For questions regarding storage drives that connect using a USB port.
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How do I stop thumbnailing files on my USB drive?
Whenever I plug in my external USB drive Totem is busy creating thumbnails of my mp3 files or images there.
This wouldn't bother me much if only I could eject/unmount the drive but this is not the ...
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Question About PenDrive [duplicate]
When you use pendrive to make a bootable usb which one do i choose ubuntu-13.04*desktop-amd64.iso or ubuntu- 13.04*desktop-i386.iso" if i downloaded the "Ubunto-13.04-desktop-amd64"? im stuck cause i ...
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Recover HDD after creating USB installer
I just mistakingly used the wrong device to create a USB installer for Ubuntu. I wanted to use my flash drive which was disk1 and ended up using disk2 which was my external HD. Is there any way I can ...
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Using Ext4 partitions on external storage
If I want to use a USB flash memory or an external hard disk to transfer data and at the same time I want to use ext4 partitions on them. How could I do that without getting problems regarding ...
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Installing Ubuntu Server 12.04 via Boot USB Stick Issue
I've tried to install Ubuntu Server 12.04 on an old XP computer.
I've gone into BIOS setup and changed the Boot sequency to try booting from the USB Stick first, then c:\ . When I reboot, there is no ...
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Steps to install Ubuntu on Acer Extensa 5630 with Windows Vista?
I have an Acer Extensa running Windows Vista.
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit to my Acer Aspire V5. I have the file on the computer and I can click it, and it shows the install files for the ...
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Pendrive install asks for CD
Trying to install from USB on a Win 8 machine. It boots from the Pendrive USB fine, but when the dialogue gets past the language and keyboard select, it asks for the CD and won't go any further. How ...
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Access USB Flash drive from Wine
Im trying to use recuva (a file recovery program) on WINE because some files on a corrupt USB Flash drive just did not get restored using PhotoRec for linux.
The problem is, I can't select the USB ...
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I want to intall ubuntu on a windows 7 PC from a usb on a Mac. What do I do?
I have a PC that i want to wipe the harddrive and install ubuntu on it. The only other working machine i have is a Mac. So i was wondering how i could install ubuntu onto a flash-drive and then ...
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“Ownerless” (no permission) SSD-friendly filesystem
A bit of context and needs:
Most time I'm using Ubuntu machines.
I have a laptop which I do not carry around a lot, so I'm in usermode (no admin permissions) lots of time.
I have a large and fast ...
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Does installing Ubuntu from itself on a flash drive install it on my hard drive?
I apologize for the horribly worded title, but it's all I could think of. Anyway, I have a MacBook Pro and I've followed the instructions here: ...
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ubuntu 12.10 from USB (not Live) doesn't boot on Lenovo Z580 anymore
I installed ubuntu on my usb flash disk. It worked fine with windows 8 which was installed on my laptop. I had in my BIOS "ubuntu" position like on those pictures
But I had stopped using ubntu for ...
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Can not boot 12.04LTS from USB HDD [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS on an external USB HDD, and put the bootloader onto the same drive.
This is so I can interrupt the boot sequence on the PC and force the system to boot from the ...
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Determine if a USB HDD has bad sectors/blocks
How do I scan for bad sectors/blocks on a portable USB HDD using Ubuntu?
The first thing I want to do is determine how many bad sectors/blocks the drive has (if any). The next thing I want to do is ...
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how do i run ubuntu after unzipping download on usb drive [duplicate]
I went to the penlinux download site and did not see the screen as shown on the ubuntu site , so I wen to the down load page on ubuntu downloaded the desktop in a zip file to a usb stick drive ...
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When to remove the pendrive after installing Ubuntu?
I don't exactly know when to remove the USB used for installing Ubuntu. If I don't remove it even when the option 'restart now' comes after installation, I go to the same option of try Ubuntu, install ...
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Install XR21V1410(1-Ch Full-Speed USB UART )
I want to install Linux drivers, named XR21V1410.
