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I have moved the Grub to the external drive, repaired the Win10 Boot.

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I just need to confirm my above reply before I proceed with the sudo grub-install dev/sdb

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Hello, Yes, It will always need to be connected to be recognized. I need to get the grub on the external drive, since windows is not loading if I don't have that external drive. Do I just simply do the sudo grub-install /dev/sdb will this fix my issue? Thanks PS: My concern is: This is a laptop, and...

Hi! I entered the code efibootmgr I got the following: fabio@fabio-Satellite-L775:~$ efibootmgr EFI variables are not supported on this system. You are right it is sdb, fabio@fabio-Satellite-L775:~$ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 298.1G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 579M 0 part ├─sda2...

Hello, I have done previous installations w/o issues. Today, I have installed Mint 20.3 Cinnamon to my Toshiba L775 laptop using a portable hard drive. Installation went well, I selected the right drive where I had LM 17.x loved it! but to my surprise when I unplugged my media (usb) it went directly...

Yes, original drive and I did a clean install (erase and install)

I am very much appreciated of the time you took to help me. I have a feeling this drive is the culprit. We tried everything and still not fixing the issue. I do thank you so much for your support, I DO!

This system had Windows 7 but it was already with viruses. I decided to give this to my mother, and installed for the very first time Mint.

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Here is the same result as the second line. mint@mint:~$ sudo e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/sda e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem. If the device is valid and ...

I gave it try on your last line to use the code provided by the system, and this is input from the command. mint@mint:~$ sudo e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/sda e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda The superblock could not be read or does not descri...

I entered the following bellow, but I don't have any idea. I need help to understand the output. This was executed with live usb. mint@mint:~$ sudo fsck -f /dev/sda fsck from util-linux 2.34 e2fsck 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020) ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number in super-block fsck.ext2: Superblock invalid, tryi...

SMG - Thanks Output on print free. I am sorry that it is in Spanish, this system is for my mother. I am sure you know the output. geo@geo-Lenovo-3000-G530:~$ sudo parted /dev/sda "print free" [sudo] contraseña para geo: Modelo: ATA ST9160827AS (scsi) Disco /dev/sda: 160GB Tamaño de sector ...

Searching the forum for help, I found this https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=254637 with kind of the same issue, but no solution since it was fixed by itself. Reading the post one of the replies state to simply install grub and update it. Should I just do that? I would appreciate...

Hi! I am getting this error at boot, once I pressed a key, it proceeds to boot normally. I am seeking help on how to fix this issue. I would appreciate the help. System info: geo@geo-Lenovo-3000-G530:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz System: Kernel: 5.4.0-88-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cin...

Hi! I recently installed cinnamon 20.2 everything working perfectly fine, until I selected the selections for span, zoom, stretch, etc. So now the wallpaper is just full blown on the desktop and not able to change or normal size. How can I fix this issue? I will appreciate the help. :( system info: ...

Any other steps I need to follow?

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I am sorry, I was not clear to you. I meant to have the steps on the bcmwl-kernel-source driver, so I can give a test.

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Would you be so kind as to provide the steps? I will install it and give a try.

Frist and for most, I appreciate the time your are taking to assist me on the issue. The rfkill list all does not display any output on my system at all. If there is not other way to fix the issue, then I will check with Xfce.

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rfkill list did not work on my system. Next command displayed the following:
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