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Installing Ubuntu 22.04 on Samsung EVO 970 NVMe
I have Windows 10 already installed on hard drive.
I want to install Ubuntu 22.04 on the EVO 970 which was previously reformatted.
I am considering disconnecting all the SATA drives including the one ...
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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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Formatting dual boot drives
I'm considering a new dual boot system with Win10 and a Linux distro, probably Ubuntu because I'm a Linux noob. I plan to have one SSD for Win10 (system and apps), one SSD for Ubuntu (system and apps)...
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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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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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All my work disappeared from Ubuntu days after moving to a different drive [closed]
I asked a question about gparted ten days ago. Everything worked and my home partition increased <
For the past ten days it worked perfectly with no issues; even switching back and forth between ...
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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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USB is locked (can't be written to or formatted) after using it to make a live Ubuntu installer
I wanted to try Ubuntu 18.04 so I used "make start-up disk" to create a USB with the .iso on it (I'm using 16.04 - x64). I then used it to install 18.04 on a spare partition and all good.
Today I ...
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Recovery? Accidentally formated whole disk when installing Xubuntu [duplicate]
today I attempted to install Xubuntu on my machine.
I had Ubuntu and Windows on my SSD as dual boot.
I wanted to expand the volume that the Ubuntu had because it was way too small. What I did, ...
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Total format and clean start of Win10/Ubuntu/Kali tri-boot hdd?
Here's the question: Windows is inaccessible, but Ubuntu works. How do I totally format every OS and every partition on my hard drive? I want to wipe the slate and return it to factory condition.
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I wish to resize(grow) my Ubuntu Root partition using GParted [14.04 LTS / Win10 Grub Dual Boot ]
A long time ago I had allocated only 90 (89.24) GB to my root partition assuming it would be enough for my needs. Alas I now require some space heavy tools like Matlab and larger datasets to process ...
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can I cancel a mkfs.vfat command
I'm running a dual-boot windows-ubuntu.
Yesterday, I ran the following command :
sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sda
sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1
sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sda2
I thought it would help me to format my ...
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Can't format disc after attempted to install dual boot system
Briefly I installed windows and then when I tried to install Ubuntu on a separate partition it couldn't see the Windows partition. So I opened Windows but I had lost the use of my mouse and keyboard. ...
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How do I format my Windows 8.1 partition and keep my ubuntu partition as it is?
My Laptop has Windows 8.1 and ubuntu (Although i use it less frequently than windows). I wanted to format my windows version as it has become really slower and battery draining is very bad. I wanted ...
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Safest way to format and add unassigned partition to Ubuntu partition in a dual boot system with win 7
What is the safest way to format and add unassigned partition in a dual boot system with windows 7 and ubuntu 14.04.02. I usually tweak with my Ubuntu os and sometimes because of problematic tweaking ...
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Ubuntu Linux + Windows 7 Dual Boot
when I was installing Linux I planned for a dual boot of Windows7 / Ubuntu.
When I was installing Linux, I was choosing the partition for which to install Linux. I accidentally formatted the ...
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Ubuntu not working after formatting windows partition
When I formated my partition with Windows 8.1 on it and nothing else and restarted the PC the top bar disappeared, the menu bar disappeared, I am unable to start the terminal, the windows don't have ...
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Formating SSD prior to install multiple OS
Maybe it's a stupid question but is it possible to partition a brand new ssd 500Gb before installing any OS on it?
I would like to install Win 7 64bit home premium and linux ubuntu or mint as the ...
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Will Ubuntu format and erase the partition I intend to install it on?
I've never installed Ubuntu (or any linux distro) on a hard drive before but now I want to install it on a partition and have a dual-boot setup with Windows 7 being on the C drive and Ubuntu on the ...
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what will happen if I format the drive with ubuntu while in windows?
I have a dual boot windows-ubuntu and I am running out of Windows space. My ubuntu partition is atleast 200GB and now I need some of it, so I could have more space for windows. Can I format the drive ...
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Installing Ubuntu while dealing with partitions (Windows XP)
I want to switch over to Ubuntu from XP. I looked at my C: drive and noticed that it is divided into 3 sections: my antiquated floppy drive (at least, I think that is correct), the C drive, and an ...
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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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Format a pc with a GRUB error
i have a pc with a grub error {caused by deleting ubuntu partition in XP dual boot}
i would like to format the hard disk and install a new OS [chromium]
i do not have either the ubuntu or the XP ...
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How to remove other OS to free space?
I have installed Ubuntu on my Mac (dual boot). I find that I've not used the Mac OS at all in the last year. I need more space now and wish to delete my Mac OS. How can I do this?
Thanks!
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New Ubuntu install onto new hard drive that I also want to use for Win 7 backups
So I have a brand new 1TB hard drive I want to partition off to install Ubuntu, but I want to use the majority of the space on it as my backup drive for Windows 7. I've got it wired up and ready to ...
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Installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows7, now win7 wants me to format drive D?
I have an ssd boot drive and a Hard disk drive, C: and D: respectively. I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside windows 7 and when I rebooted to go to windows, drive D says it must be formatted. Is ...
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How to format my dual boot HDD with windows and ubuntu?
I started installing Ubuntu 12.10 on my windows 7 (64bit), but then I installed a new windows and therefore deleted the old windows.
I now want to uninstall Ubuntu and GRUB, but my WUBI-uninstaller....
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Cannot Create Bootable USB Drive from .iso file
I've tried formatting the flash drive as FAT as well as Mac OS journaled through diskutility but still cannot successfully create a bootable drive. I'm following the directions here exactly: Create a ...
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Trying to format drive fails
since I will be doing an internship for which i need to use Windows software, I have decided to ruin my day trying to remove my Ubuntu 12.04, install Win XP SP3 (since the DualBoot theme from ubuntu ...
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