Disk partitioning is the act of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as 'partitions'
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What's your recommendation on drive partitioning schemes for a desktop and home server?
What partitioning scheme do you recommend for a desktop? I've always created three or four primary partitions -- root, swap, home, and sometimes a separate boot partition. Ubuntu's default install ...
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Why can't I install Ubuntu or Wubi on a dynamic disk? (“The request isn't supported” from bcdedit.exe)
I've been trying to install 12.04 for a while now, I'm running on Windows 7 and I already made the partition (it's dynamic). I've tried booting from a disc and also the Windows installer. I haven't ...
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How do I repartition with GParted?
I wanted to create more space for Ubuntu on my hard disk in favor of my Windows partition. I booted the livecd and resized the NTFS partition to 100 GB. Then I wanted to resize my Ubuntu (ext4) ...
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How to make a disk image and restore from it later?
I'm a new Linux user. I've reinstalled my Wubi from scratch at least ten times the last few weeks because while getting the system up and running (drivers, resolution, etc.) I've broken something (X, ...
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Installing Ubuntu with Windows, which is left and right when allocating space?
I'm installing Ubuntu (or Xubuntu/Lubuntu/Kubuntu) alongside Windows 7/XP. I got to the screen that says, "Allocate drive space by dragging the slider below." On the following screen, I'm not sure ...
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How do I resize my current ubuntu partition?
I've got Ubuntu 10.10 installed to use my whole hard-disk, but would like to use the 130GB of free space I've got to create a new partition and do some development on Unity and Natty.
Can I use ...
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My laptop already has 4 primary partitions: how can I install Ubuntu?
I would like to install ubuntu alongside windows 7 in a HP G62 Notebook. Although I have installed ubuntu as a dualboot many times I found out that this model has already four partitions.
SYSTEM ...
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How do I install Windows 7 alongside a pre-existing Ubuntu installation?
I purchased a PC six months ago for work related tasks. I do 95% of my work on Ubuntu (web development). Now, I want to install Windows on another partition to play a few games on my relax time. Which ...
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How to resize partitions?
Previously, I have installed Windows 7 on my 320 GB laptop with three partitions 173, 84 and 63 GB each. The 63 GB partition was where the Windows was installed. The rest were for file containers.
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I have 16GB RAM. Do I need 32GB swap?
I read many places that the rule of thumb for swap space is to double the amount of physical RAM. However, 32 GB does seem a LOT. Do I need that much? Do I need it at all with this high amount of ...
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How to recover a deleted NTFS partition with data
I am on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bits
I accidentally deleted a NTFS 255 GB partition using Gparted, and yes it contains LOTS of important data.
Upon realizing the deletion I haven't yet created any ...
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Only 'sdb' shows up when installing 12.04 on a new Dell inspiron 14z
I got my brand new Dell Inspiron 14z yesterday, but failed to install Ubuntu.
I can boot from a USB stick, and it works well. When trying to install, I confirm that the laptop is connected to the ...
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Accessing Windows partition inside Wubi
My hard disk crashed and I had to reinstall Ubuntu. I dual booted it using Wubi and I installed it in C: partition. When I boot into Ubuntu, I can't see my partition (The partition where Windows is ...
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I have formatted a partition for Ubuntu. How do I install it on that partition?
I have a formatted 55GB partition as NTFS, the other part of the hard disk has Windows 7.
Is NTFS the right format for Ubuntu? If not how should I format it and with what format?
Once I finish ...
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“No root file system defined” error while installing ubuntu
I am new to linux/ ubuntu and just downloaded the v11 of ubuntu to learn linux. I faced this "No root file system is defined" error while trying to install it. This is how I was proceeding -
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ext4 partition size / free space discrepancies
While creating a 250GiB backup partition for my data, I have noticed lots of discrepancies between reported partition size and free space in Nautilus, gParted, df, tune2fs, etc.
At first I thought it ...
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How can I recover my data after replacing Windows with Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have migrated from Windows 7 to Ubuntu just yesterday. Windows 7 was in my C: drive. I did not realise that if I wipe Windows 7 and install Ubuntu, Ubuntu would be installed in the C: drive only. So ...
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GRUB: “invalid arch independent ELF magic” after install on SSD
I've got a brand new laptop with a 128GB SSD drive. I read that aligning the partitions to match the Erase Block Size of the SSD is important. I followed William Scott's guide SSD Tweaks in Linux and ...
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How to partition a disk for installing Ubuntu?
Currently I'm running Vista on my laptop but it's getting slower each day, so I decide to install an Ubuntu on my laptop, while for some reason I still need to keep the Vista.
Right now I have two ...
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What's a good partition method to combine an SSD boot drive with a 1TB data drive?
i actually want to switch to ubuntu, but i'm afraid that i cant use my harddrives as i want.
I have a SSD with 64gb and a 6gb/s 1 Terabyte harddrive.
I want to use the ssd only as a boot device and ...
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How to move Ubuntu installation from one hdd to another?
I currently have Ubuntu 10.04 server running on portable hdd. Want to move it to internal sata hdd. I've got 3 partitions /, /home and swap. On new hdd I plan to have different partition sizes. What's ...
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How to move /usr to a new partition?
My /usr folder needs to get moved to a new partition. How can I do this without erasing the contents?
Can this be done while Ubuntu is running, or do I need to use the LiveCD for this?
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How can I increase a partition's size?
On my laptop I have Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 in dual boot mode.
I made a partition of 30 GB for Ubuntu but now it's too small and I want to increase this disk size from 32 GB to 100 GB.
This is ...
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Resize Disk Partition on Remote VM Server
I'm running Ubuntu Server 10.04 on a remote server as a VM. I only have access to the VM.
The VM is assign a disk space of 20GB, however the drive is currently only partitioned to use about 4.7GB.
