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Read hard drive with btrfs filesystem on Windows or Virtual machine with linux distro
I have to read data from WD Red Pro Hard Drive (BTRFS file system) connected to Windows PC via USB 3.0 Docking station.
I read that it is not possible from Windows level. That's why i've created ...
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Low disk space for shrinking even after defragmentation
To install ubuntu in my windows laptop, I need to shrink my disk space into two sections, windows C drive and unspecified space. However, given my 350Gb empty space out of 650Gb in C drive, available ...
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installing ubuntu and starting windows isn't in boot option
I didn't installing ubuntu alongside my windows7.
I have windows7 installed in my ssd and ubuntu in another. Right before I install ubuntu, I unplugged all my other hdd. 1st because it the ubuntu ...
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Troubles using a internal hard drive as storage on my Windows 7 machine
Recently I plugged my Ubuntu hard drive into my machine again and since I never ever actually use Ubuntu I just erased Ubuntu so that Windows would detect the drive since it's empty.
Apparently, that'...
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Dual boot with HDD and SSD
On my desktop PC I've got an HDD with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Ubuntu was installed second after Windows 7, and GRUB lets me choose between the two OSs.
A short time ago, I bought an SSD. I installed ...
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Windows 7 is corrupt; How to save Windows settings on clean install
Last week I had problems with my PC and I fixed all hardware related issues, but the result window doesnt start up anymore.
I want to reinstall Windows and delete everything I currently have on the ...
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Free up a partition for installing another OS
I have 1TB hard disk in total which is fully used:
Now, for some reasons I need to install Ubuntu 14.4 OS (dual booted) on the same computer.
I have deleted everything from partition F: so, it shall ...
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Usb drive is write protected in Windows but works from Ubuntu
I have not one but two flash drives that were previously working fine until I installed chrome os on them. After doing so, the drives act as if they are write protected in windows. They cannot be ...
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New HDD mounting and partitioning difficulties
I have recently purchased and installed a brand new 8TB Seagate Archive HDD into my desktop computer, and, using the "Disks" program in Ubuntu, I created one 8TB NFTS partition named "MediaStorage" ...
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Windows 7: What can I do with my disk to install Ubuntu 14.04 as second OS?
Right now I have Windows 7 installed as main OS. When I'm trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 as second OS, I see my disk space as one partition.
Here are my partitions:
Is it possible to create new ...
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Replace Windows 8.1 with Windows 7 by converting to MBR, but keeping Ubuntu partition intact?
I have a Lenovo G500 laptop and I've had a dual boot of Ubuntu 14.10 and Windows 8.1 for a while. I decided to upgrade Windows 8.1 to the Windows 10 technical preview, however it's fairly buggy so I ...
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Unable to See Files on Drive On Windows 7
Drive is 1T external USB SSD formatted to NTFS (by Ubuntu). (Dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 15.04) Works great on Linux. But in Windows 7 it shows up as empty. No errors. dir /a shows just two files, ...
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Windows 7 installation on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my Laptop and assigned whole HDD space to ubuntu. Now i want to reinstall Windows 7 OS back on my PC and want to remove Ubuntu completely.
I have tried to make ...
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Partition configuration for dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 7 in separate partition
Partitions:
MBR 100 MB (Primary)
C: Windows 7 100 GB (Primary)
D: 35 GB (Logical)
E: 280 GB (Logical)
Unallocated 50 GB (free)
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How can I boot Windows from external hard drive using GRUB?
I have installed Windows 7 in my internal hard drive, and used a external hard drive box which turns the internal hard drive into a external hard drive.
I installed both Ubuntu and Windows 7 in my ...
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