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how to install windows after deleting a linux partition [closed]

So I used to have linux but I screwed my computer up in attempt to get windows. Now i don't have an operating System just gparted. I have one partition its 499 gb and Ntfs . Yet whenever I try to ...
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How to install windows 8, on a computer completely running ubuntu? [closed]

I tried booting from the dvd to install windows 8, but unfortunately I can only install windows 8 on an ntfs hdd. So i got GParted, but I can't create a new partition. I was thinking I could hook up ...
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How to backup Ubuntu partition via Windows?

I wanted to make a backup of my Ubuntu (12.04) partition before upgrading to 13.04, but I've come up against a snag. None of the tools I can find can make an image of the currently-mounted drive - ...
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Windows filesystems on Ubuntu

I currently have 2 hard drives, 1 running my Windows OS and all my applications, and another for saving all my chunky media files. If I was to wipe my hard drive which holds Windows and install ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 can't mount a partition with Windows 8

I can't mount my other partition with Windows 8, I have Ubuntu 12.10 amd64: Error mounting /dev/sda1 at /media/ricardo/003E8A7D3E8A6C0A: Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o ...
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SFS Windows partition after Ubuntu Install

I installed Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows 7 64-bit on another laptop of mine and encountered a problem. Here is what happened: I shrunk the Windows partition to create space for Ubuntu I ran ...
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Windows Installer - Does it wipe drive

My RAID array is dying and I had planned to install a distro on my backup drive to boot into as my CD drive is junked and my old 780i refuses to boot from USB. I downloaded the installer MSI. I see ...
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Cannot access files on an NTFS partition shared with Windows 8

I've an NTFS partition shared with Windows 8 and Ubuntu which is mounted automatically using fstab as /mnt/General. I've copied some data to the partition using Widnows, and then copied some more data ...
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ntfs D: Partition windows 7

I have similar problem, I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on top of Windows 7, I have all my files on a logical partition D: couldn't access that partition from Ubuntu. During installation I choose to encrypt ...
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Ext4 vs Mounted Windows NTFS for HDD Data Storage

My system has an SSD (120 gb) and HDD (3 tb). I am dual-booting Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 8. Right now I only have 30 gb allocated to Ubuntu on the SSD. The rest of the SSD and HDD drive is used by ...
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How do I access NTFS partitions from Ubuntu after upgrading from Windows server 2008?

After having my own server at home for a year now I am ready to take the step and replace my windows server 2008 environment with Ubuntu. My server's hard drive is partitioned into three partitions, ...
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Is the Ubuntu installer capable of resizing/moving existing NTFS partitions?

I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64 alongside with Windows 7. I already have 3 primary partitions taking the whole disk space. 100 MB system-reserved (primary) 180 GB system (primary) 285 GB ...
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Does a partition need to be mounted before data transfer to USB?

I'm trying to use Ubuntu 12.04 to transfer data from an unbootable hard-drive in Windows XP to a usb. Does the partition need to be mounted beforehand? Also, I read I could use ddrescue to perform ...
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How to make folders like “System Volume Information” or “RECYCLER” hidden, just like it is on windows?

I have this external hard drive, and I used it in windows, now that I use it on Ubuntu, and it is kind of annoying to see files like System Volume Information, so how can I make it hidden? Or how can ...
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Files showing different in Windows and Ubuntu

I'm having some trouble in a folder I use both from Windows and Ubuntu. I'm double booting Win8 and Quantal, with a big NTFS folder storing things I access from both (e.g. music). Lately I have ...
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Ubuntu recognises other partitions but does not show the contents

I hold up my hand to confess I'm an immigrant from Microsoft and I use the computer as a tool, not a hobby. Ubuntu (12.10) recognizes the partitions used for Windows, e.g. my docs but not it's ...
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Damaged external NTFS hard disk

A few days ago, I used my external hard disk (a 2TB Seagate) in order to transfer some files on Windows Vista. During that, I noticed some malfunctions on my system (it was running too slow, Windows ...
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Misused mke2fs and cannot boot into system

I installed Ubuntu with WUBI in Windows 7 64bit, and I had installed Mandriva 2011 with a disk. I tried to learn Linux with Ubuntu and misused mke2fs; after I reboot my computer, Windows 7 and Ubuntu ...
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Why I can't open folders copied from Ubuntu on Windows? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Seeing Ubuntu-made files on an NTFS partition from within Windows 7 Is not possible for me to open whatever folder I COPY from Ubuntu to my Windows partition or whatever ...
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Mounting ntfs windows drive and retrieving its data

Hej, A friend gave me his laptop which had problems with booting (windows). He claims his data on the drive to be retrieved and saved. I have Linux Ubuntu Server to mount its hard drive and check the ...
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NTFS for Windows [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I want to install Windows to my computer. However, Windows needs NTFS -filesystem for hard disk. I want to replace Ubuntu ...
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Sharing ext partitions in VirtualBox

I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm on a WUBI installation currently with (obviously) NTFS system. I got really sick and tired of Windows 7 and the new Windows 8 isn't something I really look out to and Ubuntu ...
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Mounting encrypted file system on Windows

