Monday, December 28, 2015

[LINUX_Newbies] External HD

 

I have a "WD My Book Essential" external USB hard drive.  I have been using it on my Windows computers; it has back data on it which I want to keep on it.  The drive is partitioned into a "F:" & "G:" drive  on the W7 computer, where the "G:" drive is password protected.  There is a Windows "unlock" app.  

I hooked the WD external drive to my Lubuntu computer via USB.  All I can see is the partition that is not password protected; it contains the Windows WD apps.  The other partition does not even appear to be present.  

How would I access the the password protected partition?  Is there a "password unlock" app available?  I find nothing looking at the WD website- no drivers or support.

Should I purchase another USB external HD for Linux only and, if so, what?  My intention is to backup the Linux computer to the external drive.

I am a new user of Linux.
 
Dan Cook, aa0qc 
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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Remove Dual Boot

 

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:30:56AM -0800, maylit2me@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> I willfully did not include the process because I did not use any of the tips provided.
>
> Before anyone posted a response I went ahead and used a method that was much more complex and time consuming than any of the tips provided. So, if there are others seeking advice in this regard, I suggest that they use the tips that were posted to the group.
>

Heh, that makes sense. Thanks for taking the time to follow up.

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Remove Dual Boot

 

I willfully did not include the process because I did not use any of the tips provided.

Before anyone posted a response I went ahead and used a method that was much more complex and time consuming than any of the tips provided. So, if there are others seeking advice in this regard, I suggest that they use the tips that were posted to the group.
 

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Remove Dual Boot

 

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 08:59:06AM -0800, maylit2me@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> Thanks to all for the tips. I now have just XP on that drive.

And thanks for letting us know it was solved. It's also useful, as one
day, someone might google the same question and come across this thread, to
let us know which method worked for you, if you have the time and
inclination.

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Remove Dual Boot

 

Thanks to all for the tips.  I now have just XP on that drive.

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Remove Dual Boot

 

Hi


I've used EasyBDC on Window7 dual with Ubuntu to remove Ubuntu which worked well. It also works with Vista and XP.

There's a Video on Youtube by Britec09 called "How to Safely Uninstall Linux with Windows Dual Boot" which takes you
through the process.

Hope this helps.

Aldy.
On 27 Dec 2015, at 22:42, Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies] <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> On 12/27/2015 03:33 AM, maylit2me@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> > I have a hard drive with partitions with XP (C:) and Ubuntu.
> > I rarely use the Ubuntu so I plan to remove it.
> > I'm not sure of the procedure to do so.
> >
> > Can I just use a partition manager to change the Linux partition to NTFS?
> > If so, will the GRUB boot manager be deleted as a result so that I end
> > up with a direct boot to XP?
> >
> > If that is not the correct way, what is the proper procedure?
> >

On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 11:52:24AM -0600, Michael Sullivan msulli1355@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> IIRC, you can just go into a terminal in XP and issue "fdisk/mbr" and it 
> will wipe out grub, rewriting it to boot to XP exclusively. I'm not 
> sure how you're going to reclaim the space that Linux is using. Maybe 
> you could delete the Linux partition and then use your partition manager 
> to extend Windows to occupy that space. I don't know much about 
> partition managers myself. Just my two cents...

Grub would be in the mbr I think, so changing the Linux partition won't fix
it. I think Michael gave you the right answer as far as boot, use
fdisk/mbr. As for the partition, I don't know if Windows XP sees it or
not. If it sees unidentified file system, I assume that there's some disk
managment software for Windows to reclaim it. I remember in the old days,
Windows couldn't read Linux partitions and Microsoft said that you should
boot with a Linux disk and use Linux fdisk to change the partition type,
but I don't know if that's the still the case, (or was the case with XP,
which is pretty old itself.)

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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Remove Dual Boot

 

> On 12/27/2015 03:33 AM, maylit2me@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> > I have a hard drive with partitions with XP (C:) and Ubuntu.
> > I rarely use the Ubuntu so I plan to remove it.
> > I'm not sure of the procedure to do so.
> >
> > Can I just use a partition manager to change the Linux partition to NTFS?
> > If so, will the GRUB boot manager be deleted as a result so that I end
> > up with a direct boot to XP?
> >
> > If that is not the correct way, what is the proper procedure?
> >

On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 11:52:24AM -0600, Michael Sullivan msulli1355@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> IIRC, you can just go into a terminal in XP and issue "fdisk/mbr" and it
> will wipe out grub, rewriting it to boot to XP exclusively. I'm not
> sure how you're going to reclaim the space that Linux is using. Maybe
> you could delete the Linux partition and then use your partition manager
> to extend Windows to occupy that space. I don't know much about
> partition managers myself. Just my two cents...

Grub would be in the mbr I think, so changing the Linux partition won't fix
it. I think Michael gave you the right answer as far as boot, use
fdisk/mbr. As for the partition, I don't know if Windows XP sees it or
not. If it sees unidentified file system, I assume that there's some disk
managment software for Windows to reclaim it. I remember in the old days,
Windows couldn't read Linux partitions and Microsoft said that you should
boot with a Linux disk and use Linux fdisk to change the partition type,
but I don't know if that's the still the case, (or was the case with XP,
which is pretty old itself.)

