Questions tagged [usb-drive]
A USB drive (or USB flash drive, or thumb drive, or memory stick, or pendrive) is a portable device for storing data that includes a flash memory and has and integrated USB interface, thus can be connected to USB ports. Use this tag for questions regarding storage drives that connect using a USB port.
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Problem with bootable pendrive NOT initiating for installation
I found a similar question but the cause of my problem is more specific and I found no sollution in it...I have an old PC on which I am already using windows 10. I am trying to dual boot Ubuntu 24.04 ...
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Error mounting USB drive: "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error"
I am unable to access my USB drive (/dev/sdc1). When I try to mount it at /media/pc, I get the following error:
USB Drive: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1,
missing ...
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USB flash stick with LUKS encryption... somehow stopped being a LUKS
I've made USB stick with LUKS+ext4 by standard Ubuntu's Disks app and used it 1-2 years, everything was fine. But one day Files (Nautilus) hang, after few tries of ejecting / unmounting USB stick I've ...
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Mounting USB GPT FAT on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
I was reading post to install my USB on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
With $ sudo fdisk -l I got:
Disk /dev/sdb: 241.87 GiB, 259710255104 bytes, 507246592 sectors
Disk model: SD Card Reader
Units: sectors of 1 * ...
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How to stop UPnP broadcasts for USB device insert / remove
When I insert / remove a USB flash drive in a fresh Xubuntu 24.04 minimal install + docker + VirtualBox + ufw enabled, I see these messages in dmesg:
[ 5787.637031] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access ...
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Installing Ubuntu 22.04 on USB Pendrive on Legacy system
I am new to Ubuntu, I already installed Ubuntu 22.04 on a USB pendrive and everything was fine because the system is Eufi. I tried many times to install Ubuntu on USB pendrive to use it on a Legacy ...
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USB disk converted to iso9660 and unreadable by Gparted
Recently I upgraded from 23.10 to 24.04. Somehow the upgrade converted my external USB 3TB drive to something that Gparted only recognises as "iso9660" and it shows the whole drive as ...
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How to Create a Full Install of Ubuntu 24.04 to USB Device Step by Step
Every issue of Ubuntu LTS since 8.04, I have made a Full install of Ubuntu to USB flash drive, and recorded each step. Ubuntu installation method has changed since those days.
This has been intended ...
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Why USB external drives are sometimes randomly not detected?
I have noticed that sometimes an external USB storage (USB stick, USB HDD, USB SSD) is not recognized in one USB port, no matter how many times I plug it in that port, it wont work. If I connect it ...
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Show new connected (USB-) devices on desktop when connected to the PC
I remember in Ubuntu when i inserted a USB-Stick into my PC it would appear on the desktop as an icon afterwards. Now im Using Kubuntu 22.04 and I can't seem to find the option anymore. Is there a ...
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i am trying to put ubunto on a 2tb flash drive how to
hi i have been trying to put Ubuntu on a flash drive and wondering how to do so. i have done the installation setup on one flash drive and set the 2tb flash drive to be the one for the os system to be ...
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Restart loop after Ubuntu install on USB
My laptop has become unusable, please help.
I tried installing Ubuntu for the first time on a USB stick to run from any computer.
Here are the steps I took:
downloaded Ubuntu from web on Windows and ...
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Can you include .Trash-999 from other media in Trash?
Can you include the "/.Trash-999" from external media in the Trash folder on Ubuntu? Like, the trash from all media and the system Trash shows up in Trash, similar to Windows Trash?
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Laptop says "GRUB" when trying to boot from bootable USB stick
I flashed Kubuntu onto my USB stick and tried to boot from it on my HP Pavilon dv7. Whenever I do that it only shows the word "GRUB" in the upper left corner and does nothing else. It's not ...
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Extreme Lag when connecting Docking Station with HDD
Currently Using 22.04
I just bought a mini pc using a intel i9 processor. I also jusat bout this dual HHD docking station
There is an extreme lag when I am connected to the docking station. Using my ...
