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Step-by-step instructions to move unallocated space from left to right using GParted? [closed]
Please refer to the setup in the image linked in the last line of my post.
I just reduced my Windows Downloads partition space on /dev/nvme0n1p4 to the unallocated 420.63GB space on its right, ...
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Diagnostic details: - The last unmovable file appears to be: \$Mft::$DATA [duplicate]
I tried to shrink my c drive but i noticed that there's a point i tried to fix it but during the shrink phase i got this defrag Diagnostic details:
The last unmovable file appears to be: $Mft::$DATA
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Can a bad block from one partition affect other partitions?
I have an external SSD 1 TB plugged in to Linux-Laptop. I have created a small new partition - 10 GB size on it, so now I have 2 partitions on that SSD.
Both partitions are formatted with ext4 file ...
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Cloning windows to another partition in a different ssd drive [duplicate]
My windows 10 is installed on "Samsung SSD 750 EVO 120GB" and after checking crystaldiskinfo, it's health is at 1% with 38 tb written. since it's on such a low health I'm planning to clone ...
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How to remove read-only protection from NVMe SSD?
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Motherboard: MSI MAG B660
OS: Windows 11
Processor: Intel i7-12700
SSD: XPG S5 512 GB NVMe
What should I do next to remove Read-only protection from my SSD?
Issue Description:
I was using my ...
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fdisk assigns wrong partition sizes
I'm trying to install linux(using a usb) on a new SSD (WD blue of 2TB, 1.8TB usable).
At the partition step I went with GPT table and these partitions:
/boot 1GB
/swap 4GB
/root 60GB
/home remaining ...
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Will "Reset This PC" on a Bootcamp partition also erase the MacOS from my SSD?
I was trying to fix my Windows Defender on windows 10 in my bootcamp partition (windows defender wasn't loading as it is supposed to) and in doing so have altered values in the registry, and now my ...
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Unallocated space (ubuntu 22.04.04)
I just set up a small home server and when I looked at its total disk space it said 100G. So I took a quick look into lsblk and this was the output:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE ...
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File Explorer shows disk volume smaller than it is supposed to be [duplicate]
I cloned a 500GB SSD to 2TB SSD with Clonezilla 3.1.2 using instructions as listed here https://clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone. I tried both ...
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ddrescue second run, running time: n/a
I am running ddrescue to rescue a Windows 10 drive to a new SSD from a gparted media drive. I ran it successfully the first time with:
sudo ddrescue -f -d -n /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /path/to/map.log.
I ...
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Missing partition on disk utility for Mac. How to find it and revert it back to Mac?
A while back, I partitioned my Mac SSD, but never got around to installing an OS. Now when I go to disk utility, I cannot find the partition. Has anyone faced this before and what can I do?
There is ...
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Why are SSDs less prone to file corruption caused by sudden shutdowns?
I lived 8 years with HDDs. Every time when there was a power outage, or for whatever reason I had to force-shutdown the computer by turning off the PSU or pushing that fancy-yet-dangerous restart ...
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Recover files from failed raid 0
I have a client whose laptop (Asus GX502) stopped working, and as I fix the laptop he wants his data from his drives, but problem is that when I connected the nvme SSDs (512 GB each) to my test ...
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Is it possible to partition a drive that has Bitlocker encryption on Windows 11 Pro? [duplicate]
I'm currently using Bitlocker encrypted SSD. And system is on it. It's single partition and the entire disk is encrypted.
I'd like to split the single partition into two partitions while enabling ...
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How do you TRIM unallocated/unformatted space after partition shrinking on an SSD in Windows?
How do you TRIM completely unused, unallocated, unformatted, unpartitioned space (but other volumes still exist) on an SSD in Windows 11, that used to contain data, for over provisioning? (For note: ...
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Cloning SSD to USB but Windows fails to boot
After I cloned my SSD (size:120GB) to an USB (128GB) with EaseUS Partition Master and tried to boot my Motile M142 laptop from the USB, it gave me the same error message of "0xc000000e" I ...
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SSD available in diskpart, not available in Windows 11 installation
I am building a dual boot setup on an NVMe SSD.
The SSD shows up in diskpart and can be accessed and formatted from there, but is not available as an installation target.
