Questions tagged [partitioning]
Disk partitioning is the act of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as 'partitions'
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Is there a software on Ubuntu equal to Disk Drill on Windows [duplicate]
I tried to recover my home folder, it was stored on it's own partition and I removed it by a mistake but no problem, I had a back up. Although I wanted to try to restore it so I used dd to create an ...
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Cannot login after partitioning
I‘m on a dualboot Windows 10 / Ubuntu 19.10. I tried to assign more storage to my ubuntu partition: I shrank the windows partition in GParted. Then I did a reboot. After that I tried to login to ...
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Hard Disk formatted accidentally with mkfs.ext4 in ubuntu, any chance to recover data?any chance to get data back?
i was trying to clean the linux systen with live usb, after installing ubuntu 18.04 i tried to load data from external hard disk but accidentally i put command mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb and it formatted the ...
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Resize /boot partition
I want to resize my /boot partition.
I have gparted live CD and can do this pretty easily.
But the problem is my order of partitions:
I can shrink sbd4 or sdb5 to get some extra space.
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No free space after installing Ubuntu 18.04 alongside Windows 10
I have experimented with Linux distros in the past, but now I want to work on a Linux OS permanently. I dual booted my laptop with Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows 10. Before installing Ubuntu, I created a ...
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My HDD used for backups it doesn't have the "Delete Option" and other options
I have a SSD and an HDD. Yesterday, I was still using the Windows 10 that was installed in the SSD drive, then I decided to migrate to ubuntu, so in the ending of the night, I installed ubuntu(without ...
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Setting where to install programs [duplicate]
I have a 500 gb ssd and a 8 tb hd. I would like to have linux boot off the ssd so that its super fast and such, but use my 8 tb physical hard drive to store all the programs and such on. This way I ...
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Ubuntu: tried to move home directory to other partition, no SSH access
I had to move the home directory to a different partition because the old partition is full. Followed this tutorial: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving
I made a mistake when ...
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Shrink a partition without losing data
I've got a Linux-based OS installed on a partition I want to shrink. Want to avoid reinstallation or losing/corrupting data, if possible.
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Problem installing Ubuntu on external HDD(Boot Menu)
My circumstances are SSD(CT250MX500SSD1)250GB and external HDD(WD My Passport 25E1)1TB.
I want to install Ubuntu on my external HDD so that I could dual boot it both on my laptop and desktop.
But ...
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HDD not in /media/usr, Gparted "Physical block is 2048 but linux is 512" and kernel does not get the memo
new in this Linux thing, if in any of my assumptions I'm mistaken please correct me I'm trying to learn how these things work.
So, as far as I understand, other drivers that aren't the main one should ...
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Best logical structure to keep a dual boot Windows + Ubuntu [duplicate]
I have currently installed Ubuntu to my laptop as a partition since I will start using it for work. I actually prefer Ubuntu as my main OS, so I will just keep Windows for irrelevant things as games ...
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Having issues going back to windows after fully deleting windows and installing Ubuntu
So I bought a Dell xps 1970 and installed Ubuntu after a lot of complications. After having used Ubuntu I miss Windows a lot however I have googled for ages and can't find a good solution. Here is ...
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Dual boot 19.10 not possible alongside Win 10 "RST Premium with Optane"?
Acer Predator Triton 500 2x512GB SSD in RAID 0
I've followed all the suggested methods. I can change the BIOS SATA from RST Premium to AHCI to run the 19.10 Ubuntu installer, but it never sees the ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 won't boot up
Model: Lenovo Ideapad L340
OS: Ubuntu 19.10
I was trying to install Windows 10 from USB But I get "Windows cannot be installed to this disk due to GPT partition style" error
I found out that I ...
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ubi-partman crashed with exit code 141 after formatting partition
I kept getting the error that ubi-partman crashed with exit code 141 while installing kubuntu from live usb. I eventually figured out that if I formatted my unallocated partition to ext4 in the live ...
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Change console initial path after mount /home directory from an ext4 partition
I recently followed the Ubuntu guide to move my /home directory and mount it from an ext4 partition on the same disk I recently did.
