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Format HDD and install Ubuntu
my name is Tonny.
I have Ubuntu 20.04 but I also have windows on the same machine.
My question is: how can I format my HDD delete everything and install again only Ubuntu?
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How to Install Ubuntu on hybrid drive, if windows is already there In my hdd
The thing is I want only ubuntu on my pc, my hdd had windows already Installed
I have brought new ssd, now my question is
1. How to format hdd which contain windows 10
2. How to install Ubuntu on my ...
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several issues - looking for quick wipe of disk and install
I've had Ubuntu version 16, grub and windows installed on my Acer Aspire 5750G.
A recent windows update caused errors. After several issues I just want to wipe the disk and install latest version of ...
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PXE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM. Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key_ [duplicate]
I have a Dell inspiron n 5110. The laptop was working fine with ubuntu 14.04 desktop.
I recently changed my hard drive to an ssd patriot 2.5'' SATA III 6Gps.
I have downloaded an installation file ...
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How to format computer hard drive to ntfs [duplicate]
So I have ubuntu right now and I'm trying to get windows by using a bootable usb but when I try to install windows it says that the hard drive has to be formated to NTFS so I have tried formatting it ...
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Ubuntu corrupts when formatting usb drive
I am running Ubuntu 18.4 LTS, and I am trying to format a usb drive to NTFS format. But when I run sudo mkfs.ntfs /dev/mmcblk0, it starts filling the drive with zeroes, and around ten percent, the ...
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How do I format my bootable USB Flashdrive? [duplicate]
It's not my flash drive, it's actually a friends flash drive that I borrowed, and everytime I open my Files, I see two things where Ubuntu 18.04 or 03, the latest one, Everytime I try to format the ...
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After installing Ubuntu Live USB I can only view USB memory
Trying to partition I formatted the hard drive with wipe now the only memory shown on a Ubuntu Live is the usb...how can I use the rest of the HD?
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO ...
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Cannot find formatted drive to install Ubuntu
I am installing ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64 to my Win10 T460P ThinkPad but I have a little question at the final partition step. I wanna store it on my Linux(L:), which is about 55GB. But I cannot find ...
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Need to save data while Formatting
I generally create 5 Partitions(/, /boot, /opt, /home, Swap) to install Ubuntu 16.04.
I Want to save my data of /home and /opt/lampp while formatting again.
I do it now by taking backup in Other Disks....
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Partition/boot issues - is there boot tool who can re-set partitions or format laptop hard drive clean?
I had Ubuntu 17.10 installed on laptop but it was getting heavy on my old machine- so I backed everything up on an external hard drive and tried to boot Lubuntu from flash drive stick and install ...
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Boot message about disk clean: Can it indicate bad disk?
Every time during the boot, the following message throws the splash screen away for a while and comes up:
/dev/sda2: clean 185146/6553600 files, 1331445/26214400 blocks
Since this is a old drive, ...
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Can't boot from USB- FDD and I need to get it back to HDD
Hello I am running ubuntu 17.04 at the moment I am used to format my usb-falsh drive with Winusb and install windows with no problem and I am doing it for years . today my bother wanted to use windows ...
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How to reformat a partition properly ?
I want to create a case-insensitive partition (not loop-mounted).
To this avail, I created a Ubuntu 16.04 VM in VirtualBox, and I manually partitioned the disk on startup (of Ubuntu-Install), into a ...
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Properly formating and partitioning a USB drive in Lubuntu for Live use
It might look like an easy thing to do, but I'm experiencing problems in formatting a USB drive so it can be used in Live format. I've used 8 and 16GB USB drives, with the same result. Here's what I ...
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How should I format a bootable Ubuntu USB drive on macOS Sierra?
I am trying to create a bootable USB drive of Ubuntu 16.04 for my Macbook Pro running the new macOS Sierra. I'm not sure which Format and Scheme I should format my new USB to so it would be able to ...
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Formatting USB Drive Gives Errors
I dont know why but this seems to be happening with all of my drives.
I installed Clonezilla on one & after usage tried to format the drive using 'Disk' app in Ubuntu, got errors.
Used another ...
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Ubuntu HDD unlock password not working anymore. What can I do?
I have a Acer Aspire E1-522 running on Ubuntu. I had its hard drive password protected and encrypted (Western Digital Black 750GB). I never changed the password but now it says wrong password, and I ...