I'm using diskpart from the ...
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Windows unable to shrink 930GB freshly installed windows partition more than 15GB on kingston SSD even after removing unmoveable files
I am trying to install Linux (Arch) in a dual-booted system with Windows. The problem is that my windows partition is 930gb out of my Kingston SNVS1000G's 1000GB. I have done a fresh install of ...
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Linux no boot after cloning partitions
I had and old HP Compaq laptop I wanted to upgrade because the IDE HDD was dying inside. Previously I had set up a Windows XP / Lubuntu 14 dual boot on it. After cloning the drive with Rescuezilla to ...
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Unable to boot after cloning SSD drive with NVME drive. Nothing to do in bios - no disk is viable in uefi
I was cloning my SSD Samsung drive with NVMe 980 pro with magician. I can't boot at all now. I tried to do everything in bios, then first unplugged one disk then another, nothing worked so far. Uefi ...
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SSD cannot be recognised on Windows and LInux
I recently bought a new SSD to replace the one in my laptop. I took the old SSD out and stuck it in an external enclosure, planning to use it as an external drive. When I first plugged it in to ...
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Linux - Old MacBook Air - SSD not found
I have a MacBook Air that only supports macOS Catalina.
I tried 'upgrading' it by installing Linux Mint on it.
That worked fine for a while, untill it crashed, and now it won't boot again.
I tried a ...
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How to extend windows partitions, and how to solve C: partition extension issue [duplicate]
The C: drive needs more storage space on my system drive.
When I take some space from D: drive, the space out is a free space,
the space needed is unallocated space to merge it into C: drive.
how can ...
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What are options to set up a new portable SSD for newer and legacy Windows computers?
I bought a new 4TB M.2 NVME and an external M.2 enclosure for it. I want to set this up to be used like portable storage (used like "flash" storage), so that it can be used on a new Win 11 ...
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How to secure specific folders on a portable SSD that works on multiple devices?
I use a portable SSD with different devices such as Windows PCs and Samsung TVs. Some of the folders on the SSD have sensitive or personal data that I want to protect. How can I encrypt, password-...
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How to access data on an external ssd drive with MBR only?
My old laptop's display died, so I took its SSD and connected it to another laptop with Ubuntu 22.04 externally via USB using M2 SSD case. There should be two operating systems: Windows and Ubuntu on ...
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Move Linux system to new SSD alongside with Windows
I've got a new PC with a new SSD #2. They preinstalled the Windows on it and I'm cool with it.
However, I have a Linux system on my old SSD #1 and I want to keep that data. The problem is I've only ...
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NTFS Drive visible only from Linux
I have a 1TB Teamgroup GX2 SSD, I partitioned it into a ~150GB btrfs partition for linux and a 850GB partition for Windows. Then Windows stopped seeing the larger partition, although at the same time ...
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Move windows from one partition to another on the same drive
While installing windows, I created a 66 gig partition for windows 10, and another 50 gigs for programs, but accidentally I installed windows in the 50 gig partition. And now I can't even extend C ...
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Getting a new disk to be included in the partition of a pre-existing disk on Windows 11
I am looking to buy a new M.2 Samsung SSD for my laptop that already has an M.2 Samsung SSD in it. My current SSD is 500GB while I intend to buy a 1TB one for the new SSD. I plan to use both SSDs ...
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How to Extend C drive from D: drive (SSD with NTFS bitlocker) and also there is Recovery Partiton in between two drives?
I am using a HP fq1089AU laptop running
Edition Windows 11 Home Insider Preview Single Language
Version 22H2
Installed on 04-07-2023
OS build 23493.1000
Experience Windows Feature Experience ...
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I cloned Windows to a larger SSD and computer won't show additional storage, no unallocated partition
I wanted to upgrade my laptop with a double sized SSD so I have cloned Windows from the old one to the new one. From about 223GB (officially I think 250) to 500GB.
I followed and online tutorial on ...
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Can I move my D drive to a "D" partition on my C drive?
My D drive (a 1TB HDD) is getting older and it's starting to act up (recently windows had to repair it before booting up).
So I'm wondering, can I change its drive letter from "D" to "E&...