I choose Linux 2.6.18 to 3.4.x Drivers Version 1.1.0.
After I unzip the downloaded file and try make, some errors occur.
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Can I download Ubuntu onto a flash drive using Windows xp? It doesn't recognize the ISO file
For some reason the universal USB installer from pendrivelinux.com does not recognize the ISO file I downloaded. I am wondering if maybe it is because I am using Windows xp. It seems like all the ...
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encrypted pendrive became inaccessible after Lubuntu upgrade
I have an ext3 formated pendrive encrypted. If I recall, I did it with the program cryptsetup. Then one day I upgraded Lubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04. Now it does not recognize my password. I have not ...
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Is it possible to do a FULL install of ubuntu/any distro to a flash drive?
I've tried this several times in the past, but none of them worked. First I tried doing it like a normal Xubuntu 32 bit install (I removed the hard drive of the computer I was installing it from) ...
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How to make a USB disk as RW Filesystem?
I have tried many options but all the times, the filesystems is seen as a RW Filesystem by application like dropbox which refuse to use it.
How can I make it please ?
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Fully formatted HDD still detects Windows 7 BCD is missing and won't load USB boot drive [closed]
Exactly as the title says. A completely formatted hard drive, with Windows 7 previously on it, still detects that the BCD is missing and it won't boot from my USB even when the USB is set to load ...
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Strange USB flash drive problem [closed]
I have a USB flash drive, but I cannot access it. Ubuntu does nothing when i plug it in, nothing appears (but the LED on the drive lights up). When I plug it into a Windows 8 machine, an icon appears, ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a USB hard drive from a USB stick
I am trying to install Ubuntu on a USB hard drive from a USB stick (as I understand installing from CD should be much easier, but CD drive is not working, unfortunately).
First I tried to install ...
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ubuntu install problem all versions [duplicate]
i have purchased an asus f202e-ct063h touch screen net/ultrabook.
i plan to dual boot windows 8 and ubuntu.
This model does not have an optical drive. i have made bootable usbs using the ubuntu ...
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Flash Drive Boot Issue
I tried to install Ubuntu 13.04 onto a flash drive and everything seemed to go smoothly, but after it told me to restart (and I did), it said t insert a boot device (which should be the flash drive, ...
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USB hard disk and USB flash drive keep unmounting and remounting
I wanted to backup some files on my external hard disk and just barely managed to do so, because it randomly unmounted and mounted again. My first thought was that the hard disk's life is about to ...
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How do I remove a partition from elements external hard-drive?
The hard drive was partitioned to have a ubuntu ISO boot as we didn't have a 2GB USB at the time to just put ubuntu on (What a fail I know -.-'). This partition was made with backtrack 5 KDE R3 ...
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“Safe(ly) remove function/button” shows up for usb external hard drive but not usb flash drive [Ubuntu 13.04]
I have to use udisks --unmount /dev/sdb1 && udisks --detach /dev/sdb to remove usb flash drive while I can use Safe(ly) remove function/button for usb external hard drive.
How can I made that ...
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Version 12.04.2 crashed when booted from a USB
I've been trying to run Ubuntu 12.04 on my new bespoke computer. I don't have a HDD as i am saving for a decent one and have been trying to run Linux of off a USB boot disc.
I can load up on the "Try ...
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Stuffing In Multiple Bootable ISO's On The Same Pendrive
I recently installed ubuntu 13.04 from a bootable 8GB usb pendrive which was created using power iso when i was on windows.Is there a way of stuffing in another bootable windows and a freebsd iso file ...
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USB External Hard drive unplugged but still shows up!
I am running on Ubuntu 12.04. I have physically unplugged an external hard drive from my laptop, but for some reason it is still shown as mounted in Nautilus. When trying to get rid of it by ...
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Unmounting drive in Xubuntu
Every time I try unmounting / ejecting / safely removing a drive in Xubuntu, I get the following dialog:
However, most of the time it seems like there isn't any data that needs to be written or a ...
