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Mounting a directory
I have a directory in the /dev dir called media/windows. I need to mount the /windows directory to a ntfs file system partition in /dev called sbd1. I have tried mount /dev/media/windows /dev/sdb1 and ...
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File operations not permitted on ntfs file system on Thoshiba 1TB external hard disk in Ubuntu 11.10
Recently I buy a Thoshiba external hard disk. And I make a NTFS partition. Now it is read only mode in Ubuntu 11.10. Now I can't able to copy from my system / create folder in HDD. But copying from ...
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how to install windows after deleting a linux partition [closed]
So I used to have linux but I screwed my computer up in attempt to get windows. Now i don't have an operating System just gparted. I have one partition its 499 gb and Ntfs . Yet whenever I try to ...
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How to install windows 8, on a computer completely running ubuntu? [closed]
I tried booting from the dvd to install windows 8, but unfortunately I can only install windows 8 on an ntfs hdd. So i got GParted, but I can't create a new partition. I was thinking I could hook up ...
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Problem to enter in NTFS partition
Sorry if this question is already solved.
I was change my Operative System. (Windows to LInux Ubuntu 13.04). I have 2 partitions 1:C(system) and 2:M (It's NTFS, there I have any information, music, ...
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What to do when GParted tells me: ERROR: NTFS is inconsistent?
I bought a Seagate Expansion 1TB Drive few month's ago. It was working smooth until 3 to 4 days ago, when this problem struck me.
I plugged it to my laptop in Windows 7 (I have Dual Boot, Ubuntu ...
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Removed windows and now am unable to mount formerly shared partition
I just removed my windows 8 partition, but not ubuntu (Raring) will not let me mount a ntfs partition I was using as a shared space. Here is the error:
Error mounting /dev/sda3 at ...
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“Different filesystems on the same disk” issue on Community Ubuntu Documentation guide
Reading the Partitioning/Home/Moving guide (about to move my /home to a different partition), I came across this notice:
If you're moving from Windows and your new home partition is going to be an ...
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Remove space from Ubuntu partition
I accidentally gave Ubunto 1.7 terabytes of space and only left about 300 gigs for Windows. I would like Ubunto to have 300 gigs and Windows to have 1.7 terabytes as it is my primary OS. How would I ...
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How to use Gparted on empty external drive
I would like to install Ubuntu onto my external hard drive. It is now empty (I guess). I ran my laptop from LiveUSB and I ran GParted to create root, swap and home section on my disk but the problem ...
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Problem with LVM over mdadm with NTFS. Is it possible?
I am a bit of a linux newbie, and i have come across an error that i dont really know how to troubleshoot.
my idea is to cram 6TiB drives into a box, make three sets of raid1, then stretch a logical ...
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mp3 files copied to ntfs partition not showing up in music library
I have recently installed Ubuntu and have removed any trace of Windows from my PC. I haven't formatted my partitions to ext though because I don't have a spare drive to take backups.
My problem is ...
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How can I assign space from a logical partition to a primary one (to resize the primary)
I have the following situation:
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I want to resize the ntfs partition. Specifically I want to add it 15 GB.
What is the best sequence of steps to do?
The output from sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda and ...
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HD external error, file system seem damaged, and cannot look file with testdisk/photorec… NTFS
comment:
nb:hd=harddisk
my hd label kiomiiro-nii (upper case) size from box 750 Gb
but in propeties 698 gb.
i always use fix drive letter using M: for this hdexternal
(i dont have a backup because i ...
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Can I use ntfs for /home
When trying to complete my Ubuntu 12.04.1 install I recently received the error message: "The file system type fat32 cannot be mounted on /home, because it is not a fully-functional Unix file system. ...
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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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How to recover data from a drive that was erased during the Ubuntu installation?
Yesterday I had two NTFS partitions on my drive. One on which Windows 7 was installed (C Drive) and the other contained my data (D Drive).
During Ubuntu installation I choose to install Ubuntu and ...
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Boot-Repair after messing up NTFS partition
I posted this question explaining what happened after I tried to create a new swap partition on a Win/Ubuntu dual-boot machine. I have since created a live-boot USB and installed Boot-Repair. I had it ...
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Booting from USB and mounting a HDD is resulting in strange partitions
I just built a new HTPC and to keep costs down I decided to use a USB 3.0 thumb drive as my boot drive.
I had got most things running pretty smoothly and my next task was to mount a 2TB storage drive ...
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GParted 'NTFS signature missing' when creating new swap partition [closed]
I followed the instructions in this thread to create a new swap partition post-installation. My /var/tmp/fstab file currently has the following in it:
/host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk none swap ...
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pros and cons for hard drive partition solutions [closed]
I just bought a new 1T hard drive to replace the dead one for my desktop. I use it mainly for number crunching, doing higher performance computations that consume lots of memory and CPU, and also read ...
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Problems with disk partitions?
I use Ubuntu 12.04 alongside with Windows. Now I want to resize my Home Drive(i.e. /dev/sda7). When I try to move my NTFS partitions GParted(ver: 0.11.0) says that "Can't have overlapping partitions". ...
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Mounting NTFS Partition that all users can read but only root can write too?
I have an NTFS partition I use to share data between Ubuntu and Windows on /dev/sda5.
I am wondering if there is a way to make it readable by user (on a single user computer) but only write-able by ...
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Running projects from NTFS partition on Ubuntu
I'm dual booting Windows 7/Ubuntu 12.04. I want to run C++/Java projects from a NTFS partition, where I keep generally all my files and projects. I fiddled with the fstab. One time I removed 'noexec', ...
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How do I mount my ntfs hard drive partition?
My computer's internal hard drive has an intermediate partition called 'Storage' which can be accessed from either Windows or Ubuntu. It is an NTFS partition but when I try to mount it in Ubuntu as ...
