Hodor
February 28th, 2015, 11:41 PM
Two problems, I hope 1 post is OK:
1. I want to install a dual boot win 8.1 / ubuntu 14.04 on an acer aspire v571p-33214G50Mass:
- found some helpful stuff at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2142786, but wondering:
- is there some more recent (8.1/14.04) info specific to my model? I have not worked with UEFI before, it looks like trouble.
2. I tried to migrate a win 7 / ubuntu 14.04 installation from HDD to SSD and it did not go well:
- short version: I have a new SSD that is now a bit of a mess and I'm hoping GParted will fix it.
- Longer version: I used clonezilla to restore an image of the HDD to the new SSD => windows unhappy (dirty disk etc) => atttempted a clean install of windows 7 =>
- I tried to delete and reformat the ubuntu partition while in the the win7 original installation program: and it deleted the partition but could not reformat it!
- I've put the old HDD back in - computer working fine but SSD has this dead space that windows couldn't reformat. I'm waiting on an enclosure for the SSD (so I can plug it in while ubuntu is running) with the plan of using GParted to reformat the SSD. Any advice?
Thanks very much for any help.
1. I want to install a dual boot win 8.1 / ubuntu 14.04 on an acer aspire v571p-33214G50Mass:
- found some helpful stuff at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2142786, but wondering:
- is there some more recent (8.1/14.04) info specific to my model? I have not worked with UEFI before, it looks like trouble.
2. I tried to migrate a win 7 / ubuntu 14.04 installation from HDD to SSD and it did not go well:
- short version: I have a new SSD that is now a bit of a mess and I'm hoping GParted will fix it.
- Longer version: I used clonezilla to restore an image of the HDD to the new SSD => windows unhappy (dirty disk etc) => atttempted a clean install of windows 7 =>
- I tried to delete and reformat the ubuntu partition while in the the win7 original installation program: and it deleted the partition but could not reformat it!
- I've put the old HDD back in - computer working fine but SSD has this dead space that windows couldn't reformat. I'm waiting on an enclosure for the SSD (so I can plug it in while ubuntu is running) with the plan of using GParted to reformat the SSD. Any advice?
Thanks very much for any help.