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How to clean install ubuntu 16.04 on my previously partitioned hard drive where Windows was installed before? [duplicate]
How can I install Ubuntu freshly on my laptop? The partition where my windows was installed previously, is completely empty right now i like to install Ubuntu there. What should I do to install it ...
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Unable to access "USBname"
I have a USB flash drive which used to contain Kali Linux and I tried to re-format it in Ubuntu, to use it for other purposes.
Suddenly, an error screen popped up Unable to access “Kali Live”. I don'...
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How to format a booteable usb made by Startup Disk Creator
I've made a usb booteable to install ubuntu with Startup Disk Creator, I want restore it to normal state and delete all files inside. When I try to format my usb i get the following error:
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How to wipe up all partitions on disk and do a clean install of Ubuntu [duplicate]
Sorry if it's an obvious question, but here's the deal: I have a notebook with dual boot (Ubuntu 12.04 + Win7) and an extra NTFS partition for general storage.
I want to wipe out all of it and do a ...
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Boot script issue after formatting computer [closed]
I am new to Linux, currently using Linux Mint. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to ditch Windows altogether. So I formatted my entire hard disk and installed Linux Mint.
I got a warning during the ...
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How to completely remove windows 8 from laptop
I am currently using Ubuntu 15.04 in my Lenovo ideapad Z510 which was preinstalled with Windows 8.1. Once I shifted to linux, I decided to dual-boot it with windows 8.1 temporarily. So later when I ...
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how to install OS in pandrive and run on any pc or laptop? [duplicate]
My laptop is currently not being formatted properly.
Every time I try to install any operating system it installs, but before I can move to drive, it crashed and gets back to boot screen, it doesn't ...
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Stuck at GRUB menu
I feel really dumb saying this...
Thanks to the help I received on this forum, I finally fixed my Wine/Pipelight issue and could finally upgrade from 'Trusty' to 'Utopic'. To clean up extra files, ...
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Reinstalling Lubuntu
I got a problem when I tried to reinstall Lubuntu. I tried UnetBootIn, Live USB, UUI, and PenDriveLinux, but they all failed. A friend told me that my USB needed to be reformatted to FAT32 by using ...
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Unable to correctly format and boot certain USB drives
I've just bought a small laptop, with no optical drive at all, and I would like to install an OS (in this case Crunchbang) on it. I couldn't have been create a bootable drive, on my Ubuntu desktop, ...
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Can I use same external drive to backup and install new version?
I have an old laptop with sadly out of date 10.04 Lucid on it. The internal drive is partitioned and contains Windows 7, which I never use. Gradually, it's losing functionality, as more software ...
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Remove Ubuntu 12.04.4 from secondary drive
I am a novice and need help to solve the following.
My computer.
Intel i5-4440 processor,
Intel DB85FL motherboard,
Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKX-6 , 500 GB, primary disk with Ubuntu
13.10,64bit, ...
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Remove grub from blank hdd [duplicate]
I was getting rid of linux on a spare hdd i have laying around and i asked a friend to remove it and he messed up and formatted the entirething without getting rid of grub. The drive isnt showing up ...
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Usb boot device totally unable to be formatted
I'm really upset by now, I've been trying 2hours straight to format a stupid usb drive (I'm new to ubuntu and I don't know if I will last long at this rate)
Basically this was the lubuntu boot usb ...
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Uninstall ubuntu in a strange manner
I have failed by the installation of kali linux and remove windows. instead I installed Ubuntu 13.04.
I have a boot-able USB with windows 7, but I cant boot from it. My question is, can I uninstall ...
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Ubuntu Gnome 3 and Windwos FAIL BOOT
I have a strange issue:
I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.10 Gnome edition on a usb and every time I wanted to use this Ubuntu to plug my usb into my laptop and boot the usb enjoy the cool OS. I made a ...
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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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Can I use live USB to format HD and install Ubuntu with it?
I've tried to install Ubuntu on my computer and now can't even turn it on.
The problem is that the computer CD-ROM is not working so I was trying to get it on a USB somehow.
The computer is old and ...
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I want to remove Ubuntu and reinstall Windows XP from CD
Ubuntu is working on the PC but I want to sell the PC with original Windows XP Professional Edition. I cannot boot the CD. Rebooting and selecting "Start from CD" always starts the installed Ubuntu. ...
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How to zero out a drive?
I'm currently running Ubuntu 12.04 and want to completely format my laptop so I can install Windows 7 (replace Ubuntu).
When I put in my bootable USB with the OS it just shows a black screen with a ...
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