I recently installed ubuntu on my labtop (I used windows before) and a the partition that had all my data and files previously on windows is now set to read only in linux , how can I change that ?
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Until recently both my Windows Partition (C:) and my Data Partition (E:) would mount as read/write. Now both seem to only mount as read-only.    GParted Resize (Error)  ntfsresize v2.0.0 (libntfs 10:0:0) Device name : /dev/sda4 NTFS volume version: 3.1 Cluster size : 4096 bytes Current volume size: 86207623680 bytes (86208 MB) Current device size: 86207627264 bytes (86208 MB) New volume size : 78662066688 bytes (78663 MB) Checking filesystem consistency ... Accounting clusters ... Space in use : 62126 MB (72.1%) Collecting resizing constraints ... Needed relocations : 1606868 (6582 MB) Schedule chkdsk for NTFS consistency check at Windows boot time ... Resetting $LogFile ... (this might take a while) Relocating needed data ... ERROR: Extended record needed (1032 &gt; 1024), not yet supported! Please try to free less space.   chkdsk Output:     Checking file system on E: The type of the file system is NTFS. Volume label is Data.  A disk check has been scheduled. Windows will now check the disk.                            99482 file records processed.   495 large file records processed.                        0 bad file records processed.                            0 EA records processed.                                  0 reparse records processed.                             104412 index entries processed.                          0 unindexed files processed.                             99482 security descriptors processed.                    2466 data files processed.                              CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...   4479208 USN bytes processed.                                      Usn Journal verification completed. Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.  84187132 KB total disk space.   60479688 KB in 69969 files.      15520 KB in 2467 indexes.          0 KB in bad sectors.     174336 KB in use by the system.      65536 KB occupied by the log file.   23517588 KB available on disk.       4096 bytes in each allocation unit.   21046783 total allocation units on disk.    5879397 allocation units available on disk.  Internal Info: 9a 84 01 00 00 1b 01 00 fc 1a 01 00 00 00 00 00  ................ 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................ 42 00 00 00 52 73 5c 77 b0 e7 1d 00 b0 df 1d 00  B...Rs\w........   fstab  # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # &lt;file system&gt; &lt;mount point&gt;   &lt;type&gt;  &lt;options&gt;       &lt;dump&gt;  &lt;pass&gt; proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0 # / was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=8213cc89-2438-41b9-899f-13b4c5b299af /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1 # swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation UUID=45873767-d9ae-4f0c-baab-ffc2726ac24e none            swap    sw              0       0   Checked the drive in GParted, GSmartControl and with ntfsfix, all completed successfully, no change.  Partitions  dev/sda1 NTFS WinRE dev/sda2 NTFS Windows C: dev/sda3 Extended dev/sda4 NTFS Data E: dev/sda5 EXT4 Ubuntu dev/sda6 linux-swap    I am looking for an explanation of:    Internal Info: 9a 84 01 00 00 1b 01 00 fc 1a 01 00 00 00 00 00  ................ 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................ 42 00 00 00 52 73 5c 77 b0 e7 1d 00 b0 df 1d 00  B...Rs\w........   and    Resetting $LogFile ... (this might take a while) Relocating needed data ... ERROR: Extended record needed (1032 &gt; 1024), not yet supported! Please try to free less space.
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I have recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my dual boot PC with Windows 8.1. On Ubuntu I have seen a 524 MB drive popped up.  As I take a look at it, its not swap or anything. Its contents are as follows:   Can I delete the partition and extend the 104 GB partition? Or I should leave it as it is?
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Is there a way to read ext4 partitions from Windows? If so, what can I do?
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I'm trying to install Linux alongside my 64-bit Windows 8 and went into my partition manager to find this structure.    In order to create partitions for my Linux install I need to free up some space. I see that the last partition is an empty recovery partition, as you can see highlighted, it's 100% free.  I was wondering is it okay to just remove this partition seeing as it doesn't appear I'll be losing anything?  Not sure if this helps but this is on a Fujitsu AH532 running Windows 8 64-bit with UEFI.
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I have both Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Windows 10 Pro installed and I use them both very often.  Sometimes, when using Ubuntu, I can see and use Windows partitions also. But sometimes, I cannot. I dont know why?  Ubuntu gives the error:  Error mounting /dev/sda5 at /media/mani/0AC217250AC21725:   Command-line `mount -t "ntfs" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid,uid=1000,gid=1000" "/dev/sda5" "/media/mani/0AC217250AC21725"' exited with non-zero exit status 14:   The disk contains an unclean file system (0, 0).   Metadata kept in Windows cache, refused to mount.   Failed to mount '/dev/sda5': Operation not permitted   The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state. Please resume and shutdown Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), or mount the volume read-only with the 'ro' mount option   Although I have shut it down many times, it still gives me this error. Please help so that I can use the two operating systems easily.
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Windows asks me to reformat every time I plug it into my computer, so I fired up Ubuntu via VirtualBox (selecting the external hard drive in the USB settings for VirtualBox beforehand) to see if I can access it there.  Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I have over 1TB of data on this drive and do not want to lose it. When I plug it into an electrical outlet, the light turns on, and when I plug it into my laptop, I can feel it clicking.
