For questions regarding storage drives that connect using a USB port.
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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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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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3answers
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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 annoying problem here. On my laptop all of my USB memory devices stopped working. It 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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1answer
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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 ...
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location of usb write cache
I've been having issues writing large file transfers to my USB stick. Many times it sits for hours "writing" but i'm not sure if it is frozen or actually writing.
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USB Flash Drive Automounting
I'm trying to prevent my USB flashdrive from getting automounted upon insertion.
I've already set automount to false under org.gnome.desktop.media-handling, yet the flash drive continues to get ...
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How to install AR5523 chipset wifi in Ubuntu 12.04?
My usb wifi device is OvisLink Evo-W108USB
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0cf3:0002 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5523 (no firmware)
I tried to install rpm from manufactured after convert to .deb ...
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How can I check integrity of Ubuntu Startup Disk?
I created Ubuntu startup disk using Startup Disk Creator some time ago.
The pendrive have been used couple of times since then for data storage purposes. However its contents haven't been ...
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Cannot access jump drives
To Whom It May Concern:
For two months now I have not been able to get to the photos and files on my jump drives when I need to use them for various reasons. At the same time this started I also lost ...
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Trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 on iBook G4 from a USB key
I want to install Ubuntu on my iBook G4, but I cannot use liveCD because a CD is stuck in the drive lol... It's been a year or so. I've tried everything excepted opening it up but yeah... I've thought ...
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making a bootable, 'portable' usb drive [duplicate]
I have a leftover laptop drive and sata - usb adapter. I'd like to make it bootable and 'portable'. Would it be able to recognize host machine's network card for instance? For the sake of experiment I ...
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ubuntu 10.04.4 USB install problem
I am used my well works ubuntu 12.04.3 to wrote down the Bootable ubuntu 10.04.4 os to 4GB Pendrive.
we are need this old os, we got a slow laptop.
The pen drive is wroted perfectly, but when i am ...
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USB external drive not opened any more
I'm having a problem to access an external usb hard drive in Ubuntu 12.04. I had been succesfully using this HD both at work and home in my two Ubuntu 12.04 computers. I had to add the following line ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 won't boot from usb - missing operating system [closed]
I tried unetbootin and pendrive, and nothing helps. After i choose usb from boot menu error message (missing operating system) appears for a sec and continue to boot other system on hdd, in my case ...
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Disable all USB Storage Devices except USB Dongle
I need to disable all USB storage devices except a software Protection Dongle. How do I do it?
I tried black listing the USB storage device, but that seems to block ALL usb devices including the ...
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Is it safe to use a USB external drive without a valid partition table?
Here's what I did:
Installed the SATA hard disk in the enclosure
Connected it via USB
With Disk Utility I formatted the drive with an EXT4 file system
Started using the hard drive without any issue ...
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Trucrypt Automatically Mount Drive on Startup
I have a TrueCrypt volume on a USB flash drive (the USB is the volume) that I want to mount automatically on login.
I plan to use Startup Applications to run a command/script that will, 1) Mount the ...
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How to use QQDVR on Ubuntu?
I want to use zoneminder, but the CCTV DVR cable is RG59 not USB , so I bought QQDVR.
I use terminal : lsusb
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 04b4:8613 Cypress Semiconductor Corp. CY7C68013 EZ-USB FX2 USB ...
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How to set up a new user with admin rights on a USB Ubuntu 12.04 installation?
I have successfully installed 12.04 LTS on a USB stick with persistence and it is working well. I have even managed to add Flash player and get wifi working.
I would like to password protect the ...
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Can anyone point me to a guide for installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on to a USB Thumb Drive?
I am currently looking to change my home NAS from FreeNAS to Ubuntu server 12.04 LTS.
I have had a look but all the guides I can find are about making a live USB not a USB with the Full install on it.
...
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How do I to copy files to flash drive in a recovery mode?
It seems like to deleted too much files by rm -r and now I have the error of "the system is running a low-graphic mode" in Ubuntu and I have to work in Windows because of that.
However I can load it ...
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WBFS Manager cannot see my usb drive
I have recently installed the WBFS Manager on my laptop running on ubuntu. The application opens well and everything, however the only problem I am getting is that my usb drive/pendrive does not ...
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Why can't I boot Windows 7 from GRUB when an ext-HDD is connected?
I just installed ubuntu and I really like it, even though the dual-boot configuration took me at least 2 days :p
My dual-boot works fine, except for the fact my windows doesn't boot if one of my ...
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USB Drive Removed While Write Now GParted Hangs
I was writing to drive with UNetbootin. This is the error on attempted mount:
Failed to open directory "0FFD-2516".
Error when getting information for file '/media/0FFD-2516/╛▌ü╞ΦÇ.Sfì': ...
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Is pausing of ubuntu installation normal ?
I'm trying to install 12.10 using a flash drive and I'm experiencing a stall during boot.
The last line is [4.623250] key type encrypted registered. Is this stall normal and should I just let it do ...