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My SSD is acting like writing is locked. Not even bash dd command can achieve anything. How may I fix my drive?
I currently am using a 2.5" WD Blue 1Tb SSD for backups. I use Macrium Reflect on Windows to clone my C to it. Last time I attempted the clone, and because I don't do it often enough to remember ...
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Should I clone unrecognized partition in disk?
I am planning to replace my HDD with an SSD. I am using Macrium Reflect to copy all the data from the HDD to the SSD. But I see a partition that is 7.63GB in size and I don’t know if I need to copy it ...
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How do I reformat a Bitlockered SSD that has a CRC error
I have a WD SSD that was bitlockered. I do not care about the data.
When I try to reformat or diskpart clean, I get a CRC error.
However, It shows up in drives and partitions fine, CrystalDisk reports ...
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Dual booting Linux distros using images sourced from USB drives
I have 2 USB flash drives each with a bootable Linux distro.
I believe that I can use Gparted to copy each of them onto separate partitions on a single (clean) SSD.
USB drive 1 with Linux 1 -> SSD ...
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Increasing available disk size in Ubuntu
I have a 250 GB SATA SSD. I was in a hurry while I was setting up the OS in this disk, so I selected Next in "Disk Partition" part without changing anything. I thought all of the disk will ...
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I have a 95GB invisible partition, how do I identify what it is for, so that I can eventually remove it
I have an old windows computer with a 500GB SSD (Crucial MX500), it shows 369GB free space.
The device manager shows a 95GB "Primary Partition" that has no drive letter (neither can I set ...
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I cloned my old boot drive to a new SSD and deleted a partition. Now I cannot boot from either drive
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I cloned the contents of my old (boot/OS) SSD to a new SSD. I then attempted (and failed) to edit the contents of the new SSD, and this has made me unable to boot from either drive.
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Is there any benefit to aligning the *end* of the last partition on an SSD?
I created two partitions with KDE's partition manager that fully filled an SSD, and noticed that there were 3MB unallocated at the end. Turns out the partitioning tool had automatically aligned the ...
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Growing partitions in opposite directions? [closed]
I have this idea for a partitioning scheme that would be quite useful for me. It seems very obvious(?), so I feel it's not done due to hardware-level details and long-ingrained characteristics of file ...
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'Sector Cannot be Read' after cloning with EASEUS Disk Copy Pro
I would like to ask for some help relating to a cloning issue, which is doing my head in!
But first, some short background here: I have a 12-year old Dell OptiPlex 990 SFF, purchased in 2011. Apart ...
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Unable to delete SSD
Everything began when my laptop (MSI PS63 Modern) went on being stuck in a BIOS boot loop back a few months ago. From what I remember, it happened after a BSOD where windows got frozen during the ...
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Is my Windows 10 installation reusing the system and recovery partitions of other installation?
In my desktop PC I have an SSD where I installed Windows 10 many years ago. Later I purchased an nvme ssd, where I also installed Windows 10, and I can choose which Windows 10 to launch at boot. Both ...
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Can't extend C partition with unallocated space. Due to a recovery partition is next to C drive [duplicate]
I just upgraded my laptop with a 2TB ssd by cloning the old 256G SSD. However I found the C drive volume can not be extended due to a "Recovery partition" is standing in between the ...
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Formating SSD corrupted something
I was about to format my old NTFS SSD used as a shared storage for a Manjaro and Win10 dual boot system to ext4, but I ran into some problems and something broke.
Currently, I am running Manjaro KDE ...
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How can I tell if my SSD is really secure erased, with a huge $BadClus file on it?
Backstory: almost a year ago, I bought a Silicon Power Ace A56 256GB SATA SP256GBSS3A56B25. After 4 months, it suddenly went into Satafirm S11 mode, which meant I couldn't boot a system from it, ...
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Clone a separate drive's OS partition to SSD
I have a laptop and a main pc.
The laptop has an old 1TB HDD installed. The HDD is split into 2 partitions. The first partition is the OS partition and the second has a lot of work on it and is mostly ...
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Strange seemingly-unused space on my SSD
This is what I have in Disk Management:
I'm wondering what those partitions are on Disk 0, and if there's ways I can use them to increase the size of C:
Seems like a waste.
