For questions regarding storage drives that connect using a USB port.
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How to make bootable pendrive to install ubuntu os?
Iam a newbie to all of this stuff.
Initially I have a os CD of ubuntu 10.4 version.I never tried it. Now I lost my CD somewhere.
But early I copied those file in my laptop.
Now iam using Windows. But ...
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How to partition this USB drive for installation with an easy walk through?
I am not a computer literate and need to know how to partition my USB drive without messing up my laptop.
I already have the boot order set up properly and the USB drive already has the ISO image ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 won't mount Samsung SE-218BB
I can't seem to mount the drive even though Samsung advertises it as being Linux compatible when switching it over to AV mode (by ejecting the tray and holding the eject button until the LED comes on) ...
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How do I execute a file from a FAT USB drive?
I'm trying to install a portable app onto my USB drive such that it is compatible with both Ubuntu and Windows (specifically, a program called eToys). Support is already built into the app for both ...
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Can't format USB drive
I have a 4 Gig USB drive that I'd like to format.
I go to the Disk Utility, and try to format it, but it says that the device is busy. (This same error occurs no matter whether I tried to format the ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 on bootable thumbdrive black screen
So I'm trying to run Ubuntu 12.10 from a bootable Thumbstick. I can see a purple screen with icons at the bottom and it proceeds to display string after string of lines. After that, I hear drums but ...
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USB becomes unreadable after putting the .img on it-Mac
I am trying to put Ubuntu on my USB to install it on my MacBook Pro, but after following step 8 of this Ubuntu guide it becomes unreadable and it doesn't show up while rebooting my computer and ...
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Very low rate of data transfer to USB
I expect to get 3Mb/s to 5Mb/s when copying data to an external USB drive. But these days, whenever I try copying files to my USB flash drive, the transfer rate is dropping down to as low as ...
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Ubuntu from flash drive
I am windows user and using windows 7 on my laptop.
Is there any way i can run practically run and use ubuntu from flash drive or it is necessary to install it on my hard drive.
Please suggest...
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erasing/formating/deleting a Usb Flash drive
I loaded Ubuntu on to flashdrive. Now I want to remove it but when I try it returns Drive write protected.
I have tried sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/devsdb bs=512 count=1, but that returns Read only file ...
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How can I partition a usb flashdrive in Win7
I want to be able to create a Ubuntu boot disk using a USB flash drive. I also want to be able to create a second partition for my data on the same drive. How can I create the partition in Win7?
The ...
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Trouble With Persistence After Making a USB Live Thumb Drive Using Pendrivelinux
I created a bootable Ubuntu on my 32GB thumb drive (on a NTFS partition) and I selected a persistence of 4GB.
I've noticed that when I reboot from the initial booting off of the USB thumb drive, ...
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USB Device first mounted as root, then by user
When I connect my Kindle, it shows up as an usb0 media, which I can read but not write (owner = root).
However, if I do sudo umount /media/usb0, usb0 gets unmounted and a Kindle media gets mounted ...
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Difference ubuntu-12.04-alternate-amd64.iso and ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso [duplicate]
I am trying make a Ubuntu bootable flash drive using the Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.2.4. Also I have downloaded the a file named ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso which is 7.10.956 kb from a torrent ...
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Auto-mounting an encrypted USB hard drive
How can you configure a headless Ubuntu server to auto-mount an encrypted USB hard drive?
I found this similar question, which explains how to mount the drive from the command line, but the author is ...
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Tool for recovering deleted data from a flash drive
What is the best tool for recovering deleted data from a flash drive (pen drive)?
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Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
I know there are similar questions but I get some specific problem I can't overcome.
I have:
HDD split into two partitions. /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2. sdb1 is NTFS and I don't need it. I need sdb2 ...
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I'm having issues running Ubuntu from flash drive (images inside) [duplicate]
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My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
I have followed the instructions to put Ubuntu 12.10 onto a flash drive. I then shut down my ...
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How do I write to an outer truecrypt volume when the inner volume protection prevents writng?
In a nutshell
After some time using the outer volume of a hidden volume in Truecrypt I cannot write to the outer volume anymore. The protection of the inner volume always kicks in before. How do I ...
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How do I mount an encrypted /home directory on another Ubuntu machine?
I've done something a bit, well, strange. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 directly onto a USB thumb stick, encrypting the /home directory as given the option during the install. The filesystem is btrfs, I ...
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How to change read-only pendrive?
I have a generic pendrive with a problem... I can't copy to inside, delete or move any archive or folder from the pendrive. I don't know how this happens, I do not change any kind of permissions... ...
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How to disable USB000 ports in Ubuntu 12.10 but still have the usb keyboard and mouse work?
Please suggest any options to disable the USB ports.
I tried in the blacklist.conf and rebooted, but still the USB device is detecting.
Can you help me to disable the USB ports?
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Unable to access USB external hard drive
I have an NTFS formatted 500 GB external USB drive. It works fine on Windows, and I want to know how to use it on Ubuntu. Running 12.10 on Wubi.
The external disk is sda3 and I also have an internal ...
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My MacBook Pro does not show Ubuntu USB while holding Alt/Option Key
I'm unable to see my newly created 12.04 in the list after holding alt/option when restarting my MacBook Pro
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Having trouble booting ubuntu 12.04 desktop from usb in windows 7
I have written the image onto my usb drive. Everything went through, however once i restart my pc, it wont read the disk. Do i need to open safemode to boot? Or should I reformat the drive and rewrite ...