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I have a 1TB drive and installed Windows 7 on a 128GB partition.  When I now try to install Ubuntu 11.04 it does not recognize the Windows partition but offers the complete 1TB drive to install Ubuntu on instead. It displays:    However, in the Ubuntu Disk Utility the Windows partitions are recognized.    What do I need to do in order for Ubuntu to recognize the Windows 7 partition and install Ubuntu as a dual boot?   Response to comments  The following commands were executed and the results are shown below:  fdisk -l  WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk  doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.  Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x34a38165     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System /dev/sda1   *           1          13      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2              13       16318   130969600    7  HPFS/NTFS  Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x14a714a6     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System /dev/sdb1               1       60801   488384001   83  Linux   parted -l  Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system).  /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only. Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label
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after a powr failure when upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 I have a completely deficient system. It is read only and despite many attempts I failed to remount it read write, fsck and mount -o rmount, rw don't work, recovery mode does not work. I am not experienced with linux and under time pressure because have to write a paper until tomorrow and have only this computer.  Thus I thought it was best to reinstall. I have downloaded the iso on my usb stick on another computer. However, I can't us my startup disk creator as my usb stick is not being recognized as the filesystem is read only. I don't have a bootable usb or disk around (I know that's stupid) and I have no one using linux nearby who could help me create the stick. They all have windows.  Thus my question: Can I create a bootable usb on a windows system but to install on a computer which has Ubuntu on it? The wuby client you can download for windows on the ubuntu site is .exe so it would be no use on a computer that has only linux on it?
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I purchased a PC six months ago for work related tasks. I do 95% of my work on Ubuntu (web development). Now, I want to install Windows on another partition to play a few games on my relax time. Which steps should I follow? Any suggestions? Every guide I found suggest to install Windows and, after that, Ubuntu. Being this my main development machine, I cannot afford the risk of wiping everything.
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i started installing ubuntu and took out windows 10 completely during the installation.. but after the installation, when i checked my disk partitions  927gb on linux filesystem 3 gb on linux swap 512 mb on efi  but my hard disk size is 1tb (1024gb so now rest 94 gb is missing  can anyone help me out. i tried if the windows 10 is still existing on the disk, but i didnt get any method  and while booting the system i get a message on the top left corner  /dev/sda2: clean,223062/60760064 files, 5079494/243030464 blocks ... so does this mean.
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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 am a newbie in linux. I wanted to install ubuntu to my desktop. I currently have two partitions, Windows 8 in installed on one, and i have some important files in another partition. While installing ubuntu, if I chose "Replace Windows 8 with Ubuntu", do I lose the other partition too?   And are there other ways to leave the other partition as it is, and install ubuntu in the partition  where windows was installed.
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So I have encountered the problem above mentioned. It might not be specific to Ubuntu, but it is Linux in general. The specifics are that I have created a separate 20gb partition for its installation and installed in legacy mode.  After the installation, I'm able to use Fedora well but only in Legacy mode (obviously).  When I change the BIOS, which I am able to access somehow, to UEFI, it is mentioning that no disk was found, and hence I cannot boot windows.  In Fedora when I check the partition, every bit of data is intact in C, D, and E drives regarding windows files, i.e. same before and after installation. I even checked the partitions and found that Microsoft and Windows files are there. So I'm assuming I have not replaced or tampered with Windows 10 OS.  There is a separate partition with Linux (20gb one). It consists only of Linux installed files.  Can anyone please help with restoring the Windows 10 OS back??   PS: I don't necessarily need Fedora to still be there, if uninstalling is required I'll do it, just need Windows back
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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 installed Linux Mint in 2 partitions: / and /home  Windows 8 is under UEFI boot mode.  How to hide those linux partitions in Explorer?    When I click on them:
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My laptop which had Windows 7 on it crashed today. Being unable to access any file kept within, I found about the LiveCD. So I created a LiveUSB with Ubuntu in it, and managed to access my Windows desktop. I'm now backing up files important to me, but I have a question:  Now I'm cutting and pasting the files I want to save, using Ubuntu. Are these files being moved in Windows as well, or do the alterations I make through Ubuntu not affect the Windows state?   So let's say,if I cut and paste all of the D drive, and then format C and reboot with Windows, would the files in D have been gone (since they were cut and not copied) or still be there?  Thanks.
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I feel like this is a really simple and fundamental function that Windows should have, but so far Google has been telling me it isn't possible.  How can I mount an NTFS partition read-only in Windows?     works! (Thanks.)  Additional info about diskpart:   If you have multiple volumes in a disk, neither detail vol nor attr vol shows the correct read-only status. It shows the read-only status of the last modified volume. Try these: sel vol 1, attr vol set readonly, sel vol 2, attr vol clear readonly, sel vol 1. Now detail vol shows that volume 1 is not read-only, but it actually is. If you modify a volume with Linux's ntfs-3g and then bring it to Windows, it cannot be mount read-only. If you run attr disk set readonly, none of the disk's volume can be mounted.