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Remove Dual Boot

 

IIRC, you can just go into a terminal in XP and issue "fdisk/mbr" and it
will wipe out grub, rewriting it to boot to XP exclusively. I'm not
sure how you're going to reclaim the space that Linux is using. Maybe
you could delete the Linux partition and then use your partition manager
to extend Windows to occupy that space. I don't know much about
partition managers myself. Just my two cents...

On 12/27/2015 03:33 AM, maylit2me@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> I have a hard drive with partitions with XP (C:) and Ubuntu.
> I rarely use the Ubuntu so I plan to remove it.
> I'm not sure of the procedure to do so.
>
> Can I just use a partition manager to change the Linux partition to NTFS?
> If so, will the GRUB boot manager be deleted as a result so that I end
> up with a direct boot to XP?
>
> If that is not the correct way, what is the proper procedure?
>
>
>
>

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[LINUX_Newbies] Re: [linux] Wake on mouse movement question...

 

On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 10:34:12PM +0000, Joan Leach jleach728@sbcglobal.net [linux] wrote:
> I noticed that this isn't available on the latest LXLE or Makulu, so
> I was wondering if it's a new to Ubuntu or Debian or something else
> in Linux? My PcLinuxOS seems to be okay, but then it's a semi-rolling
> distro. I know to some this is no biggie, but reaching for a keyboard
> anymore than I have to with my sore shoulders is a pain. So I'm
> asking before I jump ship for another Distro...

My immediate thoughts are that it is controlled by BIOS. Could look in
the kernel doc for "wake".

<https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/power/devices.txt>

The wake files looks interesting. I'm quite far from a real computer at
the moment so I cannot test.

> Thanks and Happy Holidays,Joan in Reno

And to you too :)

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[LINUX_Newbies] Remove Dual Boot

 

I have a hard drive with partitions with XP (C:) and Ubuntu.
I rarely use the Ubuntu so I plan to remove it.
I'm not sure of the procedure to do so.

Can I just use a partition manager to change the Linux partition to NTFS?
If so, will the GRUB boot manager be deleted as a result so that I end up with a direct boot to XP?

If that is not the correct way, what is the proper procedure?



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Saturday, December 26, 2015

[LINUX_Newbies] Wake on mouse movement question...

 

I noticed that this isn't available on the latest LXLE or Makulu, so I was wondering if it's a new to Ubuntu or Debian or something else in Linux? My PcLinuxOS seems to be okay, but then it's a semi-rolling distro. I know to some this is no biggie, but reaching for a keyboard anymore than I have to with my sore shoulders is a pain. So I'm asking before I jump ship for another Distro...

Thanks and Happy Holidays,
Joan in Reno

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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] the computer ist whistlening

 

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 05:03:51PM +0100, 'highskywhy@yahoo.de' highskywhy@yahoo.de [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
> good afternoon

Well, it's still morning here, but...
>
>
>
> the computer is doing a noise very loud
> like Tinnitus it is sounding
> what can be the problem?

It could be many things, it depends what you mean by tinnitus which I
always think of as sounding a bit like a fan.

So, the fans are a likely culprit. If you can open the computer up, and
clean the dust that might help.

However,if it's a grinding or clicking noise, it may be the hard drive, in
which case, you better make a back up.

> merry christmas

And, for all those that celebrate it, to you as well.

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[LINUX_Newbies] the computer ist whistlening

 

good afternoon

the computer is doing a noise very loud
like Tinnitus it is sounding
what can be the problem?

we switched it off.

merry christmas
sophie

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] how to learn to convert a video

 

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 03:41:14PM +0100, 'highskywhy@yahoo.de' highskywhy@yahoo.de [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>
>
> Thank You for answer.
>
> The problem is
> I own vlv winffm ffmpeg
> but I cannot use it.
>
>
> Is there a workshop in the www for learning that
> for example what is a container?+

A container is something like avi or mkv that holds the video and audio
streams, but I don't think that is your issue.

I'm not familiar with winffm or vlv. If you want us to help, then you have
to give more information (and be careful of typing--did you mean vlc?)

What do you mean you can't use it.

What file are you trying to convert? If you put it on the web somewhere
where one of us could download it, we may be able to convert it for you,
(though I don't have a Windows 95 machine around to test it with.)

What happens if you have a video called myvideo.mp4 and run

ffmpeg -i myvideo.mp4 myvideo.avi

Does it create myvideo.avi?

What do you get if you run

ffprobe myvideo.mp4 (Look for the 0:0 and 0:1 to see what type of codec
they're using.) Something like

Stream #0:0(und): Video: hevc (Main) (hev1 / 0x31766568), yuv420p(tv),
720x404, 136 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn, 25 tbc (default)

(For the video. That one is hevc, libx265 which some distributions,
including LinuxMint, won't play)

(Also look for Stream 0:1)

If you have a video that DOES work on Windows95 copy it to your Linux
machine and run that ffprobe command on it and see the names it gives for
0:0 and 0:1.

A sample video would be very useful. If you could put it online somewhere
that we could look at it, we might be able to give more help.

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