Again, I do not think you have to know all this to use Linux & install grub as part of Ubuntu install.
It like having to know how to tune up a car. Info if you want to now details, but not required....
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Again, I do not think you have to know all this to use Linux & install grub as part of Ubuntu install.
It like having to know how to tune up a car. Info if you want to now details, but not required....
NTFS is not best for backup.
Windows formats do not support Linux ownership & permissions.
So you could backup your data, but if you restore data, you have to reset ownership & permissions.
But...
You almost never install grub to a partition, and never install grub to a NTFS partition as that breaks Windows.
Windows has essential boot info in the PBR or BS - partition boot sector which is...
With an installed system, the default user is 1000.
fred@z170-focal-k:~$ id
uid=1000(fred) gid=1000(fred)...
I have a SATA to USB adapter.
It works great for my old SSD, but will not even spin up my old HDD.
Does your have separate power supply or just USB power. USB power probably not enough.
I do not...
Not sure what you are trying to do.
When in file browser and default location of home you will see all the default folders plus any you add. You also can add bookmarks to other folders.
Different...
Some details on file structure, but you really do not need to know details to install & use Linux.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard
New users can just install in one...
I would change to gpt, no reason for MBR.
Only if you need compatibility with Windows may I keep exFAT. But support in Linux is newer than support for NTFS. And new version of a driver has...
You always install boot loaders to a drive, never to a partition.
BIOS systems boot from the MBR, which is the very first sector on a drive and is not part of any partition.
Grub does have...
What format is it?
NTFS, exFAT, FAT or other?
Post this.
sudo parted -l
You can dual boot, since each is installed on separate drives.
But only from UEFI boot menu, not from grub.
UEFI & BIOS are not compatible, and once you start to boot, you cannot change. Or grub...
With multiple drives do not run any auto fix from Boot-Repair.
Only use its advanced mode. And be sure to boot live installer in same boot mode UEFI or BIOS as all of your installs.
Lets see...
If a NTFS partition, you cannot fully repair from Linux.
Both chkdsk & defrag can only be run from Windows.
And some have posted that Windows tools may work better to recover files from NTFS, but...
Original Windows 7 ISO was BIOS only, but could be copied to flash drive, files moved & renamed to make it UEFI. But the updated one, included the UEFI boot files.
So then it installs in the boot...
This site tested it and has some comments.
Gigabyte Z490 with 20.04 needs kernel update to 5.6 for Ethernet to work.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-10500k-10900k&num=1
Only use Windows to shrink NTFS partitions. Windows wants 30% free to work well, so do not make too small.
And you will have to use live installer to modify Linux partitions with gparted. Little...
Your UEFI boot entry for Windows shows it using same GUID/partUUID as Ubuntu or the ESP on sdb.
But now you have no /EFI/Microsoft folder in the ESP.
Windows may have installed its boot files to...
If using UEFI, better to also use gpt partitioning.
Ubuntu will let you install in UEFI boot mode to MBR(msdos) partitioning, but probably should not.
Windows has required gpt since 2012 for UEFI...
Boot-Repair does not modify partitions.
But now report shows no sdb drive at all.
Does BIOS still show drive? If not then no software can do anything.
If shown does testdisk see drive?
or from...
If you want a password manager you can use keepassXC or similar managers.
Many use the same underlying encrypted file which has your login, passwork & Internet address. You can add notes also.
I...
I have installed to flash drives & SSDs as USB drives in both BIOS and UEFI boot modes.
Often better not to use Ubuntu, but use one of the lighter weight flavors.
You need to partition in advance,...
Just like live installer, external drives boot from /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi which is an UEFI:USB entry in UEFI boot menu.
Not from an 'ubuntu' entry.
You can create an ubuntu entry, but when drives...
You cannot just change Windows from BIOS to UEFI.
Windows requires MBR partitioning with BIOS and requires gpt partitioning with UEFI.
Conversion from MBR to gpt normally erases a drive. There are...
BIOS never shows a name, just a drive, so if you boot from the drive Windows is installed on, does Windows boot?
I thought until recently you could not even have Windows in BIOS mode & Ubuntu in...
You can do either, if not installing into the HDD.
I prefer to use gparted.
But cannot use gparted on mounted partitions, so normally used from live installer, or when installing, before or after...