Questions tagged [disk]
For questions regarding disk storage devices such as hard disk drives, floppy disk drives, and optical disk drives.
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Why the number of bits or bytes is different for a folder that has been copied between two external drives?
I copied a directory from an old external drive to a new one and the number of bytes or bits, I don't know which one is, it is diferent. In the old one, dolphin says that the directory has a size of ...
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How to fusion two partitions?
When I was installing Ubuntu I read on some blog that the recommended space for swap was double that of ram memory. Since I have 16 GB, I reserved 32 GB for that partition but I realized that is too ...
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OS migration from old to new laptop
id like some help regarding the topic of migrating my OS. I have my old laptop and im buying a new one (with no OS) and i have an external SSD. If i wanted to have everything on my new laptop just ...
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How can I format my ssd?
I've been trying to format this ssd emtec X150 240gb and it wouldn't format. I've tried all types of commands on windows, third-party programs and nothing works. So I downloaded ubuntu on my usb to ...
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WPS office can't open file on the second hdd disk
I have installed wps-office via snap on Ubuntu 24.04. When I try to open any docx files using WPS Writer on my second mounted hdd disk I receive this error (it can't create):
All permissions were ...
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How can I use another HDD for some directories?
For example, now I have two directories /home/anton/test1 and /home/anton/test2 with files in them, they are stored on the main SSD.
I'd like to use another HDD's partition (data partition on /dev/...
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ubuntu 24.04 install stuck at step disk setup
I want to install Ubuntu 24.04 desktop, but I always get stuck at the disk setup step. I want to create a dual boot alongside Windows 11 (existing) on the same SSD. The 'Next' button is not clickable ...
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Why is my disk space 100G for Ubuntu 22.04 desktop? [duplicate]
My 100GB SSD is almost full according to "df -h" and I keep getting messages about it. I understand that Ubuntu 22.04 desktop only requires 25GB. I have no video files and only a few photos. ...
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Ubuntu won't boot after reboot - end Kernel panic - not syncing
Before rebooting, I switched the display drivers on my ubuntu 20.04 machine from intel to nvidia using prime-select, then I ran sudo reboot. The machine never booted again with the error shown here.
I ...
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Why my filesystem is full and what should i do here? [duplicate]
My file system is getting full often. Kindly help me. I have increased my GB to 128 today.
loop0 7:0 0 25.2M 1 loop /snap/amazon-ssm-agent/7983
loop1 7:1 0 25.2M 1 loop /snap/...
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using gnome Disk utility to change ownership of ext hard drive
My old Ubuntu computer has crashed but I luckily made encrypted backup on an external hard drive using gnome
Disk utility. I have now a new computer with a shiny new Ubuntu 24.04 but when I try to ...
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Help with partitions disks [duplicate]
I only have one hard drive and I had partitioned everything, I left the home with more space but everything I installed is also being saved in root and I no longer have any space left since by default ...
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Remove disk from raid configuration
When running lsblk I get:
root@Ubuntu-2004-focal-amd64-base /dev # lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 1.8T 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 32G 0 part
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Disk and open report errors
Both Disk and link click report disc error:
Any suggestions of a fix?
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How to Recover Bad Super Block? Write Lock Corrupted Nvme
This morning I had problems booting on my laptop. I force power cycled it and the disk was no longer detected. I booted to a live ubuntu drive to try and repair the disk.
This disk is a Samsung 1TB ...
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