I want to replace my HDD with SSD since I can't use both because my laptop has only 1 slot. I am totally confused about how to transfer the whole HDD data to SSD along with the Ubuntu OS?
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My current situation is:   One hard disk Dual boot Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7. Partitions:  100MB Windows System thingy 144GB Main Windows 160GB Ubuntu 4GB Swap 12GB System Restore stuff    Now I want to install an 80GB SSD and move Ubuntu to it. AFAIK I need to:   Shrink the 160GB Ubuntu partition to 80GB Copy it over to the SSD Change fstab to mount the SSD as /   How do I do the second? And what do I need to do about Grub?
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I have a 500GB SSD in which i would like to have both Windows and Ubuntu. My plan is to have something similar to this: Windows 8.1 and ubuntu 14.04 Uefi boot   an efi partition (created by windows installer) which will have Grub as bootloader 150GB ntfs for Windows 15GB ext4 for Ubuntu (root) 35GB ext4 for Ubuntu (home) ~8-16GB swap for Ubuntu (I have 16GB RAM) ~284-292GB ntfs for Data shared for both Windows and Ubuntu   My current setup is   200GB ntfs Windows 300GB ntfs for Data   I plan to shrink both the Windows and the data partiton in order to achieve my desired plan.  My questions:   Does the order of partitions matter? Does it matter if the ubuntu partitions are not at the end/beggining of the drive? Does the swap partition behaves better if its the last/first partition? Can I use the shared NTFS Data partition between windows and ubuntu without encountering problems? Do I have enough space for my ubuntu /home partition (thinking that I'll have access to the ntfs shared partition)?   Edit: Laptop, Asus N56jr, i7, 16Gb Ram, SSD samsung 850 evo 500gb  Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04
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I'm  installing Ubuntu on a Samsung evo 850 SSD drive. System has 4GB memory but no other harddrive. Should I use thedefault partition table or install without swap and make a swap file after installation? Or does it even make a difference whether it’s a partition or a file?
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I have a 90GB SSD but 90GB soon gets filled up.  My users folder alone is 26GB.  To get round this I use Symlinks (read the  for more).    Is there any way to make a separate SSD and HDD work like a hybrid so that frequently accessed files are moved to the SSD automatically?  This would be a nice addition to Windows 8 but I'm not holding out my hopes.    I guess ReadyBoost is a bit like this but its more designed for USB sticks I think.  I did try installing Windows 7 with the SSD as a readyboost but didn't really notice any much improvement over just using the HDD.
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I have a Laptop with 1TB hard disk space. I can allocate 100GB for Ubuntu. Currently there is only Windows 7 installed. I am new to Ubuntu &amp; am confused by terms like mount point, root partition, swap partition, etc. The doc over  gives some details, but I dont know what they mean. For installing Ubuntu I have shrunk 100GB from a drive &amp; now that space is unallocated. So what should I do now? In how many partitions should I divide that space &amp; what conventions should be followed. Should I do this in the Ubuntu installer or should I do all this before installing Ubuntu? Please I dont understand the terminologies used on that doc so please tell me in simple language. Thank You.
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I'm a new Linux user and a Windows convert. I tried Ubuntu (Dapper Drake) a few years ago and liked it quite a bit, and I'm in the process of installing Xubuntu 13.10 along side Windows7 on my brand new SSD! At this point, Windows is still being installed because I need it to be, but Linux is getting installed because I want to use it! I've done quite a bit of research and I've toyed around with Linux before, but I'm still a newbie and I have a few questions concerning partitions and program installations..  My new SSD isn't huge (120GB Samsung 840 EVO), and I'll be using my old 800GB HDD as a secondary drive. The thing is, I plan on using Linux as much as possible; only switching over to Windows7 when I absolutely need to. Because of this, I'll be doing a 50:50 split of my SSD for each OS (60GB for Linux, 60GB for Windows). I'm also planning on splitting my old, 800GB HDD into 3 partitions: some space for extra linux programs, some space for extra windows programs, and then a shared NTFS partition for all of my data (music, videos, documents, etc.).  So to sum up my space situation:   ~60gb SSD + 200gb HDD for Linux..  ~60gb SSD + 200gb HDD for Windows.. ~400gb shared NTFS..   This leads me to my questions.. While I have a fairly good idea of how my Windows setup will work (60gb C: drive, 200gb D: drive, etc.), the Unix/Linux directory structure is still very new to me and is making this process a little bit confusing. I know that it's possible (and common) to partition your "/" directory and "home" directory separately, and - as I understand it - the "/" partition is meant to contain system specific programs and data, while the "home" partition contains the programs and data of the various users.  However, I've also heard that most (if not all) of the programs that you install from repositories using APT are installed into the "/" directory. As someone who works with music/art programs and plays games (which can take up a LOT of space), this leads me to believe that I'll need a large "/" partition!  I've also read (from here: ) that the "home" directory is "the place where all the user-specific files, your data in other words, are stored. It is roughly equivalent to the “My Documents” folder on a MS Windows desktop". But, as I mentioned above, I intend to keep all of my non-OS-specific data (music, documents, videos, etc.) on my ~400gb shared partition, anyway. This really leads me to believe that I don't need a big home partition at all and that I should focus on partitioning as much space as possible for "/". And still, I've heard other people claim that you only need around 10gb of space for your root partition!?   Edit: Also, I just found out that programs like Steam and Wine take up space inside the "home" directory.  So, what should I do? I basically have 60gb SSD and 200gb HDD space for holding nothing but Linux programs. All of my data will be going onto my 400gb shared NTFS partition, so is it even worth making separate partitions for "/" and "home"? If I install both root and home on my 60gb SSD, how can I also use the extra 200gb of HDD space for more Linux programs? Can I expand root across multiple drives somehow, or maybe have a symlink or something that connects the two drives together?  As I said before, I'm still a major Linux newbie, so there may be something that I've completely misunderstood or overlooked. As someone who does a lot of art/music creation and gaming on my PC, I tend to use up a lot of program space quite quickly, especially since games and music libraries just keep getting bigger and bigger every year! Thanks for the help, I'm looking forward to learning more about Linux! :]
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I often read that one should not place swap partitions on a SSD drive, as this may harm the device. Is this true? Can you please explain the reason to me?  Because I otherwise would have thought that placing swap on an SSD is the best choice, as it's much faster than HDDs and therefore swapping RAM contents to the SSD is not as slow as it would be with the HDD...
