run, but it's the Live version. When I try to install it, when I get to the partition menu, it only recognizes the USB thumbdrive that Ubuntu is ...
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Confusion with mount points in Linux

I am a former Windows user who has migrated to Linux (read Ubuntu) full time. Though in my PC I have kept the Windows partitions intact, I have bought a new Laptop whose hard disk I want to partition. ...
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How do I recover files from an Ubuntu partition for which I am not the “owner”?

Good day, I've recently experienced an odd problem where for reasons that escape me my graphics configuration has been corrupted. I've tried going through the menu option that I am offered ...
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How do I create a partion to install windows? [duplicate]

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and I want to create a partition to install Windows 7 onto it. How can I do this?
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Ubuntu 12.04 /Windows7 dual boot with ssd and hdd - partitioning & setup

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit and Win7 64 bit in dual boot. In few days I'm planing to use SSD 128GB and my current 500GB HDD to dual boot and have no idea how to set this up. There's lot of ...
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Swap bug 100% Increase with two apps running?

Newly installed operating system, nothing download except updates. Firefox currently downloading one file. SWAP at 0% Then I open up Ubuntu software center.. Swap starts rising slowly and slowly . ...
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Installing Ubuntu 12.04 on portable hard drive and still use it for storing files?

I have seen that you can install Ubuntu on a portable hard drive, but I am asking myself this question: will I be able to keep using the hard drive for personal data storage even after the install. If ...
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Restore dual boot disk with clonezilla & grub repair

I have a dual boot system with first Windows Vista installed (ntfs partition) and then Ubuntu 12.04 (ext4 partition). I take full back up of it with clonezilla live, with full disk image. disk ...
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Backing up data before installing 12.04 LTS

I have a problem, had tried to update from 10.04 to 12.04 via update manager but that seemed to not complete, then took me to the grub prompt when I tried to boot Ubuntu from HD, dual boot with Vista. ...
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Partitioning on GPARTED

I have tried over and over to partition my hard disk in a way so that every time I have to reinstall ubuntu, I wouldnt have to copy my data to an external device. I have followed all the possible ...
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I can't see my partitions to install ubuntu

I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my PC. It already has Windows 7 on it. I wanna use both as a dual boot PC. My HDD is 1TB & it has 4 partitions in Windows. But when I try to install Ubuntu I cant ...
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casper-rw partition not mounted by ubuntu-12.04 live USB

I created a Live Ubuntu-12.04 (64 bits) USB pendrive with USB disk creator from Ubuntu-11.10 (Linux Mint 12). The USB stick is 8GB large. I followed method 0: thus deleted casper-rw file, emptied the ...
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What is the best way to uninstall Ububtu 13.04 from a PC dual booting 12.04?

I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a partition, dual booting with Ubuntu 12.04. Now I would like to remove the partition and Ubuntu 13.04 without having to lose Ubuntu 12.04 or reformatting the entire hard ...
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Triple booting Windows 7, Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 8

So I was here a month ago or so and asked about the dual booting. I managed to fix it after reinstalling Ubuntu four times (four different mistakes were made). The biggest issue I had to fix back then ...
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How do i add an unallocated partition to another partition

How can I add space from unallocated to extended? Can someone please simplify the process? I have no idea what to do. I just deleted my windows partition and i want to add it to my Ubuntu one. Also ...
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Ubuntu Installation on Dell Insipiron 14r

I have just bought a new dell inspiron 14r laptop. I want to install ubuntu on the system but the main problem I am facing is there are already 4 partitions built in to the laptop and other than that ...
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Shrink RAID-1 (md) partition

How do I go about shrinking a RAID-1 array and its' underlying partitions so I can use spare space for something else? Background I have a box I've recently rebuilt with 12.04 for use in various ...
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I need specific direction: I have a Windows 7 formatted partition of 30g- Completely empty and wanna know how to install Ubuntu-

If I understand correctly, it will not recognize the ntsf file system.... so should I delete that partition? then... 1. create new unformatted partition.. 2. do i wipe it completely clean, as no ...
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How can I dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 if I didn't create logical partitions?

So this problem may sound familiar to a dozen other questions like these but I still haven't found an answer to mine in particular. When I installed Ubuntu I thought that when choosing to install it ...
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GParted - Increase ext4 partition using unallocated space [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I resize my current ubuntu partition? Making A Partition with Gparted - Unmount? This is a screenshot of my partitions. I want to extend the /dev/sda5 partition ...
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External Hard Disk Damaged | Not Detecting

I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my external 80 GB hard disk. During installation I selected "Something else" option. I formatted the hard disk there with "free space" as file system. As there was ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 lts installation error

I`m trying to install Ubuntu Server 12.04 lts from usb stick. When is the partition section in installation I choose use whole disk or something like that... Then comes an error that says swap volume ...
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Log files (CUPS) grow so fast!

the past few days I faced a strange issue with my computer. I discussed it here: Server logs are filling my hard disk, how do I fix this? Shortly, log files (in cups folder) grow so fast! I did solve ...
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Dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04, facing partition issues

I have just bought a new PC having Windows 7 installed, it has 500 GB disk space. Attached is the screen shot of the disk management C:-Installed Windows 97.5 GB D:- Kept required data 195.31 GB ...
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Is there a command line tool to shrink partition size?

I have searched around and found this page. But is GUi tool. IS there a command line tool I can use to shrink one of my partition size Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 ...
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Remove second Ubuntu installation

I have two partitions on my disk: /dev/sda1 30G /dev/sda3 270G Somehow I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on each of the two partitions. So now I have two Ubuntu installations which are both listed on ...
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Can't create partition in Ubuntu 12.04

I tried to create a partition on a drive I previously formatted. To create it, I used disk utility program and got the following error: Error creating partition: helper exited with exit code 1: In ...
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I can't use the complete partition for ubuntu on mac

I recently installed 12.4 on my macbook, having set the partition for it beforehand as about 115 GB. It appears I somehow don't have access to that space. I realized this when while downloading a ...
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Can I access a Windows 8 crashed partition from Ubuntu?

I had installed Windows 2-3 days before. On my laptop, there was only one drive. Because I wanted to partition it, I installed application called easeus partition master. But because my Windows 8 ...
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Is the Ubuntu installer capable of resizing/moving existing NTFS partitions?

I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64 alongside with Windows 7. I already have 3 primary partitions taking the whole disk space. 100 MB system-reserved (primary) 180 GB system (primary) 285 GB ...
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Does not boot ubuntu? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?) I had Ubuntu installed. When I installed ubuntu I completely formated the hard disk and then I ...
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Unable to boot windows 8 after ubuntu 12.04 installation

I just got my new notebook with windows 8 pre installed. After installing ubuntu 12.04 when I try to boot windows 8 it says "Automated Recovery in Progress" which fails afterwards and shuts down the ...
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dual booting Ubuntu 12.04 and windows 7 (partitioning scheme)

I would like to ask for help on dual booting because it's my first time to try dual booting and a novice on Ubuntu or any Linux distribution. I have 2 partitions on my hard disk: Windows 7 C:\ ...

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