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Issue while installing Ubuntu 22.04 in external SSD

Currently using Windows 10, also wanted to use Ubuntu 22.04.1 but without dual booting, so thought to install Ubuntu on external SSD (SA100 SATA 2.5"). But after several process I can't detect my ...
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Dual boot SSD not detected Unable to change power state from D3cold to D0, device inaccessible

I am trying to install Ubuntu alongside Windows. Currently, I use Ubuntu in USB stick and I can see my sdd that installed Windows. Recently I bought new sdd (Samsung 980 PRO NVMe M.2 1 TB SSD). I can ...
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Could you help me make my Hard Disk my default saving path instead of the current NVME SSD?

SSD: 256 GB Hard Disk: 1.0 TB These are what partitions on my computer look like: sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 579M 0 part ├─sda2 8:2 0 97.1G 0 part ...
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Trying to dual boot Ubuntu with pre-installed Win11

I am trying to install Ubuntu on my laptop with pre-installed Win11. In the manual selection, it is showing the complete physical drive which is 2XNVMe SSD drives (2TB). The Laptop has 11th generation ...
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Facing Problem opening ubuntu on ssd but harddisk problem

I have both an SSD and a hard disk in my laptop. But today, after I installed Ubuntu 24.04 on the SSD instead of Windows, Ubuntu doesn't open when the hard disk is connected; instead, a Pop!_OS popup ...
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Migrate an Ubuntu installation to a new Dual Boot?

I want to upgrade the hard drive of my laptop a Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3, it has a 500Gb with a Ubuntu installation that I use to work but I needed more memory, so I bought a 1Tb 2.5 SSD since the ...
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Error Upgrading HDD to SSD

I am having difficuties installing Ubuntu OS in a new SSD upgraded in an old Dell E6530. the error would always occur when it says "executing curtin install partinioning step" and start ...
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Booting from an SSD clone of a hard disk on Ubuntu?

I want to replace my hard drive on a Ubuntu NUC system. Its the only drive and its connected by a USB sata adapter. I did this once already by just cloning to another hard drive, and the replacement ...
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20.04 boot & app load time?

I've progressed from 16.04 to 20.04 & I'm happy except boot & app load times have increased with each upgrade. My SW is fully up to date. I have questions: Would a fresh install of 20.04 ...
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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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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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Clean Installation with manual partitioning

I have a PC with a Fusion Drive(128 GB SSD and 1TB HDD). On my PC, /home folder is also in SSD. So my SSD will fill up soon and HDD will stay blank 😞, thus I decided to re-install ubuntu with manual ...
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Can I install ubuntu on my ssd and make the /home and /usr directory in the HDD that contains previous data?

I want to switch to Ubuntu. I have one SSD (120 GB) and one HDD (1TB). I want to keep all the data of HDD and install the Ubuntu in SSD (only os) but I want to make the directory /home and /usr ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS system-install and restore

I am moving my laptop workstation from a 2 TByte spinning harddrive to a 4 TByte SSD and then want to restore the /home /opt /usr/local and any other non-standard directories and files to the new ...
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SSD/HDD file format for use in both Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04

Curious if NTFS would be my best bet? I’ll have two m.2 drives, one with each OS on it, and then a bunch of drives connected to the mobo. Would both OSes be able read/write to the drives with no ...
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How can I install Ubuntu on one drive without causing data loss on another drive?

I have a 128 GB SSD and a 1 TB HDD which has 4 partitions containing a lot of data. After installing Ubuntu, can I use my 1 TB HDD the same as before? Will my data will lost after installing Ubuntu? ...
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Ubuntu installer does not see external SSD

I would like to install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my external SSD drive (internal HDD has Windows 10 installed on it). Unfortunately, Ubuntu installation wizard does not see my external SSD - there are only ...
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Is it possible to use more than one hard disk in Linux?

hi i had a question I'm still quite new to Linux and I have a question I have two storage units on my computer, an ssd on which I put Windows and a mechanical hard disk. Is there a way to carve out a ...
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Can we put /boot and /root on separate drives?