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Error in mounting HDD
I am getting the following error whenever I mount my external HDD. It was working before and then I opted for safely removing the drive. Now its giving me following error
Error mounting: mount exited ...
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How to restore a partition that has been accidentally converted to a swap area
I was trying to install ubuntu manually from my external hard drive(which has ubuntu installed in it) to my internal hard drive.I created the swap area using mkswap command in a wrong partition(my ...
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Gparted partition resize gone wrong - failed to read last sector
I have tried to resize (shrink) my NTFS partition so that I will be able to get more space for my ext4 Ubuntu's (12.04 64 bit) partition but after the partition has been resized I am unable to mount ...
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Why does gparted start ntfsresize without asking?
I just started gparted while one of my external hard drives is connected to my computer. Scanning for partitions as usual gparted starts hanging at /dev/sdg and I can hear that there is a lot of disk ...
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Some problems when Ubuntu boots
I installed Ubuntu x64 using wubi which was in the .iso file. Then I found out how to make it bootable and first I had an issue with root.disk file. It told me to remove it and I did.
Then I ran ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7?
I'm trying to set up a dual boot Lenovo Ideapad that came with Windows 7.
Lenovo uses up 4 partitions out of the box. They are:
(unnamed) 14GB
LENOVO D: 30GB
SYSTEM_DRV 200MB
Window7_OS C: 400GB
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Slow write speeds to ntfs
When writing to my ntfs partition I am getting very low speeds( When reading however I'm getting my maximum speeds):
589824 3% 60.20kB/s 0:04:06
This example is using
rsync --progress ...
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How can set mount time password confirmation?
How can set password authentication in time of mount and unmount of NTFS partitions. I'm now on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
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Should I choose exFat or NTFS for a “shared” partition in a dual-boot system?
I have a new laptop which I am setting up as dual boot Windows/Linux.
I would like to access files from both Ubuntu and Windows 7.
Should I create a separate NTFS partition?
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Can't mount external hard drive
i have a problem accessing the data on my external hard drive. I recently did a fresh install but mistakenly left my external hard drive plugged in.
When I tried to access the data on the external ...
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How to install Ubuntu in a Windows 7 installed PC? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
My laptop already has 4 primary partitions: how can I install Ubuntu?
How to install Ubuntu in a Windows 7 installed PC which had 4 partitions? The HDD is about 320 GB ...
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Can't shrink Windows Boot NTFS disk: ERROR(5): Could not map attribute 0x80 in inode, Input/output error
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, all updates current as of 7/3/2012
gksudo gparted
Shrink /dev/sda2 from 367GB to 307GB
GParted 0.11.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid
Libparted 2.3
Shrink /dev/sda2 from 367.00 GiB to ...
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Resize/Create a New Partition in GParted
So I've been having some trouble recently with Ubuntu and decided it was time to switch to windows. But I have no ntfs partitions on my hard disk and GParted will not let me resize my one large ...
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Formating NTFS partition into EXT4 and setting up as home
i know that this question may be asked before, but i couldn't find it. If you find out that this is a duplicate question feel free to close it and post link to that question in answer. Thank you.
So ...
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Whats the easiest way to install Windows 7 via USB side by side with Ubuntu (Other Questions Below)?
I am trying to install Windows 7 side by side with Ubuntu. The computer is already running Ubuntu and I have partitioned the hard drive formatted it for NTFS and have a USB copy of the .iso of Windows ...
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How to hide an NTFS partition from ubuntu
I need to hide an NTFS partition from listing in the nautilus. How can I achieve that?
Is there any tool to do that?
And how can I hide files in ubuntu (except . operator)
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NTFS volume recognised as “Unallocated Space” but works with Windows
Moving to Ubuntu, I have a drive with windows on a drive with Ubuntu on and 4 other ntfs drives
3 of which appear fine in both systems
1 however works fine on windows (single ntfs volume) but in ...
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Install ubuntu on a partitioned HDD with free space
I have a HDD, which has 3 NTFS logical partitions. I use this HDD only for storage, because I have a SSD for the boot drive.
Now, among with the 3 logical partitions, I have some free, unallocated ...
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How to overwrite Ubuntu with Windows 7? [closed]
So I have a Windows DVD and it works. But when it gets to the part when it says "Upgrade" or "Custom" I click on custom and at the bottom it says cannot install over it because Windows 7 can only be ...
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Error splicing file: Value too large for defined data type
I just bought a new external hard disk for backup. When copying some files I get this error:
Error splicing file: Value too large for defined data type
I have searched for this but can't find ...
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Error Mounting: Mount Exited with exit code 2 [closed]
I am not able to mount a NTFS(sda2) partition in Ubuntu, a window pops up saying "Error Mounting: Mount Exited with exit code 2" errors. here is the output of fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, ...
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Is there performance issue when using a Virtual Machine in a mounted partition?
I used to have a Windows 7 setup on my desktop.
C:\ for system.
D:\ for data.
Now I've decided to install Ubuntu as the main OS:
\ for Ubuntu (80Gb)
swap for swap
D:\ I kept this partition ...
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How can I copy an NTFS partition to my new machine's HDD using Ubuntu?
Background: Got a new laptop recently. Got Ubuntu working on it and copied everything I needed from my old laptop's Ubuntu installation thusly. However, I had an NTFS partition on my old machine with ...
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recurring ntfs input/output error [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you repair an “input/output error” in an NTFS partition?
Twice in two weeks, the filesystem table has become corrupted on a ntfs partition. I am able ...
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How do I share a folder on a NTFS partition over the network?
I'm on Ubuntu 11.10, and I want to share a folder on an automounted NTFS partition (/dev/sda4) over the network. The purpose of this network is to share files between computers, it contains mostly ...
