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Fix and format USB stick "No media found"
My USB was corrupted when I tried to format it on windows to put a bootable Ubuntu on it.
I tried to format it on Windows it failed. I tried on Ubuntu with disk utility but it failed, so I tried with ...
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MBR to GPT without data loss without any tools
I was installing Ubantu on dual boot with Windows 10 and my disk type was set to MBR.
3 primary partitions and 1 extended. And one of the drive was empty i kept this purposely i thought i could use ...
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Error while installing Windows 10 on GPT partition - any solution to not to format whole disk?
I previously had Windows 10 and Ubuntu both installed on my system.
My Windows 10 got corrupted so I decided to reinstall windows on C Drive (/dev/sda8).
But it gave me an error so I decided to format ...
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Convert MBR to GPT on already dual-booted system without data loss
I have dual booted system Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 8 with Grub2. I plan to convert MBR to GPT. I was looking at AOMEI Partition Assistant
and just need to know whether it will preserve my dual boot. ...
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How do I reformat a HD to GPT with the filesystem NTFS?
I'm trying to install Windows on my hard drive. Unfortunately, it is in MBR and not GPT. After looking up this on the internet, I used a live USB of Ubuntu to gdisk it into being a GPT. I originally ...
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Recommended setup with 2 hard drives and 2 OSs
I have a ThinkPad T420 laptop, with two disks.
SSD: 128GB, GPT (disk1)
HDD: 5400 rpm, 500GB, MBR (disk2)
I need to run 2 OSs on this laptop: Windows 10 + Ubuntu 16.04, so I decided to:
Install both,...
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Command to save and restore partitioning under Linux
I know we can use sfdisk to save and restore partition tables.
Save:
sfdisk -d /dev/sda > part_table
Restore:
sfdisk /dev/sda < part_table
But is there other command line tools to save and ...
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GPT partition table is corrupt after every one to three reboots [closed]
After 2 or three power cycles, I get the grub rescue menu. I use a Ubuntu LiveCD to check my drive status and gparted says that my drive don't have any partitions. I checked the internet and I found a ...
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Linux tools that can partition GPT with proper alignment
Proper partition alignment ensures ideal performance during data access. Incorrect partition alignment will cause reduced performance, especially with regard to SSDs (with an internal page size of 4,...
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Change GPT partition file system type with parted
When I created my GPT partitions using parted, I was using ext2 file system type perviously:
$ parted /dev/sdc print | grep ^12
12 961GB 1118GB 157GB ext2 msftdata
Now I ...
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Change GPT partition number
I have a 2TB GPT drive that for some reason is mounted as /dev/sdc2. I would prefer all my data drives to be mounted as /dev/sd*1.
If I use sudo parted /dev/sdc print I get:
Model: ATA WDC WD20EARS-...
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Windows cannot install to GPT?
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 x64 onto a 500GB SATA (Seagate Barracuda ES.2) drive.
I have downloaded Windows 8 Developer preview x64 onto a USB stick and I can't install it on a NTFS partition I ...
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