Questions tagged [ssd]
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state storage to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional mechanical spinning/magnetic block I/O hard disk drive.
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Upgrading SSD - can I copy the existing SSD without compromising the new one?
If I'm using balenaEtcher to clone an existing SSD (256 GB) - now on my computer -> to a 1TB SSD through an USB/m.2 adaptor, will this mess up the rest of the remaining space on the SSD or it will ...
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How to repair this?
I did nothing but reboot and it showed up. I tried to find the SGX option in the BIOS but there was nothing there, and I tried changing the SATA settings but that didn't work either. Now it is set to #...
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I'm trying to access a partition made on my internal har disk from windows that is installed on the ssd, but windows doesn't reconizes it
I have ubuntu 22.04.02 installed on my internal 1tb hard disk and windows 10 installed on my 128gb internal ssd. I wanted to use a section of the hard disk to store files that i use on windows, so i ...
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Lubuntu freezes during login attempts
I’m unable to login to my user account my laptop only has one user and when I try applying the correct password on start up it freezes, the mouse still moves, the clock in the corner of the screen is ...
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Can't install ubuntu in HP elite book 840 g3
I want to ask that I'm trying to install ubuntu in my laptop Hp elite book 840 g3 but when i try to install it show an error of sgx disable i tried to much on BIOS to set this problem but I can't find ...
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Dell Vostro 15 3549 just won’t boot into Ubuntu 22.04.2
I installed Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS onto the laptop using a USB stick. When I use the try Ubuntu option I can see the laptop’s SSD, with all of the Ubuntu files in it. However, when I try and boot from the ...
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150GB root partition is full
i run ubuntu server 22.04 LTS on a SSD 150GB. This SSD is suddenly filled up to 100%. I deleted some logs and files I was sure not to need anylonger.
But this gives me only 8% more space.
I read a lot ...
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Issue with NVME controller from kernel 5.18 onwards. What should I do from here?
I have an Asus ZenBook Duo (UX481FL) but am having issues with any kernels beyond 5.18, my NVME controller will not work.
After anywhere up to 5 minutes after booting the SSD stops responding and ...
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Issue Installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Dell Optiplex 7080 - Disks Not Detected
I encountered a problem while attempting to install Ubuntu 20.04 on a Dell Optiplex 7080.
During the installation process, I received an installer error:
installer error
After rebooting the PC, I ...
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Ubuntu Core 22 64 bit - Raspberry Pi 4 - SSD boot loop (full Ubuntu boots fine)
I'm using Raspberry Pi imager to write the provided images to SDCard/HD/SSD
Raspberry Pi 4 eeprom is upgraded to the latest version, and no sdcard is present during the issue.
Booting Ubnt Core 22 ...
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Need help on SSD partitioning
One SSD 250 GB
One HDD 1 Tb
Need help on SSD partitioning
PC has no Windows and no games.
Need some information about installing Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
I want to install Ubuntu on SSD and use HDD as home.
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I need partition scheme advice (MBR) for performance increase
i partitioned my 500gb SSD for 60(personal)-30(system)-10(free) rule but this is just big picture, i don't know details. I read there have to be swap, var partitions to increase performance. My pc is ...
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Smartmontools 7.3 on Ubuntu 22.04
I bought a SSD enclosure equipped with the Asmedia 2364 chipset.
Ubuntu 22.04 is shipped with Smartmontools 7.2 that does not support that chipset. Instead, the 7.3 can address it by the switch -d ...
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Microsoft Reserved Partiton and Ubuntu partition have the same uuid
I'm on ubuntu 22.04 i have a 256gb SSD. i installed windows ltsc and after i booted into ubuntu it would show the error /dev/sda2 unexpected inconsistency run fsck manually. after a few reboots it ...
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Error accessing removable drive (SSD M2 1TB)
I'm having problems trying to access and even format an M.2 SSD (whether using it through an external case or connected directly to the board.
Every time I try to access or even format, the error ...
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Partitioning errors when attempting to install 22.04 on a HP Elitebook 840 G3
I am trying to install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS an a HP EliteBook 840 G3. I have formatted the SSD to bare metal.
I can boot from my thumb drive and start the installer, but I error out at the screen where I ...
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Will my NVMe m.2 ssd work slower on Ubuntu than on windows?
