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Installing Ubuntu over Windows - not detecting SSD
I had Windows 11 on my laptop until it decided to have BSOD every 5 minutes. I tried to check if the OS was a problem and then I booted into a live USB and everything went smoothly.
However, when I ...
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Using the /home of a broken Linux installation as the /home of a fresh install on a different partition
I have been using Manjaro in dual boot with Windows for a while but I completely messed up my Manjaro installation, likely when trying to install printer drivers. Manjaro does not boot anymore as the ...
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installing ubuntu 22.04 into existing lvm
I installed kubuntu 22.04 onto fresh machine. It turns out, that its "quirks and features" blocks my workflow, and I need to go away from KDE. But it would be ideal for me, if I could keep ...
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ubuntu 20.10 installation setup: unable to manage paritions. message: Your installation medium is on /dev/sda1
I'm having trouble to install the new Ubuntu 20.10. I made a bootable USB (via Ubuntu 20.04 Startup disk creator)
and booted it using UEFI. A fews steps into the setup let you manually manage the ...
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From dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 10 to clean Windows 10
I had Dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 10 on my machine. Then, wanted to make the computer like factory new and did some work around the partitions including deleting the one with Ubuntu content. This ...
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How will Ubuntu 18.04 installation will handle the partitioning if I choose Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10?
My goal is to dual boot Ubuntu 18.04 alongside Windows 10 Home. What have I have done so far is:
Downloaded ubuntu-18.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso
Used Rufus and created a bootable USB device.
Turned ...
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How to completely wipe laptop disk for a fresh Ubuntu install?
I have a USB flash drive with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, I want to completely wipe my machine of Windows 10 and start again with a new install of Ubuntu.
I have installed Ubuntu on a laptop PC but the old ...
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Why does Ubuntu 18.04 doesn't create multiple BTRFS subvolumes anymore during installation by default?
During installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server I could choose manual partitioning and create a /-partition using BTRFS. The installer automatically mapped that to creating one subvolume called @ for / ...
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How do I respond to "there is no root file system" message while installing Ubuntu?
I am currently running Ubuntu 18, "try without installing" option. I am trying to install it. I have partitioned one of my hard disks in order to get a place to install.
When I try to continue it ...
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How to partition my hard disk while installing ubuntu and don't lose data on d,e&g drive?
This is how my current disk partition looks:
this is how my current hard disk image looks like on windows 7. I am installing Ubuntu 17.04 from USB stick. I cannot understand how to partition the ...
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Will files in my D drive be erased when installing Ubuntu alongside Windows?
I am about to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7 on a Thinkpad.
Windows resides in my C drive and I have my files in D. C and D happen to be two separate hard disks on my laptop, one stays in the ...
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Installing ubuntu while retaining Windows 8 recovery option
I have a problem with retaining the option to recover Windows 8 on a laptop, Acer Aspire E1. On my own laptop I have Win7 and had a partition called Windows recovery partition and I just left it there ...
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ubuntu 14.04.1 installer doesnt detect any partitions, even after fixparts corrected partition table
Trying to install 14.04 LTS alongside Windows 7 I have four partitions (2 windows partitions), a ext4 for the ubuntu install, and a remaining ntfs data partition
As a follow up to Ubuntu 14.04 ...
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How should I use manual partition in Ubuntu?
Well , I'm just moving from Windows platform to Ubuntu and I'm stuck at how to use manual partition. I don't want to preserve any previous windows installation or previous data too. My Windows drives ...
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Install Ubuntu on Hardware Raid 1 server , message partition disk
The installer has detected that the following disks have mounted partitions:
/dev/sda/
Do you want the installer to try and unmount the partitions on these disks
before continuing? If you leave ...
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