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Partition invisible on Windows, not on Linux
I have Windows 7 64b installed and recently also installed Ubuntu 12.04
Problem: 2 of 4 Partitions on the same harddrive are not visible in Windows.
Here is some info:
$ df -T
Filesystem Type ...
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Transitioning to Ubuntu
I am currently running Windows 7 with 2 hard drives.
An SSD where the OS and apps are stored.
A HDD which stores all my videos, music, files. (NTFS)
If I was to format the SSD and install Ubuntu, ...
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Resize NTFS partition to include unused space - GParted - Ubuntu
I have cloned my 40GB HDD to my 320GB HDD via dd and now I am wondering how can I expand the 34GB NTFS partition to include the unused 260GB of free space? Thanks :)
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Ubuntu - moving home directories to NTFS drive
I have a disk formatted as NTFS that I current use for sharing data with Windows machines via Samba. All of the data is in a directory on that disk called "shared." I want to move my current home ...
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Hard drives working on Linux but no so much on Windows
there,
I am having this problem:
I have 3 sata hard drives that are working perfectly on Ubuntu but on Windows 7 two of them work awful (very very often it hangs for like 2 minutes to load the ...
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how to mount hard drives for data recovery in ubuntu
I try to mount a hard drive in Ubuntu and get the following error:
Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 13: The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).
The file system wasn't safely ...
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How to automount NTFS usb sticks on Xubuntu 12.10?
I'm running the Xubuntu 12.10 on a Lenovo T520 laptop.
If I plug a FAT formatted usb stick, it's mounted automatically, but if I plug in a NTFS formatted one, I have to mount it manually.
How to ...
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Can I Install Ghost BSD on an NTFS partition?
I have installed ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop. And decided to check out Ghost BSD. Two of my drives are formatted using NTFS so that Windows installation can access.
So i have prepared one of drives ...
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A raw dump from a corrupted large file
I have a large .rar file inside partion D (Windows7/NTFS). It's corrupted due to bad sector (I think) and when I copy it to another place (External-HDD) the system freezes after 88% of progress. I ...
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Running projects from NTFS partition on Ubuntu
I'm dual booting Windows 7/Ubuntu 12.04. I want to run C++/Java projects from a NTFS partition, where I keep generally all my files and projects. I fiddled with the fstab. One time I removed 'noexec', ...
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Unable to mount external hard drive
I have a Western Digital My Passport 2.0 TB and I think I may have had a bad ejection one time when I ejected my hard drive. When I try to plug it in on my ubuntu 12.04 machine, it gives me this ...
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How to save a ntfs partition which suddenly became empty
One ntfs partition of my laptop was suddenly wiped out without any notice to me, when I rebooted from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 12.04 today. I am in need of help to save my files on that partition, which ...
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Recover directories just deleted in Nautilus
In Nautilus, I accidentally delete several directories on a partition (unfortunately, I deleted them in a way such that they don't remain in Trash). I haven't write any new data to that partition yet. ...
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External drive detects on linux but not on windows
I was copying a few files over onto a directory and suddenly I noticed that there was already a directory that I previously had! So I decided to delete it. Now something happened and I decided to ...
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Can Linux OS's cause a 'neighbour' NTFS partition to stop working?
I have set up Ubuntu 12.04 on one hard drive, and Windows 7 on another, the bootloader being on the former. After about a month of using solely Ubuntu, I tried to boot W7 and got a message on the ...
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Does Linux support NTFS file system [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is NTFS on Ubuntu stable?
Does Linux (Fedora + Ubuntu) support NTFS file-system. They are known to support ext file system. I want to have same file system for both the ...
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Cloning Fresh Windows 7 -fsed HDD to Linux Server because having no external HDD or disks for the Backup
New lenovo x220 laptop with Windows 7 Pro with the below specs. I want to backup the disk to my server but I need to know the W7 fs, what is it?
$ sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb Windows/
NTFS signature ...
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Resizing partitions without moving or loosing data (dual boot)
I have a Dell Studio 1555 currently dual booting Windows 7 & Ubuntu with a dedicated NTFS partition that serves as a bridge between OSes for my files,music, videos etc... My Windows HDD is running ...
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Recover drive damaged by software [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best undelete tool for NTFS/FAT?
I was working in windows and decided to reboot. When I reboot, the drive that the windows partition is on is unrecognizable and is not ...
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Seeing Ubuntu-made files on an NTFS partition from within Windows 7
I have a dual boot system in place, Ubuntu/Windows, each on its on physical hard drive since I also have SRT active on the Windows partition.
The setup is as follows:
Disk 1:
- Partition 1: System ...
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1answer
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Mount NTFS Windows partition on Ubuntu live CD
I'm using the newest Ubuntu live CD to restore my Windows partition. After booting my PC from the live CD I have access to the internet and so on but I cant see the NTFS drive. What should I do to ...
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How to fix module fuse not found error?
I used to be able to mount a NTFS formatted drive (read only) on my Ubuntu Linux (9.04) Sheevaplug. I was chasing the impossible dream of being able to mount it for both read and write and somehow ...
