Questions tagged [partitioning]
When you create two or more logical volumes (drives) from one physical hard disk (or other storage device), you're working with partitions.
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Ubuntu: filesystem could not be mounted
I run Windows Vista and Ubuntu 9.10 dual boot. Today while booting windows, it informed me that there was something wrong with my hard disk and it would perform a check, and made some fixes.
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Maximum number of OS in a single hard disk
I currently have a triple-boot setup in one dev machine (OSX/Win/Linux). I wonder how many more could I install.
I know Windows needs a primary partition, and Linux could be installed in an extended ...
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Spanned volumes on new install
My Windows 7 Release Candidate is about to expire, so I'm going to do a clean install of a retail version. I have two volumes, on four physical drives, as follows:
Disk 0: Spanned Volume (D:)
Disk 1: ...
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How can I get data off of the one corrupt partition of my HDD?
One partition of my HDD has become unreadable, and I'm being told my file system is RAW. The partition contains valuable data. How can I get it working again, so I can get at the data safely?
The HDD ...
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4GB USB as 2 drives
I've got a 4GB USB flash drive and am trying to partition it. I'd like 2GB to be an OS (ChromeOS by Hexxeh), and the rest should be one FAT32 partition.
Windows should recognize the FAT32 partition.
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Good solutions for using external hard disk anywhere
Ok, I often use my external hard disk in other computers than mine, and I use it with Time Machine. So I want a solution for being able to do that as good as possible.
Things to consider:
Time ...
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Partitioning a system for a new SSD? [duplicate]
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SSD with multiple partitions - disk life implications
Ok I finally decided to make the jump to SSD. Seen a deal on a OCZ Vertex
120GB but after some research i decided to go ...
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Is it safe to remove a partition and form a new one with already unallocated space?
I'm afraid to mess with partitions, so I ask here before doing anything.
This is my plan:
Is it safe / possible at all? I dont want to lose 600 gigs of stuff, so I am hoping someone could answer ...
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How can I get Snow Leopard to recognize my third partition?
I installed Snow Leopard on my Macbook Pro. I then installed Windows 7 in a Boot Camp partition. Then using Windows 7's disk management console, I resized my Windows 7partition and created a 3rd NTFS ...
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Merging two partitions [duplicate]
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Best Partition Manager for Windows
merge 3 NTFS partitions into 2 (Win XP) without reinstalling
I partitioned my hard drive as follows:
C as primary
S partition.
I ...
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Windows XP installed on C: drive, nothing on D: - how can D: be a system partition?
I reinstalled Windows XP on a friend's computer. It was nuked with viruses and malware, so I booted with a Ubuntu live CD and used GParted to make a new partition (recovery), move all of their files ...
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I installed Haiku on my Windows 7 machine. How do I create a boot menu?
I just installed Haiku on my Windows 7 laptop, and I don't know how to create a boot menu. I had BeOS running a few years ago, and that came with one built-in. I know my way around computers enough to ...
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Delete partition on external hard drive with mac os x 10.6
I have an external hard drive with two partitions, both of them are clear, there is no data on them. How can I merge the two partitions together to form one again? The file system is not NTFS.
This ...
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Can I share /var and /usr among different distros?
I currently have one very big partition in my laptop that runs Ubuntu. I have to install Fedora for work and I'd also like to try out OpenSUSE, so I'll have to repartition. Since I don't want to ...
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Linux: how to remove a partition from a volume?
When I recently installed Redhat onto my system, I had 2 hard drives in it, and apparently the default usage for the two hard drive is to put them all into 1 volume, so now I have files scattered ...
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Installing Windows 7 on a netbook using SanDisk USB Cruzer
I have this weird problem with my SanDisk USB Cruzer maybe someone can help me...
I removed U3 software
I used diskpart.exe to "activate" my partition
yet when I restart my computer and select to ...
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How to determine non-movable files in Windows 7?
Is there a way to determine which unmovable files are preventing Shrink Volume from releasing the full potential free space?
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I have a 90 GB partition with Windows 7 on it, and 60 GB ...
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Resizing Windows 7 bootcamp partition
I've installed Windows 7 on my Mac using bootcamp but stupidly only allocated it 25gb which isn't enough once I've installed Visual Studio and other stuff.
I was able to shrink the Mac partition ...
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Do ntfsresize and gparted work on a disk image mounted through the loop device?
I need to resize an NTFS partition on a disk for which I have an image (dumped with dd).
I mounted it through the loop device on Linux:
# losetup -o 32256 /dev/loop0 disk.img # I got the offset from ...
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Strange error when Bootcamp attempts to create partition for Windows
I get a strange error when I tell Bootcamp to create a partition for Windows. I get to the Create a Partition stage. I select 20GB for Windows leaving 91GB (39GB free) for OS X. I then click Partition ...
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Broken NTFS partition - "Incomplete multi-sector transfer"
I have a 8-year old Windows-XP-only computer with one NTFS partition. Starting up Windows is not possible anymore, it stops with "A disk read error occurred". When trying to mount the partition using ...
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recover partition after reinstall windows XP
My OS was infected by trojan or virus and system files are corrupted. After tried to reinstall XP several time and failed, I took out the hard drive and prepare to back up files for a clean reinstall. ...
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Extract Partition and remove Partition-Table
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Situation under Debian Linux, Kernel 2.6.26-2:
On a Block-Device (/dev/vdb) is a partition-table specifying one partition (/dev/vdb1) which contains a ext3-filesystem.
I want to remove the ...
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What's the best way to share files between linux and windows 7 on a dual/multi boot computer?
Just got myself a new computer and thinking of how set it up.
