Questions tagged [transfer]
The process of moving data from one location to another, such as copying files over a network or to an external device.
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Can you transfer Steam games from one Ubuntu Laptop to another?
This question is about importing steam games from Windows to Ubuntu so is similar but I don't think a duplicate.
A little on my situation, I have an old laptop running Ubuntu 14.04 and have Steam ...
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How to copy windows files to ubuntu, from Ubuntu
So long story short, I can't access windows 8.1 atm and would like to transfer my files (aka school notes) from windows to Ubuntu so I don't lose them. I am running Ubuntu 12.04 as a dualboot on a ...
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Transfer files from maintenance shell
I am running ubuntu 14.04.
I attempted to boot my computer and I received the following error:
General error mounting filesystems.
A maintenance shell will now be started.
CONTROL-D will terminate ...
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How to create a very limited user on Ubuntu 14.04
I'm trying to make a safe workstation PC for sensitive data using Ubuntu 14.04.
No user should have the right to: print, connect a USB flash drive to transfer files, send files via email or install ...
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How to transfer files from Samsung Galaxy?
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I have a Samsung Galaxy that doesn't communicate very easily with any computer...
I want to be able to transfer files (now I email them one by one..., nope don't have cardreader either)
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Recovering Firefox's Saved Login Details
I'm trying to log in as admin to a Joomla site of mine. I was really lazy and always relied on Firefox to remember my login info. I've recently had to replace the hard drive in my laptop. I bought an ...
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Slow copy/move transfer rate
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 and am experiencing extremely slow transfer (copy/move) rates between my Ubuntu drive (SSD) and an NTFS 7200rpm HDD (SATAII) that I use as storage. By slow I mean around 1-1....
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trying to save work off low disk space
I'm a complete noob with ubuntu and I've been trying to learn since I recently transitioned from windows.
I made a stupid mistake by trying to install the upgrade when I had low disk space.
I now ...
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Transfer music from iphone to ubuntu
Ive got an iPhone 5 running iOS 7. I want to transfer the music from the iphone to my Ubuntu and be able to play them locally on my computer without plugging in my iPhone.
So, the simple question is, ...
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Copy share a file between Xubuntu Virtual Machine and Windows 8.1 host in VirtalBox WITHOUT Guest add-ons
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TL;DR at the bottom
I'm on a Windows 8.1 host. I installed Xubuntu 14.04 on a virtual machine in Oracle's VirtualBox. The guest add-ons couldn't install properly. The CD shows all the time ...
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Transfer files (video, docs, programs...) from NTFS to Ext3
I'm about to install on my primary PC (tower PC) KUbuntu. For the moment I have Win7 installed. On this one I have 6 HDD : 1X SSD (for the system), 2X HDD of 3TB, 2X HDD of 500GB and 1X HDD of 1TB. ...
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How to copy folders from a different account
I can no longer log into my account even having the correct password. I tried all the suggested advice on the site with no success. I also posted a question and am waiting for a reply. While I fix ...
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Easiest way to send data from Ubuntu 14.04 to Mac via bluetooth?
I got gnome-bluetooth in Ubuntu 14.04 to send some data via bluetooth. It functions perfectly fine with recent Android Smartphones (see pic 1) but I did not manage to send something to a (paired) Mac (...
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Sending files from Win8 PC to Ubuntu14.04 Laptop
I want to transfer some files from a PC with Windows 8 to my laptop with Ubuntu14.04 via WiFi Lan.But I don't know what to do. I already can connect to internet via the WiFi network of my modem-router ...
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Ubuntu Transfer from external hard disk
How I can transfer ubuntu from an external hard disk to my laptop?
I have Windows also installed.
Thank you for answers.
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How do you quickly transfer a link from your computer to an Android smart phone?
I need a way to transfer links quickly in order to open them from my Android smartphone.
Any ideas?
Note it's not about files, It's just links and I'm looking for a manner to do it properly, easily ...
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How to transfer MySQL database from Windows to Ubuntu?
I want to transfer my database from WAMP on my local machine to my Ubuntu VPS.
Can I just copy the folder of the database from C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.6.12\data to /var/lib/mysql?
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Sharing File between 2 ubuntu machines
Sorry for asking what is most probably an already answered question.
I have 2 machines running 12.04 (desktop and a laptop) and I want to move nearly 50gig of files from one to the other in the most ...
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How to send/receive files via Bluetooth using commands/Terminal?
I have installed Bluetooth dongle software and
with the help of commands (using a terminal), I want to send and receive files from a smartphone.
How can I pair my devices and send files over ...
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Slow file transfer on a local network
NETWORK TOPOLOGY
Whenever I try to transfer files within the local network with scp I can't reach speeds above 2Mb/s, in both direction (server--->laptop or laptop--->server). Same with FTP.
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Want To Completely Install Ubuntu As Only OS But Dont Know What Happens To Files
I would like to know how to get my files( Music, Videos, Etc..) to be on Ubuntu when I get rid of Windows OS.
From reading this site I get the impression that if I completely use Ubuntu as my Os and ...
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Enqueue Nautilus file operations
Copying (or moving) files in parallel can degrade so much the performance.
I usually need to copy large amount of files over network using the nautilus (using stuff like smb:// or sftp:// urls).
The ...
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how to transfer and install a software from one system to another?
I have already installed VLC in my Ubuntu 12.10 and i wish to transfer it to my friend who has no internet connection.so please help me out.
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LAN transfer speed
When I try to download various files from various hdd`s hosted on my Ubuntu 13.10 server, I get a maximum of 60Mbps. These files were downloading with arround 330Mbps on my old server. What could be ...
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Remote file transfer? (transfer files on local machine from remote machine)
I have a file server that seconds as a media centre. Lets call the server Barton. It has 2 external hard drives plugged into it. It also constantly has video files playing on it which are outputting ...