In the process of Ubuntu istallation I got a message to turn of RST (Rapid Storage Technology). As I understood, I should change it in BIOS on AHCI in order to install Ubuntu. Will this affect the ...
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Ubuntu random freeze
I have a problem that recurs at least daily on my PC running Ubuntu/PopOs.
The PC has two SSDs, the first running Windows, the second running PopOs.
Basically every few hours, randomly, using PopOs (...
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I add new ssd for my old laptop is ubuntu when i select erase disk will automatically be installed on it or must do something else i don't want files
I want to install Ubuntu without do anything to my new ssd disk.
Just erase all my data and boot Ubuntu on my ssd, not on my hdd.
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I moved the /var to a partition to free space but don't know how to link it
I recently setup Ubuntu 23.04 but it was setup wrongly so I ran out of space
it was supposed to be installed in both SSD and HDD but it only used the SSD one
so I started moving data manually so that ...
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How to install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on new laptop with 1 TB ssd drive
I will be getting a new laptop and would like to install Ubuntu using the btrfs file system. No encryption required.
I am looking for as much advice, suggestions, procedures others have used as well ...
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Installing ubuntu on two drives: ssd and hdd
I have a desktop (8 GiB RAM) and installed Ubuntu in the standard way (erase disk and install Ubuntu - nothing else ;-)). But it kept booting in windows... finally - as a newbie - I understand the ...
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Reuse SSD storage for another laptop, need other configuration besides formatting?
I have a doubt regarding the computer's SSD storage, in my notebook 1 I use an SSD where everything is installed with ubuntu, I have another SSD in another notebook 2 that also has a version of ubuntu ...
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SSD sometimes not recognized
I have a weird issue... I have a secondary SSD (in /dev/sdb). Sometimes (after a reboot or just when the disk feels like it), the system can not recognize it and /dev/sdb does not exist and does not ...
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internal ssd won't open and home folder icon doesn't work
I am a 69 year old newcomer to Linux and ubuntu I am running ubuntu 22.04.2 I downloaded Ubuntu Studio 22.04.2 and now my internal SSD drive won't open and the home folder icon doesn't work, what have ...
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External SSD not mountable after connecting to windows
I think I messed up really really bad and need help.
I had a laptop with an Ubuntu installation. My laptop's main board broke. I took out the M2 ssd where linux was installed and gave laptop for ...
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How to Uninstall Ubuntu from my Secondary Disk to Install it in my Primary Disk?
The context: recently, I started collaborating on a open-source project whose main application runs in Linux. I have a Notebook with a small SSD (128Gb) and a HD (1Tb) and I have always used Windows. ...
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SSD appears in BIOS but it doesn't appear in the terminal
I have a brand new Ubuntu PC with three SSDs connected and they are shown in the BIOS.
However only two of them are shown in the terminal.
Running udisksctl status I get:
MODEL ...
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Can't Install Ubuntu on my NVME But It runs from the Bootable USB device
I downloaded the iso for Ubuntu 22.04 from Ubuntu website and Burned it to my Sandisk 32 gb pendrive using Balenaetcher because I saw in in the tutorials. Ubuntu is running from the bootable pendrive ...
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How to enable hardware encryption on my Crucial MX500 drive with Ubuntu 20.04
I have a Crucial MX500 1TB drive, and it supports hardware encryption. I need to attach it to my Raspberry Pi 4 running Ubuntu 20.04 and enable encryption. I also need the drive to be auto attached to ...
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I want to replace the old 500GB HDD with a 256GB SSD. What is the simple way to this?
Can I just physically remove the HDD and connect the SSD in its place (and then do a new install of Ubuntu)?
Sony Vaio laptop
8GB RAM
Old HDD is 500GB
Nothing on the old HDD is important
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Moving Ubuntu root to a new SSD which will become the boot device
I have a Dell desktop which I bought used, at which time it was set up to dual boot Windows (on disk 0 - /dev/sda ) and Ubuntu (on disk 1 - /dev/sdb). I nuked the Windows installation and /dev/sda ...
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I want to create a new disk on which to install programs
before installing Ubuntu I want to create a disc where the programs in Ubuntu will be installed. I have two discs, SSD and HDD. I will install Ubuntu on the SSD, but I want to create a separate HDD ...
