Type the first few characters and press Tab again to automatically fill the label in. You’ll see an alphanumeric label that corresponds to your hard drive. Next, start typing the following command into the terminal, but do not press Enter: This will “mount” the drive and make it available in the terminal.įinding the Windows directory using the Terminal. Sudo add-apt-repository “deb $(lsb_release -sc) universe”īe sure to open the file manager from the launcher and click your Windows drive under Devices to view its contents if you haven’t yet. Or, if the Windows system is corrupted and the drive itself is fine, you can recover all of the files from outside Windows.
Your PC may not boot, Windows may be showing errors and blue-screening, or-even worse-you may hear that dreaded mechanical hard drive clicking.Įven if you can’t boot Windows, there’s a good chance you can read the drive from within Linux and recover some files before the hard drive dies completely. Once you’re in, the troubleshooting begins. It should boot straight into Ubuntu if it doesn’t, you’ll need to change the boot order in your computer’s BIOS. Just insert the live drive into a computer and reboot.
You’ll want to select the “Try Ubuntu” option to use the live drive. You can also burn the ISO file to a CD or DVD, but those spinning discs will run slower than a USB drive. Download the Universal USB Installer tool, then select your USB drive and the ISO file and the tool will create a bootable USB drive.
Don't forget to know at least 3 important spots on the application as illustrated below.Visit Ubuntu’s website and download Ubuntu Desktop- we used 12.04 LTS for this, but any available version will do.
Why do you need GPT? You will need it when you (1) have hard disk with >=2TB capacity (2) want more than four primary partitions (3) need to install operating system with GPT technology or (4) just want to try it.įor more clarity I suggest you to read HowToGeek's article on this. However, if you want to use a hard disk, either with GPT or MBR, you must format it. Not only that, MBR can only be used for hard disk below 2TB capacity while GPT supports 2TB hard disk or more. To make it short, MBR technology limits us to have only maximum 4 primary partitions in a hard disk, while GPT technology unlocks the limitations into unlimited number of primary partitions. What are MBR and GPT? They are technologies to layout partitions inside storage disk drive.
But if you have laptops after 2011, particularly if it comes with Windows 10 preinstalled, you can be sure it is with GPT. If you have laptops from before 2011, big chance they would still with MBR. Today, particularly after 2011, almost all new personal computers are already with GPT. For a very long time, all personal computers were with MBR technology. GUID Partition Table or GPT is technology successor to Master Boot Record or MBR. If you already know GPT, skip this to step 1 below. (Ubuntu Disk Utility after formatting a GPT flash disk drive) Not only to flash drive, you can also apply this tutorial to hard disk and other storage media drives.
You do not need to install additional software thanks to the built-in Disk Utility tool. This tutorial explains step by step to format a USB Flash Drive with GPT technology on Ubuntu.