The other day, I got a warning that boot partition is almost full or has no space left. Yes, I have a separate boot partition, not many people do that these days, I believe. This was the first time I saw such an error and it left me confused. Now, there are several ways to free up space on Ubuntu (or Ubuntu-based distros) but not all of them are useful in this case. This is why I decided to write about the steps I followed to free some space in the /boot partition. Free up space in /boot partition on Ubuntu (if your boot partition is running out of space)...
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So you just bought an AAA game from the Microsoft Store over the holiday. Games such as Forza Horizon 3, can take up as much as 60GB of disk space. If you have Windows 10 installed on a limited SSD drive chances are you don’t want it filled up quickly. Microsoft has considered this limitation and offer the choice of which drive to be installed during the purchase. Unfortunately, this function doesn’t work exactly as advertised under latest Windows 10 Insider Preview. (as of this writing Version 1709 OS Build 17046) Install Forza Horizon 3 I’ve recently downloaded a game to be specifically installed on none Windows drive but...
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So you just bought an AAA game from the Microsoft Store over the holiday. Games such as Forza Horizon 3, can take up as much as 60GB of disk space. If you have Windows 10 installed on a limited SSD drive chances are you don’t want it filled up quickly. Microsoft has considered this limitation and offer the choice of which drive to be installed during the purchase. Unfortunately, this function doesn’t work exactly as advertised under latest Windows 10 Insider Preview. (as of this writing Version 1709 OS Build 17046) Install Forza Horizon 3 I’ve recently downloaded a game to be specifically installed on none Windows drive but when...
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GParted has long been the go-to tool for disk and file-system management on Linux — but GNOME Disks is fast catching up. A core system utility, GNOME Disks (also known as GNOME Disk Utility) is used to manage disk drives and mountable media. It lets you format and partition drives; mount and unmount partitions and quest SMART features (where available). But it hasn’t been able to resize partitions or perform file system repair — until now. Work by developer Kai Lüke finally lets GNOME Disks resize partitions and their filesystems, and check filesystems and repair them. Both features are at an early stage of development and Kai notes that many...
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Have you ever wondered how a computer boots up? Regardless of hardware or operating system, all computers start up using either the traditional BIOS-MBR or the more recent UEFI-GPT method employed by the latest versions of Operating Systems available. In this article, we will compare GPT and MBR partition structures; GPT stands for GUID Partition Table, while MBR stands for Master Boot Record. First, we start by understanding the boot process. The following chapters highlight differences between GPT and MBR partition styles, include instructions on how to convert between the two styles, and offer advice on what to choose. Understanding a computer boot up process When you hit the power...
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Do you want to partition your USB drive using the built-in Disk Management tool in Windows 10? Want to create multiple partitions on a USB drive? Here is how to partition a USB drive in Creators Update and above versions of Windows 10. In Windows 10 Anniversary Update and earlier versions of Windows 10, Windows would not allow users to partition USB drives from Disk Management. While it has always been possible to create multiple partitions on internal drives via Disk Management, partitioning USB drive was not possible. We had to either use the Command Prompt or third-party software to create additional partitions on a USB drive. With Windows...
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MBR (Master Boot Record) is most commonly used partition style in Windows system. It still supports both legacy and UEFI types of BIOS. But the lack of the storage capacity is slowly giving its way to GPT (GUID Partition Table) which also provides a redundant protection by writing the GPT header and partition table at the both beginning and end of the disk. If you are using a partition formatted in MBR and would like to convert it to GPT so you can benefit the full storage space in one partition, here is a way to do it now without losing any data in Windows 10 Creators Update. MBR2GTP is...
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GParted 1.1 has been released. Here is how to install GParted in Ubuntu LInux. The GNOME Partition Editor, GParted is a free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions. With GParted you can resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss, enabling you to grow or shrink your C: drive, create space for new operating systems and attempt data rescue from lost partitions. Perform actions with partitions such as: create or delete resize or move check label set new UUID copy and paste Manipulate file systems such as: btrfs ext2 / ext3 / ext4 fat16 / fat32 hfs / hfs+ linux-swap lvm2 pv nilfs2 ntfs reiserfs / reiser4 udf...
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Boot Camp is a built-in utility in macOS designed to help install and run Windows operating system on Mac computers. The Boot Camp Assistant can also be used to download Boot Camp drivers for Windows 10. If you chose to download Boot Camp drivers for Windows 10, the Boot Camp Assistant downloads the Boot Camp support software (drivers) to a USB drive connected to your Mac. While downloading Boot Camp drivers for your Windows 10 in macOS using Boot Camp Assistant utility, you might get “The USB drive cannot be used. Please format the USB drive as single MS-DOS (FAT) partition with Master Boot Record scheme” error message. As...
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GParted 1.1 has been released. Here is how to install GParted in Ubuntu LInux. The GNOME Partition Editor, GParted is a free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions. With GParted you can resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss, enabling you to grow or shrink your C: drive, create space for new operating systems and attempt data rescue from lost partitions. Perform actions with partitions such as: create or delete resize or move check label set new UUID copy and paste Manipulate file systems such as: btrfs ext2 / ext3 / ext4 fat16 / fat32 hfs / hfs+ linux-swap lvm2 pv nilfs2 ntfs reiserfs / reiser4 udf...
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