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Transfer file that keeps changing by having new lines appended
So I have a windows computer that is continuously collecting data for a physics experiment. The data is saved in a text file for which each new event is appended in a new line.
Every-time I need to ...
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after using the terminal,wireless connection is gone
Yesterday I was looking online to see how can I transfer pictures,files from my Nexus 7 tablet to my desktop computer with the usb cable.. I've found several support forums like this one I'm using ...
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USB file transfer painfully slow - is this a solution in some cases?
A new Ubuntu user here.
Case 1:
System: F730 with 4 GB RAM - SUCCESS no problems
installed 2007 office
http://rmitc.org/2013/04/ultimate-microsoft-office-2010-installation-on-ubuntu/
Another ...
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Copying files with nautilus bottlenecking the whole system [closed]
When I copy files using nautilus, most recently from a NTFS external hdd to a FAT32 usb drive, the system crawls to a stop. Everything, even TTY login is affected. It's impossible to use the machine....
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Slow file copy from flash drives (phone, camera)
OS is Ubuntu 12.10 and device im trying to copy from is Android phone or digital camera.
In both cases moving single pictures to attached usb 2.0 hdd or sata disk is OK, but smaller videos and bunch ...
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How to transfer my windows 7 files to Ubuntu
Just installed Ubuntu, thinking I would be able to access my files under Windows 7 ... I was wrong.
How can I access them and transfer them to Ubuntu?
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Data transfer from XP to Ubuntu
When one installs Ubuntu, is all the XP data (programs, document files, favourites, etc..) transferred to Ubuntu as well? If not, what is the suggested process?
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Rsync-ing highly compressible files - am I missing something here?
Today I was using rsync over a slow internet connection to transfer a video file - uncompressed avi, 60 seconds duration, 360MB in size. Basically it contained 1500 frames of the same image, hence it ...
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Cannot see certain files on USB mounted device (MTP Android Xperia Play)
I'm using an emulator for PS2 and I was going to transfer my .iso files from my Xperia Play to Ubuntu 12.04.
So I look for my .iso's in the folder through file manager and it looks as it's empty, ...
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Transfer data from Virtual Box to hard disk
How I can transfer data from Virtual Box 4.3 + Extended Pack installed in my Ubuntu? I try to connect an usb drive but I have fallen. I try with Shared folders and I got same result. I need a mothod (...
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How to transfer large amount of data from Mac to Ubuntu computer?
I've got a mac laptop from which I want to take all data, and put it on my Ubuntu computer. Since I don't have an external drive, I want to do it directly somehow. I've got the two on the same wifi ...
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Nautilus : "Send via Bluetooth" in Context Menu
I use nautilus as my default file manager. Very frequently I need to transfer files to other devices via bluetooth. Is there some way to add a "Send Via Bluetooth" option in the right click context ...
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Transferring installed applications from one computer to another in ubuntu
I'm sorry, this is obviously a duplicate. But other posts were not helpful.
I have Ubuntu 13.04 running on my laptop. My friend has VLC in his Ubuntu 12.04. And I want to copy VLC to my laptop. I ...
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Installed software back-up [closed]
I have Linux Mint 15 Mate installed on one PC and I am currently updating it and installing necessary language packs, software, etc. After full set up can I back-up the entire system and restore it on ...
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How to remove frozen entry in Nautilus file/copy transfer dialog?
Sometimes it happens that an item freezes/hangs in the Nautilus file/copy transfer dialog.
It is not possible to abort the progress (You can click the icon, the button gets disabled, but nothing ...
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How do I connect a video camera to an Ubuntu laptop?
I have a Panasonic video camera and I want to download movies on my computer. What should I do?
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Linux copying to USB flash drive "No space left on device"
I have a new USB Flash drive, 16GB. I am trying to copy a folder from my local drive to this flash drive. The folder I am trying to copy contains about 225000 4KB files. I have tried to copy using the ...
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Will ubuntu import all important files?
This is actually a question for later when Ubuntu 13.10 comes out but I couldn't wait... I am asking when ever you upgrade to Ubuntu 13.10 or any version will all your important files transfer? I am ...
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saving ubuntu settings to load into a new machine [duplicate]
I will soon be receiving a new machine (yes, I need the improved performance!) how can I transfer over all of my current Ubuntu settings and files to the new machine.
This is very important because I ...
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Android file transfer difficulties
I'm having problems transferring stuff to my Samsung Galaxy S4 and its memory card.
The long and short of it is that I just can't transfer certain files across: the music is mostly in .wma format, ...
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Are there other applications beside Nitroshare to send files between computers on the same LAN?
I have tried Nitroshare and had appreciated the simple way to install in order to transfer files between my devices with different OS-es. But, given the fact that Nitroshare has some bug/limitation (...
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Is Nitroshare transfer limited to a certain file size?
I have recently seen Nitroshare promoted on this site and have installed it in Ubuntu (Xubuntu 12.10) and Win7.
I was able to transfer files but only up to a certain size. I have not tested with very ...
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Folder transfer Mac OSX to Ubuntu 12.04
I'm trying to transfer files from my old Mac OSX to my new laptop running Ubuntu 12.04.
I've drag and dropped the folders onto an external HDD formatted as HFS+.
When I drag and drop these folders ...
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How to transfer pdf file to ipad 4?
I was able to transfer music by installing few libraries and then my device was recognised by rhythmbox. But no success in transferring pdf files to ipad. Any suggestions??
Thanks in advance.
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Transfering of files from Windows hangs randomly
I have a 40 GB folder to transfer (some backup files from Windoze machine), but it stops randomly. The other folder with 2 GB of data transferred ok, just not the big one. I'm running Truecrypt on ...
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