The most important changes and commands I did from the guide where:...
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Reinstalling Ubuntu via SSH, keeping home folder/partition
I have a dedicated server that I cannot access anymore, for some reason, after a reboot. It refuses SSH connections. The machine had otherwise been running for a month without issues, and multiple ...
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Remount filesystem to rw after running fsck on root without reboot
I think there's some issue with my harddrive. I face the read-only mode issue frequently. I usually run fsck -y /dev/sda4 (my root is mounted on sda4) followed by reboot. The problem is it takes a ...
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Ubuntu partition on windows formatting
I woke up today to this error:
After several times restarting my computer I ended up on a window that gave me the opportunity to format my C: partition. I did it. I just finished installing windows ...
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Trying to change owner of partition as su but get "Operation not permitted"
I'm new to ubuntu so perhaps these questions are naive. I have a partition I would like to write to so I'm trying to change the ownership of to me. I've typed:
sudo chown <my username> /mnt/...
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Do I need to partition my SSD for a windows 10 dual boot?
I am running Ubuntu 19.10 on a Dell Optiplex-7040. I have 2 x 1TB SSDs. The 1st is used for my Ubuntu, the 2nd one is empty and unmounted (partition type: NTFS/exFAT/HPFS). I would like to install ...
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How can i uninstall ubuntu that installed to windows drive?
I use monster abra a5 and today i have installed ubuntu 19.04 because the other ones were causing crushes. So i have installed it with using other option in the installation menu. After i have ...
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How to troubleshoot slow booting problem in Ubuntu 19.10?
Before installing Ubuntu on my 64GB USB2.0 flash drive i did some research on partition schemes.
Most of the websites recommended 2GB-8GB for root(/) partition .
But,to play on the safe side i set ...
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Ubuntu Server 18.04 won't boot after migrating to smaller hard drive
I have a 1TB HDD with Ubuntu server 18.04 on it that I'm using as a games server: Terraria, Starbound, and UT2004.
I’m repurposing the drive and am going to eventually try to migrate it to a VM, but ...
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Where is the missing space of a new EXT4 partition?
I have a ext4 partition of 8TB as the following pictures shows (from df):
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdf1 7.2T 179M 6.8T 1% /mnt
Some information from that partition:...
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Unable to resize(decrease) home partition in Ubuntu 19.10 [duplicate]
This question has been asked a lot but,i didn't find a single answer that could help me
I run Ubuntu 19.10 from a 64GB USB2.0 pendrive.
I have distributed the partitions as such :
home : 49GB
snap : ...
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I can't create a new partition bigger than 1 MiB
I made the mistake of not partitioning my hdd before installing Ubuntu, and now it doesn't let me create a new partition bigger than 1 MiB, nor can I resize the boot partition. Does anyone know what ...
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Insufficient free space to install Ubuntu
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 19.6 on my laptop (DELL VOSTRO 5590). However, I got stuck with this error. Here is my screenshot of the error I got. I'm so sorry because I do not have enought priority ...
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Not able to mount some partitions but can mount vfat
This is the output of sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 111.8 GiB, 120034123776 bytes, 234441648 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 ...
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User directory inside home directory MISSING
I tried resizing the partitions while the system was on and when I restarted the system, I was unable to login. Eventually when I could, I couldn't find my data. Since I haven't reinstalled the ...
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Raspberry Pi 4 18.04 SD Card Partition Size on Boot
I'd like to limit how large the root partition resizes to on first boot. I've done this with different flavors of Linux on different boards, but can't seem to find out how for 18.04 on the RPi4. ...
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Tried doing dual boot but now I can't access either Windows or Ubuntu
I see there are a lot of posts on this topic but I can't find anyone to answer my questions.
So I had Windows 10 installed with Legacy Bios and with a MBR partition table. I tried installing Ubuntu ...
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dualboot ubuntu / windows - Can I compress shared NTFS drive?
I can acces the drive just fine on both OS'es.
my idea now is to compress it in windows.
Will it keep working as it does now?
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How can I give more space to a preexistent Ubuntu partition?