In my laptop, I've 2 drives. 1 is NVMe Intel Optane SSD of 16Gb and another is 1TB HDD. Currently, /home is mounted to 1TB HDD and Linux File system is mounted on SSD. I want to mount only /boot to ...
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recently instld ubuntu on laptop having both ssd(240gb) and hdd(1tb)hdd has windows. But whenever I open ubuntu, the drive name changes automatically

The hdd on which windows is installed has 4 partitions in total and I can access in ubuntu as well. However when I log on in ubuntu the partition names appear changed in its file explorer. Edit: I ...
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Is keeping /home in HDD and /root in SSD impact performance or keep both to SSD partition?

My current laptop is a dual boot and I've installed /root in SSD and /home in HDD. Now, I saw lots of app files in the Ubuntu stored in /home dir (i.e. in my HDD) and when I work my HDD spins a lot, ...
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Hi, i want to install ubuntu 20.04

I have 128GB SSD and 500GB HDD both are empty Is it possible to make /root and swap directories on SSD and /Home folder on HDD so I wouold have a lot of space for games, documents, etc? if it's ...
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Install Ubuntu while emptying the alternative hard drive

I have one SSD and one HDD installed on my system. HDD contains my windows 10 installation. Now I want to install Ubuntu on SSD while completely clearing HDD, so that I can use that as a data storage ...
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Installing Ubuntu 20.04.3 on SSD and HDD

This is for information purposes and a wish... In my last question i had asked about the compatibility of a specific laptop model from Lenovo. I missed the bus in trying to get hold of the model as it ...
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Install only ubuntu on a hybrid drive

I have a windows 10 machine right now. I want to erase windows 10 and install ubuntu. The process is very easy in the installer, but I have a hybrid drive: 1 TB HDD and 256 GB SSD. What partioning ...
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Where does Ubuntu install new programs? [duplicate]

I'm planning on having the OS both in a partitioned SSD and HDD to take advantage of an M.2 drive while having the space in the normal HDD. But where's does the programs get installed by default? As ...
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Decide how to utilize a slow and fast hard drive to install Ubuntu

Suppose I have to hard drives in my laptop, one is a (Disk A) classical spinning hard drive (or an old generation SSD) (<1GB/s) and the other one (Disk B) is a super fast NVMem SSD (3GB/s). I. ...
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Ubuntu can't find my 2nd Drive during installation, it only sees my 14gb SSD

I'll be very detailed. I was running a Windows 10 on my Lenovo Legion y530 system, it has 14gb SSD (which I only found out about after installing Ubuntu) and a 1tb HDD. I first decided to dual boot ...
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How to move boot loader from HDD to SDD?

I dual booted my ssd with windows 10 and ubuntu 20.04. Only after the installation was completed that I realized that both the boot loaders for windows and ubuntu are in the HDD instead of SSD. I ...
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Running Ubuntu from external SSD / HDD without reset upon reboot

I have just created a Live Ubuntu USB (using a SanDisk Cruiser Blade 64GB, USB 2.0) thinking I would have a portable "computer" I could plug into any machine and continue with my work. I ...
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Ubuntu install formated my 2nd SSD

I installed Ubuntu on a separate, newly bought SSD because I needed to set up dual boot with windows 10. In the process my main m.2 SSD with windows on it was formated (it says unlocated space). How ...
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Windows partition is not showing in Ubuntu

I have a double booted system with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04. I have two disk: 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD. my HDD has two partitions in Windows with name new volume D and E but in Ubuntu files system ...
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Help with SSD and HDD on dual boot system [duplicate]

I am thinking of switching to Ubuntu Linux from Windows 10, but I still want to dual boot windows. I plan to dual boot by installing Windows 10 first because I was recommended to with Ubuntu later. I ...
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How do I make a new SSD my boot drive and keep my HDD as the storage drive?

I just got a new SSD card, plugged it in, and everything is detecting it. However, all of the tutorials I've found online only work for Windows. How can I make the new SSD my boot drive while still ...
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I want to make a new SSD Card my boot drive: Is there a good program on Ubuntu for that?

