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Will EXT4 offer better filesystem corruption protection than NTFS on Ubuntu?
Somehow I ended up with an external drive that only had Windows and Mac backup software on it. Nonetheless, I backed up data from my primary HD and the drive seemed to work fine until I had a power ...
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Want to format an Unknown Disk
Have a disk attached to ubuntu linux computer. It is reported as unknown. I have been trying to format it. So far everything I have tried has failed. Is there any hope of formatting this disk?
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External Drive DIsk is unrecognised
after reading askubuntu as a guest for some time I decided to be an active part of the community posting here my first question.
I bought an HDD of 2TB some months ago. It worked ok, but when I was ...
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How can I JBOD my hdds?
Hi guys I'm little noob in Linux and i have 2 8TB hdds. someone told me to JBOD them but how can I do that in ubuntu 20.04? Right now they are ext4 what should I do to make them JBOD?
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How to Recover Data from Harddisk after formating using dd command [duplicate]
How do I recover data from an external hard disk? I used the dd command by mistake on the disk. Specifically, I used:
dd if=xyz.iso of=/dev/sdb
Please help me retrieve the lost data.
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Unknown Filesystem : cannot create new file system
So I have this internal HDD. One day I was installing something and after that I wasn't able to move or copy stuff from the drive. I have a SSD and a HDD inside my lap. The problem was with my HDD(1 ...
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Formatted Hard drive and boot device not found
I installed my OS (Ubuntu 20.04) in my M.2 SSD. That's why I thought it will bring no problem if I format my hard disk. When the format is done the computer was still running but the problem showed ...
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How to I access a 2.5 hard drive when it tells me I don't have permissions?
I took out a hard drive and replaced, and put the old drive (500 GB) into a 2.5 USB external case. I cannot seem to get in and do any formatting, petitioning, nothing. I use the disk utility, and it ...
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Added a new 10TB HDD. Gparted formats only part of it
My OS is Ubuntu 16.04. I have added a new 10TB HDD to my system. I used GParted to format it, but it only formats 1.2TB, leaving the rest unusable. I want to keep the drive unpartitioned (having just ...
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Format hard drive with ntfs in order to switch back to Windows [closed]
I want to switch back to Windows, so I booted from a Windows installation DVD, but I can't format my hard drive with the setup. How to format my hard drive as ntfs so I can switch back to Windows?
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Ext4 external HDD seems to be 10x faster than usual, can anyone explain this
i have bought a 1 TB Seagate Usb 3.0 External Harddrive (mechanical) a while ago. I formatted this drive on ext4 because i only was intend to use this drive on linux systems. Now yesterday for example,...
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How do I identify the partitions of my hard drive in order to then shred them all?
I need to safely format my hardrive. I booted from a usb key and I am planning to run the following command on the whole hard drive:
sudo shred -v -n3 -z /dev/the-partition
My question is: how do I ...
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Cannot zero-fill a 1TB Harddrive or Mount
The Ubuntu graphical disk utility continously throws the following error:
Error erasing device: Error doing BLKGETSIZE64 iotctl on /dev/sdb:
Inappropriate ioctl for device (udisks-error-quark, 0)
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I simply want to reformat a 2TB Seagate for use in Ubuntu with full permissions
I have completely backed up all data from said drive and physically disconnected the backup drive so I don't screw it up. I've searched high and low for the basic command line syntax and proper ...
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Does zeroing a drive equivalent to 'Nuke it from orbit'? [duplicate]
Say I have two OS on my computer, one is Windows, and another is Ubuntu.
My Windows apparently has been infected by nasty malware, and it currently making it unusable. However Ubuntu doesn't seem to ...
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Does running dd if=/dev/zero often can damage the drive?
Sometimes I zeroed my HDD once a month, using dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda command, and start over again.
Don't worry, I've always backup my file onto external drive, so it's not a problem.
I often ...
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Format of 16 GB USB drive seems stuck
I started formatting a thumb drive about an hour ago. I initiated the process through the file system, but now the drive doesn't show up there. So I opened the disk utility. It is on the list there, ...
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Set a password for external hard disk without format it
My external hard disk is 1TB in size and nearly 900GB data on it. I want to set up a password without format it. Is it possible?
file format is ext4.
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About Installation and format [duplicate]
I am switching from windows 10 to ubuntu. So, I want to know that during ubuntu installation. The installer will format my whole hard drive or only instaling drive.
Please give reply fast I am ...
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Ubuntu 1 TB hard disk format
I have external hard drive which is 1TB.
I was using Ubuntu 16.04 and it was working fine
then i have replace with internal hard disk to solid state drive[SSD] and that also working fine.
but now i ...
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How to format linux [duplicate]
I have a Dell Inspiron 7567 (128 SSD + 1TB HDD) with pre-installed ubuntu on the SSD.
I want to format the SSD so that I can install Windows on SSD and then reinstall Ubuntu.
How can I format the SSD ...
