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Disadvantages of operating system on external drive
I am constantly traveling between two countries and I am constantly forced to bring my laptop with me. I was wondering if it is possible to install an operating system such as Linux or Windows on my ...
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Should I run a "sync" command before measuring the exact IO times?
I am testing my new algorithm on a disk-based process. For comparison purposes, it is essential to measure the exact time that each [massive] read/write operation has taken.
It seems that on my ...
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Is there any way to block some partition unaffected
I am working on some application where i need save some system state configuration files related to my application. So i want to save(Backup) it some where in the hard disk partition(as hidden or ...
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Is there a performance difference when installing an OS on the last partition?
I have a laptop with Windows installed on a GPT hard drive. I want to have another partition to store data and yet another to install Linux Mint (or Ubuntu, still deciding). Should I install it on the ...
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Windows 8: Drive partition is missing
wanted to run 2 operating systems on the same laptop so downloaded manjaro ( I have windows 8). When i opened 'Gparted' (after booting manjaro) in order to partition my disk i got the message "...
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Can I install 2 operating systems on 2 different hard drives?
I have 2 SATA hard drives that I want to use in my system. One has Windows 8, and the other I want to install Linux.
Can I install Linux on the second drive without disturbing my Windows 8 ...
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Questions about combining partitions
Alright, so here's the situation. I'm currently dual booting windows 7 and Linux Mint 15. I'm going to be reinstalling my Linux OS soon, and I want to really organize my harddrive while I'm at it. I ...
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How to remove file permissions from an external hard drive?
My macbook recently died and I am currently trying to figure out how to copy my data.
What I did was, I took out the hard drive, put it in an enclosure and plugged it in to my other laptop that runs ...
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Which partition should i shrink the volume size to install linux ? Are there are limit of primary partition? [closed]
I am windows user. Now I want a dual boot with linux. A screen shot of my computer's disk management:
Which partition do you recommend I shrink? And if I'm not mistaken, operating system must ...
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Where can I find a comprehensive explanation of hard drive partitioning? [closed]
I have been messing around with linux distros and have been asked to create partitions. I generally just click through the standard options without really knowing what I am doing. Since this kind of ...
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File system concepts (df command)
I'm finding it difficult to understand some stuffs about the df command. Suppose I type df and I have the following output
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
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How could I install Linux to the hard drive of a different computer (one that won't boot from cd)
I have a really old Dell laptop that is beyond slow with its current WinXP installation. I want to make it usable again by installing a Linux distro (such as Xubuntu) but there is one big problem: It ...
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