I ...
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Partition resize [duplicate]
I have a dual boot system with
C: drive with windows 227 GB
E: drive in windows 185 GB
Ext4 Ubuntu - 38 GB
Linux swap - 4 GB
I want to decrease the space from E: drive from 185 GB to say about ...
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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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What is the meaning of the default directories in the Linux filesystem hierachy?
Having installed various Linux distros for tinkering, I'm puzzled by the installers offering partition layouts - for an easy way out I just use the whole available disk space.
Some of the partitions ...
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Is a /boot partition necessary anymore?
A fair while ago (~ 2004) I was told to always create a separate partition for the boot directory. And since then I always have. But after reading a few questions about partitioning questions, I'm ...
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Deleted Partition Recovery
Recently i was installing ubuntu 12.04 on my system. There were 4 partitions on my system and i selected one of the four partition for the installation and chose the option of re sizing the partition. ...
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“the partition is misaligned” error in Disk Utility - should I repartition?
I have a Dell XPS M1330 laptop that has Vista installed and I just installed Ubuntu 10.4 LTS so I can dual boot.
Everything seems to be working well, but when I opened the Disk Utility to have a ...
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In the installer, when splitting an existing partition, which side is which? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Ubuntu with Windows, which is left and right when allocating space?
I am about to install Ubuntu alongside windows. I've reached a setup screen which has a ...
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Partition does not start on physical sector boundary?
I've one HD on my laptop, with two partitions (one ext3 with Ubuntu 12.04 installed and one swap).
fdisk is giving me a Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary warning. What is the ...
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Constant UUID on USB install
I've got an Ubuntu install on a USB with a separate NTFS partition, can I expect the same UUID for the partition if I removed and reattached the USB to a computer?
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Remove Windows Vista Partition So Ubuntu Fills Entire Hard Drive?
I created a partition for Ubuntu so I could dual-boot Windows Vista with it. However, Windows is no longer necessary and I want Ubuntu to take up the entire hard drive. I was wondering how to safely ...
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How to move Ubuntu to an SSD
My current situation is:
One hard disk
Dual boot Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7. Partitions:
100MB Windows System thingy
144GB Main Windows
160GB Ubuntu
4GB Swap
12GB System Restore stuff
Now I want ...
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How do I get rid of “U3 System” on my USB drive?
I have a USB drive (SanDisk SDCZ40-016G) that mounts in a way I've never seen before. When inserted, two items appear in Places -> Computer:
"SanDisk Ultra Backup: 16GB" contains my data, and "CD ...
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How can I move my /home directory to another partition if it's already part of the / partition?
I have a wonderful running Maverick Meerkat install going on right now. I want to move my /home to another partition as per many suggestions.
How can I go about doing this without reinstalling the ...
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Can I remove Windows Vista from my notebook and only install Ubuntu?
I would like to remove Windows Vista from my notebook which is currently running a dual boot Windows Vista + Ubuntu and use Ubuntu as the only OS.
The notebook is unstable when running Windows Vista, ...
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Recovering Grub [duplicate]
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How can I repair grub?
Are there some resources that could help me recover from Grub2 problems?
I installed Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7 on my hard disk. I had Grub2 as ...
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Deleted my Ubuntu partition
I normally dual-boot with 12.04 and Win XP pro sp3 on a Thinkpad R60. I needed to reinstall windows because of problems piling up, so I ran the computer's built-in hard-disk recovery software. I ...
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filesystem types for partitions
I am going to dual-boot install Ubuntu1 10.04 on my laptop with Windows 7. I was wondering
what filesystem types (such as ext2,
ext3, ext4, ReiserFS and whatever might come
into mind) are ...
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What would be a good partitioning scheme for 128 gb SSD and 640 GB HDD
I have a combination of 128 GB SSD and a 640 GB HDD. I'm planning to install Xubuntu 12.04 on it. I have read some question here (like What's a good partition method to combine an SSD boot drive with ...
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How to remove Ubuntu from dual boot system with Windows 7?
I wish to remove Ubuntu and I'm not quite sure how. I know it has something to do with partitions. I have 3 partitions. 1. OS [683 GB] 2. Recovery [14 GB] 3. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (E:)
I know it says ...
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How large should I make root, home, and swap partitions?
I have a laptop with win7 installed. I have now made a 60gb partition which I want to install ubuntu into. The question I have, before I do the installation, is how large each of the root, swap, and ...
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How to resize a ext4 root partition at runtime?
How to increase the size of the root partition of a system a runtime? I have a partition that is not allocated after the root partition (which is in ext4), how can I add it to root without having to ...
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Trouble creating 3TB ext4 partition due to msdos-partition-table-imposed error
I just bought a 3TB WD green drive, but when I try to partition in in gparted I get an error like:
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libparted : 2.3
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partition length of 5860530176 sectors ...
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My /boot partition hit 100% and now I can't upgrade. Can't remove old kernels to make room
My first issue was when i tried to apt-get update/upgrade. On upgrade I get the following error:
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet ...
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How can i move an encrypted home directory to another partition?
How can i move a enrypted home directory to another partition?
Are there differences between moving an unencrypted home directory to another partition and an encrypted home directory?
Perhaps does ...
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How to avoid problems when installing Ubuntu and Windows 7 in dual-boot?
I want to try out Ubuntu (and hopefully choose it as my primary OS). After looking at many versions of it in VirtualBox and from Live CD, I've finally decided to install it.
So I defragmented and ...
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Is gparted a good tool for resizing an NTFS partition?
I have a dual-boot setup. (Ubuntu / Vista) I need to shrink the partition that Vista is installed on. (It's an NTFS partition.) I tried using Vista's own disk manager, but it didn't work.
I heard ...
