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PC won't boot from drive when I select it, but if I select boot from file and specify GRUB it works
I have an HP Elite X2 and the OS on the ssd is windows 11. I have a external hdd with Kali Linux installed and it works fine on other laptops. But on this one it won't boot automatically.
If I go to ...
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I want to connect my PC's HDD to my laptop
I have my old PC's HDD external drive, and I have a connector to connect it. Since it requires an additional voltage to run, I've all the necessary tools and I am able to connect it to my laptop. ...
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"predictable" device names in smartd.conf on various linux-like systems
To configure S.M.A.R.T. monitoring, there is a configuration file at /etc/smartd.conf. That control file and several web pages I've seen, indicate that the configuration file should be customized by ...
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How to use an external hard drive as my main storage device which I can access/sync to my laptop like Google Drive?
I have a MacBook laptop which I use to work from home and at the office. The Mac has a 500 GB hard drive which is not enough. I currently use Google Drive (1 TB used) and an external hard drive at ...
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RAID 5 array won't assemble, lsblk shows drive size as 115.5P for all drives in array
I have a raid-5 array comprised of 4 2TB drives that has been operational since 2018. One day I noticed that access was very slow, and the next day it was completely inaccessible. I have an old (2011) ...
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HDD is selectable but not loaded in the boot menu
Situation is as follows. Having another person's laptop for repair, and trying to turn it on, I see the logo, but after that a boot menu is seen with three points. First is the HDD, second and third ...
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Internal Compiler Error: Segmentation Fault
I am getting the following error every time I try to build or make a package:
In file included from /usr/include/gz/math7/gz/math/AxisAlignedBox.hh:25,
from /home/jjayalekshmi/gz-...
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How to tell what consumes disk time (disk active time 100%)
There's a lot of answers how to tell what creates a load to a disk (check total i/o, use resmon etc) but questions how to tell what consumes 100% disk time are unaswered.
Let's put it this way. When I ...
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Windows Explorer says internal HDD is read-only, everything else says it's not, how to fix?
I've been searching a few days for answers but I didn't see anyone else with this particular problem.
I have an internal 4TB WD Blue SATA drive purchased in 2018. I moved this drive to a new build in ...
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HDD write cache not supported - how to enable it?
My HDD is terribly slow when it comes to writing big files (4-5MB/s).
KDiskMark result
Copy from laptop to HDD via 1Gb net via FTP
I read that I should enable write cache, but hdparm says "not ...
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How to read the data on these drives?
I've got these drives from an old computer. I need to access the data inside. I've scoured the internet looking for an adapter, but it doesn't seem to exists. So how do I get to the data on them?
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What drive pool/RAID option is best for a home media server with uneven drive sizes?
I am building a DIY home server NAS with a DAS and Proxmox and don't need enterprise-grade redundancy. I am happy to use something other than Proxmox, I just like how easy it is to use containers and ...
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How to identify a GUID of a corrupted Bitlocker disk in order to find the corresponding Bitlocker recovery key?
I have a situation where I have access to a huge list of Bitlocker recovery keys but only the combination of the identifier (GUID) and recovery key are available. However the disk in question is ...
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Switch partition drive on dual boot
I have a dual boot with Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 11. Each partition is on a specific drive, ubuntu is on a sata 500GB SSD and Windows is on a NVMe 1TB SSD.
The windows partition barely use 200GB of ...
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How can I recover my Windows partition after GParted move process failed
How can I recover my Windows partition after GParted move operation fails due to power cut?
When I use disk management in the Windows, the deleted partition mark as RAW.
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