So, I'm planning to get an SSD card soon and make it my boot drive, as I've heard that can make your computer boot much faster. I also want to try to leave my old HDD in as a secondary storage drive. ...
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What external SSD hard drives can be used for a Ubuntu install?

I have previously installed Ubuntu on both a USB stick and an SSD drive connected through USB. Nevertheless, I have failed to do so recently with the SanDisk Ultra Portable SSD external hard disk. The ...
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Is it possible to extend my "computer" partition?

I was trying to dual boot Ubuntu in my laptop, and as I have 2 drives (SSD - 128GB AND HDD - 1 TB) and as my ssd contained my windows, I wanted to get Ubuntu running in my HDD, so I tried making ...
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Dual boot using an SSD and HDD

So what I'm trying to achieve may have already been answered, but I just can't find any existing threads. Basically I'm installing Ubuntu for the first time and I've just bought a 250gb HDD to dual ...
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I want to reinstall Ubuntu on a new drive and keep my personal data on the old drive

I'm pretty new to Linux. I've bought myself an old PC on which I installed Ubuntu. I followed a tutorial and managed to install it. I should note that the PC came with an old HDD. Now I have my movie ...
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Migrating from SSD to NVME using dd

I have a 500GB SSD: /dev/sdc2 457G 201G 234G 47% / and a 1TB nvme: /dev/nvme0n1 So I have ran the command to migrate: dd if=/dev/sdc of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=4M status=progress conv=sync,...
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How do I dual boot with existing Windows on SSD and new Ubuntu on HDD?

I have an SSD with Windows and two HDDs. I would like to install Ubuntu on my HDD. However, I don't really have space on the SSD for another OS. If I use the regular dual boot method included in the ...
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Not able to remove partition of Ubuntu

I am having a problem in removing Ubuntu (it's nothing like I am having an issue. It's just I think I have installed it incorrectly...so I tell you how did I installed....firstly my PC contains 1 Tb ...
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Dual boot with ubuntu and windows

I am facing a problem of dual boot in my laptop. I have SSD drive of 256 GB and HDD drive of 1 tb. Windows 10 installed on my SSD drive. When I try to dual boot it doesn't show my SSD and also HDD. ...
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How do i move my Linux boot and root partition to an SSD while retaining my home partition on the HDD

I already have Linux installed on my 1TB HDD to separate partition the boot, root, and home are on a different partition. My system partitioning scheme: I got a 256GB SSD and I want to move the ...
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Can't install ubuntu from a bootable usb

Currently I have on my laptop 2 hard drives. 1 hdd with 1tb of size and 1 ssd with 250gb. I had windows 10 and ubuntu working on the same hdd until I installed the ssd. When I installed it, tried to ...
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What did I do wrong in my dual drive partitioning?

I've formatted Windows 10 from my dual drive notebook (128GB SSD + 1TB HDD) and installed Ubuntu., but I don't know exactly if I've only used my HDD while partitioning and left the SSD out. And also, ...
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How to add external SSD over already existing HDD and boot Ubuntu through it

I have Ubuntu 18.04 installed on 500GB HDD, I want to upgrade it to boot through newly bought 120GB SSD. How shall I proceed to boot my Ubuntu on SSD rather than HDD and keep both drives as well. Do I ...
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Ubuntu cloned from HDD to SSD doesn't boot

In my laptop, I had a 1 TB HDD with Windows, and 200 GB assigned to Ubuntu. I recently installed a 250 GB SSD on the laptop and cloned the Ubuntu partition to this SSD. When trying to boot the Ubuntu ...
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Do I need to unplug all other drives before installing Ubuntu on a separate new drive?

I bought a completely new drive (Kingston A2000 ssd) and I want to install Ubuntu on it. Is it recommended to remove my current drives before installation? I currently have 1 ssd for windows and a ...
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Ubuntu to SSD move [duplicate]

I have SSD (128GB) and HDD (1TB). Windows 10 (C:/) is installed on SSD. HDD has two partitions: 1. Win partition (D:/) ~900GB 2. Ubuntu 19.10 (root and home) ~100GB My question is, if I can (and if ...
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