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I'm trying to do a dual-boot installation of Ubuntu and I've noticed that there is already an EFI partition in my SSD. Do I need to create a new one for my Ubuntu Partition?
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I'm new to Ubuntu and recently started using it on my PC. I'm going to replace that PC with a new machine. I want to transfer my data and settings to the nettop. What aspects should I consider?  Obviously I want to move my data over. What things am I missing if I only copy the entire home folder?  This is a home pc (not corporate) so user rights and other security issues are not a concern, except that the files should be accessible on the new machine!  Please take into account that the new machine is a nettop that doesn't have an optical drive and doesn't allow me to hook the old SATA disk into it, so any data transfer must be handled via home network (I can have both the old and the new machine turned on and connected to the home LAN) and I have an USB thumbdrive with limited capacity (2GB). This sounds like it might limit the general applicability, but it would in fact make it more general.
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I have two hard drives. One is used for Windows and one is empty. I want to install Ubuntu on the empty hard drive. The Windows hard drive is disk0 in Windows and the empty hard drive is disk1. When I install Ubuntu and it asks where I want to install it, I choose "Something Else" but I am stuck there. What do I choose for "boot loader installation"?
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I recently purchased an SSD to speed up my computer experience. Before, I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu in a dual-boot system. The plan was to install Windows 8 on the SSD and then set aside ~30GB for the system files of Ubuntu.  I installed Windows 8 just fine on the SSD, then I booted the Ubuntu install CD to make my partitions like always - but GParted tells me the entire SSD is unallocated. Now I am afraid I will lose my Windows installation if I try to do anything to it.  Why does GParted think there is no partition on the SSD? Shouldn't it be 4 Partitions, like the Windows installer told me?  And is it possible to ignore this and install Ubuntu on the hard disk (where it, frankly, already is) and somehow make it possible to install GRUB on the SSD to revert my dual-boot system without damaging the installed Win8?
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I want to install Ubuntu on a laptop with an SSD. Will it be a problem in general to install Ubuntu on a laptop with an SSD instead of a laptop with an HDD? Which Linux kernel version is best for a laptop with an SSD?
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I am already using Windows 7. I want to install Ubuntu 13.04 along side Windows 7 in a partition that I already made in one of my hard drive but I am worried about losing the data on my drive. Is there any possibility of data loss?
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The HDD I have my Ubuntu installed is about to fail. I would rather not lose 3 years worth of data, customisation and apps. I am looking for a way to move the complete system (SWAP included, because I'm not sure if I can relink the system to a new SWAP partition) to another HDD. But not the complete HDD&lt; only the partition containing Ubuntu, to a partition on a different HDD. Basically I'd like to do what I've been able to do with Norton Ghost for my Windows install. I thought about using Clonezilla but I think I would have issues with GRUB (Especially trying to boot from a different UUID than what is in the conf file). do you know of any way this could be done?  PS, my home directory is encrypted but that's not really an issue, because I can work around that.  EDIT: changed the explanation to make it clearer
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What is the most efficient way to transfer a large number/amount of data, such as 430-450 GB, from one Windows 10 laptop to another?  Could someone guide me visually using a short yet comprehensive tutorial? And which connector/cable should I use to transfer between two internal HDDs?  I think all the laptop specs are fairly standard and fairly inexpensive. The laptop internal HDD data interfaces are both SATA.
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I've been programming for about a year and I'm very new to Ubuntu. I'm currently working on a project with a mentor who suggested partitioning part of my drive with a fresh Ubuntu install. I've never done anything like this and most of the guides I've seen are for dual-booting Ubuntu and Windows/MacOS.  I'm currently running Ubuntu 16.04 on my laptop. I was wondering If I could keep my current setup and also partition part of my drive with a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04?
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I dual boot Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 8.1.  All of Ubuntu lives on an SSD, and the core Windows stuff lives there too, in a separate partition.  The main User folders for Windows (Documents, Downloads, etc.) live on a separate hard drive.  I'm running out of space in Ubuntu. I'd like to move /opt and /usr/local to the hard drive.  All the Q&amp;A I've found about this, however, starts with the assumption that these folders are already mounted on a different partition, or that I can format the destination drive. Neither of these is true for me.  I don't remember exactly what I did when I set this computer up, but I do know the hard drive is accessible from Ubuntu (and is at /dev/sdb1, mounted at /media/steve/storage).  Is it possible to do what I'm asking?