Is there a way to mount (read/write) an encrypted file system on Windows? By "encrypted" I mean whatever it is that Ubuntu does to encrypt a file system when you choose that option during formatting. ...
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Share home directory between Linux and Windows dual boot

This question is somewhat similar to How to use Windows Share has home directory, but in this case Windows is not running. I have installed a dual-boot configuration with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows. My ...
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Resize/Create a New Partition in GParted

So I've been having some trouble recently with Ubuntu and decided it was time to switch to windows. But I have no ntfs partitions on my hard disk and GParted will not let me resize my one large ...
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Unable to mount Windows (NTFS) filesystem due to hibernation

Whenever I boot Ubuntu, I get a message that it cannot mount my windows partition, and I can choose to either wait, skip or manually mount. When I try to enter my Windows partition through Nautilus I ...
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Getting data off a windows drive by booting with ubuntu

My question is very similar to this one: How do you repair an "input/output error" in an NTFS partition? But I've given up on repairing the drive, I really just want to be able to get a ...
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NTFS volume recognised as “Unallocated Space” but works with Windows

Moving to Ubuntu, I have a drive with windows on a drive with Ubuntu on and 4 other ntfs drives 3 of which appear fine in both systems 1 however works fine on windows (single ntfs volume) but in ...
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Lost Windows 7 files

My intention was to have a dual boot system with Ubuntu and Windows 7. Obviously I did something wrong because although I had a system menu on booting (is it normal to appear DOS-like?) which gave me ...
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1answer
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Files Going Missing [closed]

I have a dual boot Ubuntu/Windows computer. Files on the 75gb and 55gb filesystem can be accessed from either Ubuntu or Windows. I had about 15gb of photos which had been moved to the 75gb system. ...
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dual boot missing files on ntfs

I have 3 partitions: one for win7 (ntfs), one for Ubuntu (ext4) and one just for data (ntfs so both operating systems can see them). My problem is that I had stored some files on the data partition ...
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Read/write errors on shared NTFS

Well, i suppose 'errors' is not the best way of putting it, but anyway. Due to the usage of my computer, i have set it up to dual-boot Windows 7 and ubuntu 11.10. Windows is in it's own partition, ...
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Permissions or settings for NTFS [closed]

I want to use my old windows NTFS partition for storing data.I managed to make almost all work except for torrent files. I tried all torrent clients but all fail to save on NTFS. It is working on the ...
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GUI for setfacl or other NTFS equivalents?

I would like to setup a small office network based on ubuntu machines to replace the current based on windows. One of the requirements is to setup a samba share for file sharing. The problem is that ...
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Can't see Windows partition in Nautilus

I am on Ubuntu 11.10, installed with Wubi. I used to be able to access my Windows partion from the list of devices in Nautilus, but I no longer see it. What might b.e wrong? Running sudo blkid gives ...
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How do you repair an “input/output error” in an NTFS partition?

I replaced a buggy Windows Vista installation with Ubuntu. All works fine except that the main HD where I had all my files are now inaccessible. Here is the error message I get: Error mounting: ...
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Add NTFS partition to live USB

If I add an NTFS partition to my USB, will it be accessible from both Windows and Ubuntu?
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Howto auto-mount windows-partitions using /etc/fstab

Hello what do I have to write in the file "/etc/fstab" to get my windows-partition (/dev/sda3) automatically mounted on startup ? I get this error-message (clicking on the bookmark for the partition ...
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Ubuntu and Windows together

I have Ubuntu and Windows installed together. I want to reinstall Ubuntu but I need to add some space from Windows D: disk. Is there any chance in losing data and if not please give me instructions. ...
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How do I access my Windows partition using the command line?

I had a problem with my Ubuntu install, and I need to uninstall it. However, I have one folder on there with an important assignment in it that I'd like to keep still. I can still get into Ubuntu with ...
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update-grub2 not finding windows7 partition

I have Ubuntu10.10 x64 and after installing Windows 7 grub dissapear I log on with my usb to reinstall grub and now grub only shows Ubuntu... Then when I try to do update-grub2 I get this: ...
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Permanently mounting Windows' NTFS partition, fully enabled

I'm transforming a Windows 7 PC into a dual boot system with Ubuntu 10.10. Following other questions on this site, I've mounted my Windows drive by adding this to fstab UUID=blabla /windows ntfs ...
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Is it safe to shutdown computer without unmounting NTFS partitions?

Sometimes I mount my NTFS drives in Ubuntu but forget to unmount them before shutdown. So does Ubuntu unmount them before shutdown or do I have to unmount them manually before shutdown? I am asking ...
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Problem renaming files in a NTFS partition

I have one partition with Ubuntu and one partition with Windows XP, I have also another NTFS Partition where I share my files. I ve had many times the problem when I use Ubuntu and rename a file ...
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Mounting NTFS as read-only

My PC have 3 NTFS partitions (main and backups) plus Ubuntu on dual boot. I want to keep NTFS partitions available, but mounted as read-only by default, so that other users (and accidentally even me) ...