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so i thought my laptop had dyed, turns out it was just the HDD.

 

used one of my spare drives and managed to get laptop to boot, 

 

 

Now about to install ubuntu on this 1tb toshiba hard drive thats now in my laptop, but i need to keep the data on the hard drive, HOW DO?

 

is there a way to preserve my data as a partition?

 

also I'm fairly new to ubuntu

 

During the installation process you can shrink the partition on it.

so i thought my laptop had dyed, turns out it was just the HDD.

 

used one of my spare drives and managed to get laptop to boot, 

 

 

Now about to install ubuntu on this 1tb toshiba hard drive thats now in my laptop, but i need to keep the data on the hard drive, HOW DO?

 

is there a way to preserve my data as a partition?

 

also I'm fairly new to ubuntu

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so i thought my laptop had dyed, turns out it was just the HDD.

 

used one of my spare drives and managed to get laptop to boot, 

 

 

Now about to install ubuntu on this 1tb toshiba hard drive thats now in my laptop, but i need to keep the data on the hard drive, HOW DO?

 

is there a way to preserve my data as a partition?

 

also I'm fairly new to ubuntu

 

During the installation process you can shrink the partition on it.

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During the installation process you can shrink the partition on it.

thanks wasn't sure but someone confirming it is nice thanks

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thanks wasn't sure but someone confirming it is nice thanks

 

You're welcome, sorry for my vagueness but I was in a hurry to go somewhere, as long as you got my point haha.

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

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You're welcome, sorry for my vagueness but I was in a hurry to go somewhere, as long as you got my point haha.

Under use as it gives me a long list of options should i just go with Fat32 file for the main install?

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Under use as it gives me a long list of options should i just go with Fat32 file for the main install?

 

You need an Ext 4 partition for linux, that is the main os install partition, make that the size you want for linux, as well you need a small Swap partition 4 GBs might be overkill but just to be safe make it 4 GBs

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

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You need an Ext 4 partition for linux, that is the main os install partition, make that the size you want for linux, as well you need a small Swap partition 4 GBs might be overkill but just to be safe make it 4 GBs

cool thanks.

 

i decided that $60 really isn't that much and im just gonna buy a fresh drive for it

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cool thanks.

 

i decided that $60 really isn't that much and im just gonna buy a fresh drive for it

 

No problem man.

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.

Just some helpful stuff: You're - You are, Your - Your car, They're - They are, Their - Their car, There - Over there.

 

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