I have win7 HP and will probably install at least some version of Ubuntu on it shortly to have dual boot. Might come other Linux distros ...
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How to extend the size of my C drive on XP
In Windows XP, how do I increase the size of my C drive from other partitions?
I don't see any option in Disk Management and can't figure out how to use Partition Magic for that which I have ...
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Using a home partition that already has data
This is the thing: I want to install Ubuntu side by side with Windows. I have a big NTFS partition that has a folder with the same name as my username (let's say "joe"). Inside "joe" I have my ...
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Partition Shows Wrong Size
I had been having the small size issue on my drive C (where Windows XP is installed). So i decided to grow the size of this drive by using the software "EASEUS Partition Master 4.0 Home Edition".
I ...
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How to move a partition to the end in gparted?
I can't find a way to move the partition /dev/sdb2 to the end, where 12GB are free.
I can resize (expand) the partition, but not create (insert) any free space in front of it.
How to do the trick?
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Debian system drive upgrade: copy filesystems from MBR partitions to GPT?
My home server runs Debian Lenny, and I'm about to upgrade the system drive to a larger drive.
In the process, I want to take the opportunity to reorganize the partitions and resize them. For ...
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Making backup of the System Restore Partition with netbooks
I have a netbook that has two partitions. A first one where I have all my programs and stuff and a second one that came with the netbook and has the data so I can restore my computer if I need to. Now,...
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partition contents
I have a macbook pro...running snow leopard. Just installed a new hard drive, and designated 2 partitions: one for system and applications, and the other is intended for all data. Because the first ...
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Is it recommended to partition an external drive used as storage?
I'm going to buy a 1TB external hard drive to use it as storage (not backup) and I'm not quite sure if any partitioning at all would be good in this case (i.e. System/Data scheme does not apply).
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linux mounting issue from windows to Linux
i have an Ubntu machine with 30GB space and need to create a folder in "/" as "/server". I have 50GB space in NTFS(windows) . i want to join this 50GB to linux how can i merge these two.
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Norton Ghost usage, Linux? ISO? Server? MBR?
Before evaluating Symantec/Norton Ghost to image partitions, I have a couple of questions about using this tool:
In the product page, it only mentions Windows: Can Norton image Linux partitions as ...
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Where does computer stores the Operating System info
If i have three partitions on computer.
On every drive i have three OS installed.
Now where does the Computer store that OS information which tells which partition has which OS.
Because e,g My ...
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Partition sizes for Win 7 / Kubuntu 9.10 dualboot on a 500GB HDD
I'm building my new PC this week and would like to know what partition sizes you would recommend.
I want to run Windows 7 and Kubuntu 9.10 as dualboot
my machine will have 500GB of Harddisk space and ...
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Windows FAT/NTFS Low-Level Disk Viewer (Norton DiskEdit alternative) [closed]
One of my most valuable software tools has always been Norton DiskEdit from Norton Utilities/Symantec Systemworks. I have used it for years for so many things, including, but not limited to learning ...
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How to combine partitions on an Windows XP laptop without a CD?
I have a small laptop (that doubles as a laptop - hp/compaq tc4400). This laptop has no CD drive (or floppy for that matter). I have 2 logical drives on it (C and D), but its the same physical drive....
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How do I shrink an Extended Partition in Vista?
I'm trying to shrink some partitions on my laptop so I can dual boot another OS, and I need about 6GB of space to do this.
Unfortunately when I got my laptop and trashed the default Vista install, I ...
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How to expand C drive in window 2003
My C drive is 18GB.
I have other 18GB unpartined space on same HD.
I know that in vista i have the option to expand the disk by going in diskmanagement .
How can i do in window 2003
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How to completely delete my USB thumbstick? [closed]
I own a Kingston thumb-stick. I have installed a Google Chrome OS image to it, so I could try it out. When it did so, it created 3 partitions (I backed everything up and the software that installed ...
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Moving users folder on Windows 7 to another partition, bad idea?
I am anxiously getting ready at long last to to carry out a clean install (using custom install option) from Vista to Windows-7 Home Premium 64bit with the free upgrade I received late October.
For ...
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Is it possible to convert an ntfs partition to ext3? [duplicate]
Is it possible to convert an ntfs partition to ext3?
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shrinking an hfs+ partition
I have a GPT partitioned disk with 2 HFS+ partitions. I am trying to shrink the first partition.
things I have tried so far:
use Disk Utility.app
error: "The partition cannot be resized. Try ...
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How can I access a Linux partition from Windows?
I'd like to be able to access my Linux /home partition from within Windows on a dual-boot machine. Since the partition is formatted for XFS, I can't use explore2fs.
What other ways might I be able ...
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Partitioning Ipod Classic 160gb
I want to make some partitions on my ipod,but i have been unable to. This is what i tried:
Using windows 7 disk managment didnt allow
Diskpart command line said :"File system doesnt support shrinking"...
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How to copy entire disk?
Let me be straight forward. I am accepting that - I have installed iDeneb to my personal pc at home.( Just because I want to perform R & D and many experiments with os, yes I also want to learn ...
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What is my partition number?
I am using Linux and i need to restore my grub, so i go into commandline on live CD, and i enter 'grub', then 'root (hd0,6)', but it says that the disk does not exist. This is how everything looks ...
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Can I use Logical Volume Management when I have a Windows partition? And how safe is it?
I recently found out about Logical Volume Management. Seems interesting, but I have a couple of questions:
Does it matter if I have a Windows partition? It seems that LVM is bound to the Linux kernel,...
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How to remove a partition on a USB drive?
I got a free promotional USB stick that I want to format for my own purposes. When I inserted it, it automatically opened a browser and launched a web site.
I have since disabled autoplay on this ...
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