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A drive is a medium that is used to store digital information. Examples of drives are HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, etc. This is a generic scope tag that should be used in conjunction with a more specific drive tag where available.

A drive is a medium that is used to store digital information. There are many kinds of drives:

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How do I remove a non-present drive from the list?

When I got this new PC, it had a floppy drive attached. Recently I decided that I wasn't going to need it, ever, and it only made some noise on startup. So I took out the cables connected to it, and it no longer makes noise obviously. Problem…
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How to make several drives one large hard drive?

Just wondering how I would go about make say three 1tb drives one large volume? This way I don't need to section things off to different hard drives, and Ubuntu/Linux can just assign the data where it sees fit. Is this possible?
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Can't see Hidden Data, Ctrl-H doesn't help

I am a newbie in Ubuntu. I Know by making folder starting with . makes it hidden in Linux so I did the same on My Kingston Flash drive. but I can't see it back. I have tried Ctrl-h but it didn't work. The data is there as I can see it as occupied…
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How to recover a Hard Drive that I acciently formatted?

I used testdisk but it is not showing my deleted partitions so tell me any other way to recover my formatted hdd.
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Ubuntu 8.10 will install on 32 bit sys but 12.04 won't

I recently got a refurbished desktop (32 bit) with Windows 7 home preloaded. Ubuntu 8.10 will install on it but Ubuntu 12.04 won't as it doesn't recognize a hard drive. As a test I reloaded with XP Pro SP3, but Ubuntu 12.04 still won't find a hard…
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I have Ubuntu and Windows 8.1 installed on separate SSDs each, any way I can access files in drive on the opposite OS?

I want to be able to play music from my Ubuntu drive from my Windows 8.1 mainly.
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How to use my drive without administartive permission

I have my 1tb drive which have my flutter projects. My drive always asks for administrative permission. Whenever I save files it asks permission and also shows error showing denial of permission. Please help me remove this file from use of…
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Ubuntu changes drive order with multiple HDDs

My motherboard is GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H, and I have 4 internal HDDs. The first one (sda) contains various Ubuntu versions. Others HDDs contain Windows XP, Windows 7, and data. However the drive order changes when there is a kernel/software update…
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Use External Hard Drive Partition for Ubuntu Installation

I'm relatively new to Linux and I want to try and install Ubuntu 16.04.3 to a 500GB partition I have on an external drive. I have a bootable copy of the ISO already configured on a USB drive and can confirm that it works. One thing I want to be sure…
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Is Ubuntu's handling of other internal drives safe?

When ever I restart or shutdown the computer, I have to click on the drive and it takes a few minutes until the drive is technically "mounted". Is it safe? does this means that every time the computer is restarted the internal drives are un-mounted…
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software install/update requires CD

when i try to install pip-python i get this message Media change: please insert the disc labeled 'Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander - Release amd64 (20131016.1)' in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and press enter i don't have cdrom ? Any possibility to have…
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3.5" drive runs continuously

I installed Ubuntu on an old XP desktop with cd and 3.5 inch drive. The 3.5 inch drive runs continuously. I installed the equivalent of device manager can found the drive but could not disable it. Is there an easy way to disable this drive? I…
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Shared drive between windows and ubuntu

I have laptop which has HDD. I can use this HDD both in Ubuntu 13.10 and windows7. I have problem If I save some documents in UBUNTU, why I can not see that file in windows. Is there any valid reason behind this.But vice versa is possible.
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How to change drive name

My disk have 3 partition, one for system and others for store data. I can change its label, but I can not change path for that partition. My partition have a "work" label name, but I must input /media/dd7e8652-201e-4ea6-bb9b-8469091ecb25 to access…
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Mounting drives using keyboard shortcut

Recently, I learned that we can assign and access specific folders using keyboard shortcut. For example, to access my Downloads folder, I have assigned the command: nautilus Downloads/ and a keyboard shortcut Alt+D to access the Downloads…
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