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Ubuntu Installer only detects 1 of my 2 SSDs
I am trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my 120GB ssd but the installer can't detect the partitions made on Disk 0, It only detects the disk with Windows installed on it. The partitions are as seen ...
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Trying to format a SSD but get "no available data" error
My Windows 11 system blue screened yesterday and I shut it down because it stucked at 0%. After that Windows cannot boot and shows 0xc0000f error code, which basically means the boot manager cannot ...
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SMART data: suddenly 491.823 error log entries for SSD
I noticed that there was a sudden jump in error log entries (they where at around 3500) with my Samsung SSD, but no problems so far. The error count now increases by i think 3 on each boot.
I am not ...
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Preparing to run multiple qcow images from a new T7 SSD
I just got a new 1 TB Samsung T7 SSD and I want to be able to run multiple VM's from this drive using QEMU/KVM and virt-manager.
First question: Do I need to do anything to format or prepare the SSD ...
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Is it possible to move the /home directory without reinstalling the whole computer? [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 18.04 on a 50 GB SSD partition (+9.9 GB swap). I also have a mechanical drive with >= 105GB free Ext4 partition in that computer. I'm running out of space on that SSD partition. I'd ...
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Nvme faulty drive? SMART Error Information Log Entries fastly increasing
Running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
The Error Information Log Entries value showed by smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1 in my NVMe is growing fast, by 1 per second. Is it indicative of a faulty driver?
At the same time, ...
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Ubuntu installation on SSD not booting: possible issue with bootloader or partition?
I am trying to help a friend fix his Ubuntu installation, he has an SSD and an HD. The HD has Ubuntu on it with the boot partition installed together, in one single partition.
On the SSD there is ...
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permission denied on ubuntu ( ubuntu and windows 10 dual boot system on a M.2 NVME ssd and another harddrive used for storage)
I have a 250GB m.2 nvme ssd and a 1TB hdd. I boot ubuntu and windows on my ssd by creating 2 partition and I use my hdd for storage only.
I recently install gcc on my ubuntu. but can't run c++ file on ...
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storage ssd to show in files
In Ubuntu 18.04.2 i could bookmark SSD 3 storages to see them (had them named)in /home where are also movies, pictures, download, documents folders.
I can not make them placed to see the same way in ...
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Dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu onto 2 different SSD, with an ESP already present in the system. Ubuntu won't boot
I have an SSD with Windows 10 installed. Some time ago I installed Linux Mint 21-Cinnamon on an SD card and during the installation, I selected the SSD as the device on which to install the boot ...
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Mounts function weirdly or not at all untill the folder has been opened in xdg-open
There are two seperate issues that seem to be linked by a similar solutions:
my NAS
second nvme ssd I added at a later point to the system
The NAS:
I store embedded Linux builds (Images, dtb's and ...
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Moving single partition system to smaller SSD
I've got a thin client running Ubuntu server without GUI, with single hdd. Need to move everything to smaller SSD.
Can I do it using PV to USB enclosure containing the new ssd on the system itself? Or ...
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Both Windows and Ubuntu not booting up - stuck in "Missing Operating System" and bios
Sorry in advanced - this is going to be long but i really need help.
My problem: My PC is not booting to either Ubuntu or Windows 10 and is stuck showing "Missing Operating system" and going ...
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Storage setup (moved from windows)
I recently moved from Windows to Ubuntu Server 22.04.
The server was installed by the VPS provider.
The Server has 2 SSD and 1 HDD.
I discovered that all 3 drives are used for two data systems.
Is it ...
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A newly plugged in SSD causes boot problems on laptop
I am writing to ask about this strange problem which occured on my laptop. It was working perfectly until I yanked a SSD from another computer (which contains an arch linux and was also working ...
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Not Showing SSD while installing any OS
When I use Ubuntu 22.10 , Then suddenly the laptop shut down , Then laptop was powered on, the bios screen started , And then tried to install Ubuntu ,Only Hard disk was showing while installing.And ...
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I have full permission on file but still unable to copy files onto USB due to permission denied
I am a newbie who is having trouble using Ubuntu 22.04.2 on my desktop PC.
I am trying to copy my SSD manually to my USB drive (which actually has more space than my SSD).
When I try to copy files, I ...
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