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USB boot doesn't work
I have installed Ubuntu on a USB stick and tried to boot it on my PC, but when I did this all that happend was a flickering appearing, going on and on and on. Nothing happens.
What can I do about ...
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Windows 8 Recovery USB
How can I make a Windows 8 Recovery flash drive from the Windows Recovery .iso from Ubuntu? In other words, how can I make my flash drive bootable from the Windows 8 Recovery .iso from Ubuntu?
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Ati Radeon HD4600 nad blank screen after switch to graphic mode
Ubuntu 13.04 on my computer AMD Sempron 2300+, 2GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD4600 is running normaly from Live CD and from pendrive created by Universal USB Installer. When installed system on my pendrive by ...
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Run Ubuntu from SD Card on Android Tablet
I'll be acquiring my first tablet in a few weeks, and haven't tinkered with Android much besides my 1st gen Motorola Droid (I had an HTC Sense, but a power surge fried it and turned it into a brick, ...
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Installing ubuntu for mac, on a usb-drive
After following all the steps on how to install Ubuntu [12.04] on a flash drive, i get the error that the usb stick cannot be read. Options are to format, ignore or reject it. Also tried to shutdown ...
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Optimal Temporary Install on usb
I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 to a 16GB usbstick because my harddrive just died (I am currently on a ubuntu live cd). Because of various reasons, I won't have a new proper HDD/SSD for at least 2 ...
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USB memory devices not working (unable to mount)
I have an annoying problem. On my laptop all of my USB memory devices stopped working. They all worked fine until few days ago, I don't remember doing anything to affect it myself. Until that day I ...
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Ubuntu will not boot from my external hard drive
I got a 16GB Flash Drive and turned it to a bootable USB with Pen Drive Linux using the 13.04 64 bit iso. I then booted from it and went to the setup procedure and installed it on a 500 GB external ...
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How to make a Ubuntu USB Flash Drive Installer?
How to make a Ubuntu USB Flash Drive Installer with the latest version of Ubuntu (13.04 right now)
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Unable to Boot Windows 8 after installing ubuntu in pendrive
I installed Ubuntu on my 32GB pen-drive which is a clean installation.After installation I unplugged my pen-drive now I cannot boot in to windows.
It says grub rescue.
What do I do.?
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/sda, hard drives, USB drives, all missing
After updating, my system doesn't detect any partitions or USB drives save for the two partitions I use as / and /home.
/dev/sda doesn't even exist. I'm not sure if that's normal because I haven't ...
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Detect and mount devices?
I upgraded Ubuntu today and everything works smooth except that Ubuntu doesn't detect any other storage devices. My / and /home partitions work fine, but my other partitions are just not detected. I ...
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USB DVD Drive not playing DVDS
I am running Xubuntu 13.04 and I have a USB DVD Drive as its a notebook. The only problem is that it's not playing DVD's or CD's. Ive installed Restricted extra's to see if that would sort it but it ...
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Simplest sync option to mirror local directory with USB on plug-in
I have a simple USB thumbdrive, which functions as drive for my cars stereo. I'd like to use either a tool or something scriptable to achieve the following:
When the drive is plugged in, it is ...
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Ubuntu booted from live USB freezing on boot message
This is my first time really getting to know Linux. I'm booting Ubuntu 12.10 on my HP G65 Notebook, which is pre installed with Windows 7 64 bit, from a live USB. The HP loads just fine and proceeds ...
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How do I boot Ubuntu from my usb flash drive?
I have been using Windows 7 Home Basic for years, and now I'm bored and my PC is getting slower by the day. So I decided to try Ubuntu. I formatted an 8GB Transcend USB Flash drive and put Ubuntu in ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS boots to command line of some kind
I recently built a computer, then installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (Desktop, AMD64)using the Universal USB Installer from pendrivelinux.com.
When it was first installed, the Unity bar (at the left) was ...