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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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error formating my secondary hdd
Ok so i am tring to format my secondary HDD and encrypt it... I have tried twice now and keep getting this error.. Please let me know if anymore information is needed and I will provide it.
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How to know when formatting disk has finsihed - Ubuntu 16.04?
I have external hard drive which is 300GB. I set it to format to NTFS. Well there wasn't FAT32 in the list, though I know on Windows it asks me to set FAT32 because it has large capacity.
It started ...
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Allocation Unit Size for New Drive
I'm going to be loading my new 3TB drive with large files on Windows, and then hooking it up to my Linux server. This is the first time I've done this.
I've been told that both Windows and Linux ...
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Using brand new hard drive to store and transfer files
I just received a brand new hard drive that I had ordered the other day. It's a SATA internal drive. The model ID is ST3000DM008.
My plan is to load it up with large files on Windows, and then hook ...
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SSD total capacity <> free space + used space
I got a new 500GB SSD and formatted it with ext4+LUKS using the Disks utility in Ubuntu 16.04.
Enter disk with Nautilus, right-click and Properties. Total capacity is 492 GB, free space is 467 GB, ...
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Formatting external and giving 755 rights?
I have a Glyph Blackbox Plus 1Tb External hard drive here. I have set it up to be an external backup for some git repositories and to hold other various documentation/files. I'm having trouble ...
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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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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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Recover ext4 file system after quick format
I accidentally formatted one of my drives and I'm hoping that I can recover a major part of my file system as I 'only' did a quick format.
After installing a second identical hard drive, I quick ...
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Reformat data only drive from NTFS to whatever Linux likes? [closed]
Have been using NTFS data drive on Ubuntu 16.04 for 6 months or so. Works fine. Should I reformat for Linux? I'm not using Windows anymore.
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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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Formatting External USB Hard drive problem
I'm new the the linux community. I recently upgraded my old laptop with a ssd and installed Ubuntu 16.10. I plan on using the old hard drive as a external hard drive for videos and music. I was ...
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Unable to move or copy files from partition to other due to permission issue
I do have 3 partitions in my hard drive the first one contains boot files while other partitions are empty. While trying to copy file from usb drive to the empty hard drives it showed this "The folder ...
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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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Can I Recover Files, After accidentally Formatting External Hard Drive? [duplicate]
I was trying to install a hard drive by following the InstallingANewHardDrive guide on help.ubuntu.com, but I accidentally formatted my 2 TB external hard drive instead of my 1 TB internal hard drive.
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How to restore my superblocks?
user@localhost:$ LC_ALL=C sudo fdisk -l
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'!
The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
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issue setting a password before erasing ssd in what seems like the proper way
I think I've reached the conclusion that I need to format my ssd-drive.
What I believe has happened is that once I updated my antivirus-software to the latest version it somehow detected that the copy ...
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can't find information on creating a 1TB partition
I just formatted my 1TB drive using the instructions here (add https in): help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive
Then mounted it in my system. When I was verifying the drive, I discovered ...
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Formatting drives for Ubuntu
I'm a relatively new Ubuntu user and am about to set up a new computer with Ubuntu 15.10. I've added a 2 TB drive to the unit but I'm unsure what format I should use. I've been using NTFS for all my ...
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WD Passport external device not recognized
I am getting following error when I connect my external HDD.
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 13: The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).
The file system wasn't safely closed on ...
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How to set up Transcend StoreJet 25M3 1TB USB 3.0 external hard drive to backup an ext4 file system?
I just bought me a Transcend StoreJet 25M3 1TB USB 3.0 external hard drive to back up data from my laptop running Ubuntu 14.10. I tried unison file synchronizer, but I got errors
Failed to set ...
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Mounting hard drives problem
Why doesn't Ubuntu mount hard drives automatically when it's launching? Moreover, I cannot chmod +x to the files in the hard drives after mounting. They are formatted as NTFS. If NTFS is not ...
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Format and partition second hard drive using terminal? (Ubuntu Server 14.04)
this is my first question on here...
So, I’ve installed Ubuntu server 14.04 (32 bit) on a VirtualBox virtual PC. Originally i just made it with a 32gb virtual HDD so since then I’ve created a new ...
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How do I fix this hard drive?
I recently bought a 2TB WD Black hard drive and installed it in an enclosure to use as media storage for my Micca Spect media player. The installation went well and I booted into Ubuntu (14.04 LTS ...
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Best way to wipe HDD with multiple partitions and format into NTFS
My laptop had a hardware issue while under warranty so I received a new laptop and am sending my old laptop and hard drive back. I want to wipe all data off of all partitions of my HDD, and send it ...
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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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How to format entire HDD to it's factory condition? [closed]
I tried to install an image onto a secondary HDD but wasn't able to make it work. Now I want to wipe out everything on the HDD to it's original factory condition so I can try again. I tried using ...
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How to format a HDD in ubuntu 14.04
So i recently switched to Ubuntu from Opensuse, and i'm loving it. There's one problem though. I've found that the control centre is minimalistic (to say the least) and, coming from a guy with Yast2, ...