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How to mount an NTFS external hard drive for read/write access in Ubuntu
I'm a Ubuntu (Jaunty Jackalope on a Sheevaplug) user trying to mount an external hard drive formatted NTFS for read/write access. I was hoping to accomplish this through the use of ntfs-3g, but ...
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Windows 7 Freezes Due To NTFS Corruption After Boot Into Ubuntu
I manually partitioned space for Ubuntu 10.10 and installed it on my Windows 7 laptop. It installed successfully, and Windows 7 booted successfully but then froze after a few minutes. I removed the ...
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are there any drawback for using NTFS for linux?
I use linux for work (perform c++ calculations, latex) and I use windows for entertainment (dj software, tablet functionality). I'd like to access (read and write) to my linux partition from windows.
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backing up ntfs disk using rsync on ubuntu
For a long time I was using windows. I have a separate drive I use to keep copies of my media files, photos etc. on, which I periodically backup to an external drive. In Windows I used SyncToy to do ...
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Partition table is corrupt
I have a corrupt the partition table on the laptop that is running Ubunutu 10.4.
Before the partition table was corrupt I had the following partitions:
2 primary partitions:
1st - NTFS
2nd - Extended
...
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Convert NTFS to EXT3?
I have 1TB external HDD, the file system is NTFS
and i need to convert it to Ext3.
My operating system is Ubuntu 10.10
is there anyway to do so without losing my data??
Thanks for your help
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4answers
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How can I Install Linux on flash disk with NTFS filesystem?
I would like to install Linux (Ubuntu) on a Flash disk with NTFS partition and boot from flash disk, is it possible?
If yes, how could I do this?
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What's the best way to grow an NTFS partition at the *end* of the drive?
I've got a drive layout that looks a bit like this:
+------+----------------------+------------------------+
| Swap | Ubuntu (ext4) | Windows (NTFS) |
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2answers
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Read Ubuntu files from Windows 7
I have a dual booting Windows 7/Ubuntu 10.04 computer, and I killed the Ubuntu partition (I don't know how, but I can't even boot without it saying that there is a missing file and the kernel ...
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How does WUBI handle partitions upon shutdown?
Alright, so, basically, I'm trying to boot up Gentoo in a manner similar to WUBI; I have an installation on an ext4-formatted loopback file, BURG installed under the Windows Bootloader, and the ...
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Can't access Ubuntu partition in XP even with tools
I installed Ubuntu 10.10 to dual-boot with XP Home on my Asus 1005HA netbook. The main hard drive is an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD. I've tried all the common tools for accessing the Ubuntu partition from inside ...
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Linux NTFS partition read/write
What is most reliable commercial or freeware way to enable Ubuntu read/write NTFS partition? The data is sensitive and I wouldn't like it to be corrupted
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Recover formatted ntfs files from ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Free NTFS partition recovery
I had Widnows XP running on my system and i installed Ubuntu which deleted all my drives and created a single drive in ext2 format. Now is ...
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My NTFS Partition keeps becoming “unusable” on Ubuntu, Any Ideas?
I just purchased a new 2TB Drive External Seagate, My main system uses both Windows and Ubuntu So I am pretty much stuck with keeping my drive as NTFS. I have done this without any problems before ...
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How do I install Ubuntu on Windows 7 with BitLocker?
I installed Ubuntu 10.4 using Wubi on a Windows 7 x64 on the first partion that is NTFS and it's using BitLocker and it does fail to load.
Is it Wubi incompatible with BitLocker or there is a way to ...
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How to recover deleted files?
My laptop has two os. one is windows vista. and other is Ubuntu. I am currently on ubuntu system, this is my primary OS.
There are 4 partitions of my hard disk
Windows OS
Linux(Ubuntu OS)
Data
...
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Ubuntu Wubi “drive” failure; mount drive in XP?
I installed the Wubi distribution of Ubuntu on a separate partition (which is silly, since why do I care if Windows can still manage the partition?) a few months back; it was pretty awesome, until ...
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How can I best prepare a 3 drive Windows system for Linux?
I'm planning to migrate a Windows system with 3 NTFS drives to Ubuntu Studio. The primary 80G drive will be primary and ext3, and I have 2 large NTFS drives with media and backups.
Is there anything ...
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1answer
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Mounting ubuntu's root.disk in Windows 7
I've got Ubuntu 9.10 installed in an NTFS partition. After an update, I started getting kernel panics, so I need to reinstall it. But before I do that, I need to retrieve and backup my home directory. ...
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Anti-virus live CD [closed]
I'm looking for a Linux Live CD/USB, that comes pre-configured with basic troubleshooting software, which I could use to check Windows computers.
My wish list:
Anti-virus (MUST HAVE)
Any software ...
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After ntfsresize (ntfs resize), what is the exact line to type in for fdisk?
I was told that after ntfsresize (ntfs resize), the fdisk command needs to be run...
But how can it be run? What is the exact line?
In a book Knoppix Hacks, it seems to suggest needing some ...
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5answers
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Is NTFS on Ubuntu stable?
Is NTFS support stable enough to use safely?
I believe you have to install an additional package to make it work.
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NTFS as Ubuntu home directory
I intend to use an NTFS partition as the home directory for an Ubuntu installation, will that work?
