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I'm giving my old desktop to my mom, and I want to install Windows 7 and replace Ubuntu with it. SO I basically want no trace of Ubuntu on it haha. Should I clear Ubuntu off of the drive beforehand?...

Yes, I was having a brain fart and couldn't think of the word, so I just kinda rambled hoping that someone would understand. xD Thanks.

I'm pretty sure that it's possible, I read it somewhere before but I can't find where. I want to install Ubuntu onto a flash drive, not as a live CD kind of thing but my account and stuff on the...

I think I have the SSD formatted well now, I followed those partitions using the "other" option or whatever during installation. I've written down a guide as well, I'll probably post it around. And...

If I were to reinstall how would I partition it first? Clear the SSD and run a live CD (USB) and use Gparted? I'd like to just use the format like you posted, since you seem pretty knowledgeable....

I know how to do that, but you said in advance. I thought that you meant that you could partition it before installing or something.

How do you partition the drive in advance? I would rather do that, so that I don't have to resize swap and everything afterwards.

What is linking and how do you do it? I've never even heard of it. Games are huge, 10-20GB sometimes. I know that most applications are, but is there a way to move them into /home or something? I...

I have recently built a new computer, I have a 90GB SSD and a 2TB HDD. I have Ubuntu running on the SSD, but I've had a few problems (I encrypted the drive and now it can't be edited through Gparted,...

What exactly does opening it do?

As a matter of fact OldFred, your reply on another thread just helped me. The reason that it isn't showing up in Gparted is because the SSD is encrypted. So does this mean that I'm just kinda screwed?

Yes, to change swap size. I never use hibernation anyway, the only reason my boot time takes more than 10 seconds is because I had to encrypt it and therefore I have to enter an extra password.
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I found a deal, 32GB of 1866 RAM for like $80. That's barely more expensive than 16GB, I couldn't pass that up xD But how do I go about changing it? I've tried a couple of things and I can't find...

Well, I have 32GB of RAM so I suppose that that's why haha.

This may be stupid, and it probably has an easy and obvious fix but I figured that I should ask. I still haven't installed the HDD but the SSD that I'm using has been split. One consisting of 34GB...

It's cool, not very hard. Especially since I haven't saved anything, so I want have to move it haha. Alright, if you will, just tell me step-by-step exactly what to do, so that I can just copy and...

I want to do that, so basically all I do is connect it and make a partition? That seems simple, haha. Gparted is pretty easy to use too. Now, once I make the portion, will it just automatically save...

I don't think that I clarified well, I just want the HDD as storage, not another boot.

Everyone told me to install the OS first, to make sure that it installed correctly. I don't want to partition it or anything, I just want it to be storage.

I just built a new computer (Christmas present haha) and I have already installed Ubuntu on the SSD, with the HDD unconnected of course. Now do I just simply connect the HDD and I'm done? Or is there...

Thanks a bunch Oldfred. I'll check that out. And I can just run Ubuntu straight off without even downloading any drivers or anything?


"Whaaaat? 90gb is plenty even for a triple boot system....

Because that saves me from having to find and install all of the individual drivers. At least that's my hope.

have'm building a computer within the next few weeks, and I'm finishing up the last few things. I want to have Linux and Windows available. I originally was going to go with only Ubuntu, but then I...

Wow guys, thanks so much haha. That was really a lot of help. One thing though, I understand the fact that it would take the settings from my old computer but what if I did it on an up-to-date...

I recently bought a SSD that I'm going to use as a boot drive with an upcoming computer build. I have a computer already and I was wondering if I could put Ubuntu on a CD and the SSD in the computer,...