I have dualboot with Windows10 and Ubuntu 18.04. Time ago I installed Ubuntu giving it just 20GB in order to see if I would like the OS. I like it, so I want to give it more space from Windows.
Here ...
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Failed to format SD Card
I'm having problem with my SD Card. I want to write an image file to my SD Card with etcher, but unfortunately it was interrupted by accident. Now I can't format it anywhere. First I used SD Formatter ...
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What does "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7" actually mean?
I have Windows preinstalled on a laptop. Now, I would like a dual boot setup. I'm wondering what this option does when it comes to the Windows partition.
Does it shrink the Windows partition creating ...
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How to format USB stick to exfat in Ubuntu 18.04 (now with kernel 5.3.0-42)? [duplicate]
This is a dual boot laptop HP 8570p with Ubuntu 18.04 and Win 10. I've installed exfat-fuse and exfat-utils (both are of version 1.2.8-1 and they are now located in directory: /dev/sda5/usr/share/doc ...
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I cant write/delete anything on my Laptop disk
I'm very desesperated, i found today when i started the pc that i cant write in my disk partition containing windows(i have a dual boot, one partition with window sand another with Lubuntu 18.04). The ...
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Dual boot and Installing Ubuntu On F drive
Currently I have two hard disks ,
a. Local Disk C (where Windows is installed)
b. Linux F ( where I want to install Linux)
Images of Drive
From what I have researched, people are doing windows ...
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Xubuntu 19.10 can't mount XFS partitions
Have a machine with Xubuntu 19.10 on it. I previously formatted a drive with EXT4 and had no problems mounting it (i put it in FSTAB)
I decided I wanted XFS on it as it was previously an XFS drive ...
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"No such file or directory" after restart
Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (64 bit)
I have a drive partition shared between my Windows and Ubuntu installations, /media/malnormalulo/DATA. When I boot up and attempt to access anything on that partition, it ...
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Dual Boot Win10 + 18.04 Won't show grub or boot to
Installed 18.04 LTS on i3 Gateway DX4860 with Win 10 as primary OS and now I cannot boot windows. Windows upgraded from Win 7. Ubuntu install didn't detect any other OS so I manually created EFI, swap,...
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I need instruction on moving unallocated space for nuewbies (or dummies)
I have followed instruction after instruction and just end up with more partitions (see screenshot) I am handicapped homeless couch surfer who spends most days in the library I am on an older model ...
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Do recovery partitions that don't have drive number belong to Ubuntu?
I want to resize my Ubuntu disk space (from 20GB to 60GB).
Currently, I got Ubuntu alongside my Windows 8.1
What I want to do is I want to delete disk that contains Ubuntu altogether and reinstall it....
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If I choose "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10", will it install itself into the unallocated space I made?
I Want to dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 19.10 and if I choose that option I mentioned above, will it use my unallocated space I shrunk earlier or will it shrink the c drive again? And if it shrinks ...
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Forgot to make partition in Win 10 disk managmnt bfor dual booting Ubuntu,Now want to uninstal Ubuntu,But no partition to delete in Win disk mgmt
I dualbooted Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Windows 10. I forgot to create partition before installation and just installed and allocated space using "dragging feature". I want to uninstall Ubuntu now, but ...
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Cannot install Kubuntu 19.10 with encryption using manual partitioner
I tried to install Kubuntu 19.10 inside VirtualBox with full disk encryption using the manual partitioner, but I am unable to do so. I just cannot setup the luks partition at all.
I have to avoid ...
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Dual booting XP and 18.04 - missing Windows root>\system32\hal.dll - how to fix please
My machine is a Dell Precision Workstation-380, with Pentium (r)4, Ubuntu is 18.04 LTS. When starting the option to select either Win XP or Ubuntu appears, but if I choose Win XP I get the message: ...
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Windows/Ubuntu Dual Machine -- how to increase Windows partition
I currently have a dual machine with Windows 10/Ubuntu with Windows being my primary OS. I have seen a lot about increasing the Ubuntu partition, but I actually want to increase my Windows partition. ...
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