i'm new to this forum. I have the following problem. After i boot my ubuntu 16.04 i can't use the ntfs formated windows partion in the Terminal.  ls /media/xxx/BE309CB8309C79DB   Error file or directory not found. At first I have to click on the partition in nautilius. After this i can also use the command above.  I know it's probably a beginner's question, but how is it possible to get to a status where i can use the path in the terminal right after startup?  Thanks
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I have two NTFS partitions, and I don't want to mount them manually every-time I start Ubuntu.   How can I do this?  Is there a tool or a code to use?   If so, is it safe to automount? specially when they are being used by another OS?
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I currently have a Windows 10 pen drive that isn't in use at the moment. I try to format the drive on disks, and the terminal using mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc1 and all I get is;  mkfs.fat 4.1 (2017-01-24) mkfs.vfat: unable to open /dev/sdc1: Read-only file system   Is there a way to format this to any file system? I'd like to use it for other things.
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How do I format a disk partition from the command line on Mac OS X?  In case someone wonders why: because for some people Disk Utility fails.
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I have an NTFS formatted USB Hard drive that has my personal files backup. Today I mounted the drive to an Oracle Linux system and copied a regular file using the below command (please see below commands). By mistake I used the device file /dev/sdb1 during copy.  mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb1 /sample cp file1 /dev/sdb1   After this I unmounted the drive and connected to Windows system. Now Windows system complains that the drive need to be formatted and/or corrupted.  My question is: can we recover this drive without losing any personal data? How can I view the files available on this drive? Just mounting back to Linux system will show the files?
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I'm new to Ubuntu, so can any of you give me a guide of how I can access my windows 7 files from my Ubuntu 12. I installed it using Wubi. Looked around everywhere but failed.
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I've resized my C:\ partition but now I can't boot anymore. I tried to use CHKDSK to analyse the disk but keep getting this error:      CHKDSK does not support RAW disk.    I suppose the partition is damaged or changed to RAW format. So, how can I restore it to NTFS or at least recover my data?
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I have copied some data from my Linux machine to my external hard disk. When I want to read some files on my Windows machine, I can't open it. I get the below error  The specified path does not exist   On the other hand I can't rename or copy the same file, with error  The file name you specified is not valid or too long   I have tried to use rename function in command prompt (with and without quotation marks):  rename "Long Name of The File.pdf" "short.pdf"   but I get this error (I don't know why?):  The syntax of the command is incorrect   Can you please help me?
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Whenever I boot Ubuntu, I get a message that it cannot mount my windows partition, and I can choose to either wait, skip or manually mount.  When I try to enter my Windows partition through Nautilus I get a message saying that this partition is hibernated and that I need to enter the file system and properly close it, something I have done with no problem so I don't know why this happens.    Here's my partition table, if any more data is needed please let me know.     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System /dev/sda1            2048    20000767     9999360   83  Linux /dev/sda2        20002814   478001151   228999169    5  Extended /dev/sda3   *   478001152   622532607    72265728    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda4       622532608   625141759     1304576   82  Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda5        20002816   478001151   228999168   83  Linux
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I am booting from an Ubuntu CD on my laptop. I want to write all zeros to my hard drive, then re-stall Windows 7. I have backed up all the files I want to.  After booting up, I open a terminal window, and type:    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1024   The computer responds with "permission denied".  Any suggestions on how to proceed?
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I mistakenly deleted  the /boot folder from my filesystem, rebooted, and all I get now is this:  error: file '/boot/grub/i368-pc/linux.mod' not found.  grub rescue&gt;
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I was on my way installing windows 7 alongside linux installation that was scattered over 3 partitions, namely: root, home and additional big partition for data files. I was trying to install windows on 4th a non mbr empty partition that was specifically created for windows. When I booted from windows 7 DVD, I used "shift+F10" command to enter a command line interface and used "diskpart" app. While going through the disk partitions and selecting the empty volume I typed "clean" thinking that it would erase ONLY the selected volume, but instead the whole hdd drive was removed of its partitions. I could barely stand because the information on those non empty linux partitions is irreplaceable and worth months of work.  What should I do to get my data back guys? I have 2 usb sticks, 2 external hdds, another windows laptop and internet connection.
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When re-installing Ubuntu on a partition where an existing Ubuntu installation already exists, and not choosing to format the partition, the installer shows a warning message before it begins installing:  The file system on /dev/sda5 assigned to / has not been marked for formatting. Directories containing system files (/etc, /lib, /usr, /var, ...) that already exist under any defined mountpoint will be deleted during the install. Please ensure that you have backed up any critical data before installing.  The list of &quot;system directories&quot; here does not seem complete. Furthermore, I would expect /home to be a system directory, but from experience I know that /home is not erased. What is the complete list of directories that will be removed during install?
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I installed Windows 7, which ate Ubuntu's boot file. When starting up the computer, it now goes straight to Windows, without giving me the option of booting Ubuntu.   How can I get Ubuntu back?
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I had Windows 10 and Ubuntu 14.04 installed in dual boot.  Roughly 125GB each.   After the Windows update the PC only showed me the grub rescue terminal. I could neither use Ubuntu nor use Windows.  I inserted the liveCD and ran boot-repair.  After that Windows appeared normally, but no GRUB and no Ubuntu.  This is what I get when I run sudo fdisk -l:    Ubuntu must be either /dev/sda2 or /dev/sda4, since they are the biggest partitions, but neither of them is recognized as a Linux system.  What should I do?
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I installed Ubuntu on a hard drive that had Windows XP installed so I could dual-boot the two operating systems. Everything was fine but now I can't boot into XP or Ubuntu. I had some important documents in the Ubuntu partition and the hard drive is still working, so how can I recover those files from a working Ubuntu installation? Where should I look for the broken Ubuntu installation?
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I have got a newly bought ASUS N56V with Windows 8 preinstalled.  I needed to install Ubuntu so i partitioned the disk and after having disabled the Secure Boot option from Windows 8 i successfully installed Ubuntu 12.10 from a Live USB. The problem is that if i try to access both to Windows 8 (loader) and Windows Recovery System (loader) from the GRUB menu, these two errors show: can't find command 'drivemap' and invalid EFI file path and it goes back to the grub menu.  In conclusion I do not have access to my Windows 8 partition but can only use Ubuntu. How can I solve the problem? I am pretty new to the matter.  Thank you!
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I ran the default install of CEntOS 6.5 on my machine a couple months ago and have since added programs and files which I don't want to get rid of. I'd like to dual boot Ubuntu 14.x and am wondering what to do with the /boot partition. The hard drive is currently partitioned like so:  sda: 256 GB SSD   sda1: /boot 500 MB sda2: /LVM physical volume ~237 GB   /root /home swap     My question is: Is it OK to share the /boot partition between distros? or do I need to have a separate /boot partition for Ubuntu? If so, is it necessary to put the /boot partition at the beginning of the drive?