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USB suddenly stop working
I have a little problem with USB (maybe drivers) in Ubuntu 12.10.
I just surf on web and suddenly my external sound card stops working.
When I connect USB stick in USB, system won't recognize it at ...
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Ubuntu from a flash drive, where do files get stored?
I'm a total newb to Ubuntu (Linux in general, tbh) and I'd like to try out Ubuntu by running it from a flash drive. Now my question is: Do my files (both installation and 'personal' files (like texts, ...
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Running Ubuntu on a USB flash drive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Running Ubuntu from a USB Flash drive on Acer
I have a tablet (Samsung Slate) that has Windows 8 on it and not enough space to dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu, so I decided ...
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Unable to boot to Live USB linux [closed]
I am trying to test different distros from a specific usb thumb drive that I have. I am installing them using UNetBootIn. The installation goes fine. I am doing this process from Xubuntu 12.10 live ...
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How can I install ubuntu from the ISO in Windows?
I don't have a usb stick or discs available to boot from, so is there anyway I can use the ISO image to install from within windows?
I tried using the Windows installer but the download keeps ...
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How to Synchronize Folders?
I want to do one way synchronization.
I am having Folder A on my computer which is constantly updated with content.
Another Folder B is used for backup purpose which is on external HDD.
Now what I ...
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can i retrieve my files from my hdd after windows crash by booting from usb?
yesterday i tried turning on my toshiba satellite laptop but it started booting and crashed after showing a blue screen for half a second.
and before i reinstall windows ,i want to backup my files, so ...
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How much space does Ubuntu use on a persistent pendrive with the updates?
This might have been asked here before......but I am wondering how much disk space on my pendrive an updated Ubuntu 12.10 OS will take up.
I have reserved 3.5 GB for it but it gave me an error ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 won't boot from flashdrive
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 made a bootable flashdrivem via startup disk creator. But no matter what I do It just won't boot. in booting menu there are few options like USB-HDD, USB-FDD etc. I've tied ...
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USB Stick won't boot
So I wanted to play around with CHrome OS, and installed the Vanilla version of Chromium OS to my trusty USB Stick. I used the Win32DiskImager.exe to install the OS to the USB stick. All went well, ...
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How can I use my USB flash drive again after I zeroed it out in Disks?
I've used the "Disks" utility to zero out a USB flash drive (pendrive). Now it's not showing up anymore as a usable storage medium.
I need to use this usb drive (of 4 GB) again to write an OS image ...
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Can't boot after usb install
I can't boot from the hdd after installing from a usb stick. I have to plug it back in and select to boot from it to boot form the hdd. How do I fix the bootloader?
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Mount and unmount errors when usb is connected in 12.10.
I just installed 12.10 and noticed some strange behaviour every time I connect a USB storage device. It reports I already have the device mounted by a different user but there is only one user account ...
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Format option not available in 11.10 as in 10.10?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 on my laptop and Ubuntu 10.10 on my desktop.
In 10.10 there is an option to format a pen-drive by right-clicking the icon for the pen drive and selecting format, but I am ...
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Can't mount USB : “Not Authorized”
Since three months I am waiting and searching for a solution to mount a USB stick again.
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 32bit and 64bit Dell machines and I could not really find a useful answer what ...
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Can I install the latest Ubuntu OS on a 4.0GB flashdrive? [closed]
That is all I need to know. Thank you for your answers.
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Set up USB for Virtualbox
I'm using Ubuntu Maverick and Virtual Box 3+ and I installed Window 7 Ultimate Editon. The problem is that it doesn't detect USB drives on Window 7 but USB peripherals (mouse + keybord) are working.
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Pendrive not detecting after formatting disk utility
After running sudo fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): ...
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How to install and use Ubuntu from a USB flash drive on Windows 8?
I'd like to fully install Ubuntu 12.10 onto a 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive, not create a LiveUSB, but to treat the flash drive as an external hard drive.
I've read it's possible and I know my computer ...
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Cannot mount USB Drive on Ubuntu 12.04
I have a WD 3TB external drive I used with Windows 7 just fine, and now want to use it on my laptop as a FTP accessible drive.
For some reason though I cannot mount it (I get an error when attaching ...
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1 TB Dell USB hard disk not getting recognized
Dell USB hard disk not recognized in Ubuntu 11.10
When I insert the USB disk I do not see it in Nautilus (left hand pane)
lsusb surprisingly fails to report any pciid:vendor id related to the ...
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What is the difference between “Unmount”, “Eject”, “Safely Remove Drive” and the eject icon?
When I right-click the desktop icon for my USB drive or SD card I have the choice to "Eject" or "Safely Remove Drive":
In the Tree side pane in Nautilus, I can either "Unmount" or "Eject":
The ...
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How can I make my pendrive bootable (My UBUNTU copy is not an ISO file)?
I have UBUNTU 12.04 LTS OS. Its not an image file/ISO image. I have searched a lot about how to make a pendrive bootable in order to install ubuntu, but everywhere they assume that I have ISO file. ...
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HP Pavilion no wireless w/ubuntu 12.10 and a wired connection isn't possible. Is there a download could get with my windows comp and put on USB key [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?
I have no wireless connection with Ubuntu 12.10. Using a HP Pavilion DV6000. I have read other ...
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Ubuntu12.10 “Disks” Pendrive 64GB format LUKS+ext4
I just bought Pendrive / Flshdrive 64GB and need to archive on it file bigger than 10GB so i believe FAT32 is not an good option since it can handle only 4GB file in size. Next thing is that i though ...
