Linux Mint Forums

As @catweazel said -- there is no "Linux-only"variant of NTFS -- as this is a native Windows filesystem.

So, whatever you used was improperly worded.

@AlchemistOfLife: You didn't mention the Windows version, but if it is Win10, you need to know that any filesystem that is open when you shut it down will then be locked and can not, after that, be opened by Linux. So, if it IS Win10, you have to disable Fast Startup: There are two ways to disable F...

If the external drive was connected to a Win10 setup, then when you shut it down, almost certainly, it was then HIBERNATED -- as this is the default with Windows 10 now. And if that happened, you have to reconnect the drive to a Win10 setup and use Safely Remove to disconnect it, in order to prevent...

You said "web development fast and comfortable sites". So, does that mean you want fast web development? Or does it mean you want fast website browsing? And, what does "comfortable" mean? The speed of website browsing is determined by (1) the Browser you use, and (2) throughput limitations determine...

I use two additional routers as Extenders because the WiFi signal from my primary router is weaker on other floors. The simplest way I have found to select different routers is to have each one have its own set of two SSIDs -- one for 2.4GHz and one for 5GHz. I use an app on my Android phone to disp...

The FIRST thing I would do on BOTH would be to boot to a LiveUSB of LM and see how well that works in terms of hardware detection and subsequent driver installation. Anything not working, and/or not found, is going to range from easy (i.e., driver available) to impossible (i.e., driver NOT available...

Ton wrote: ⤴

Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:08 am

I have linux mint installed. Is it from linux posibel to install Windows. So i get a duelboot?

Just so you understand the answer -- you are not installing Windows "from Linux"; instead, you are booting from the Windows installation media and installing from there.

What do you mean by "go into my BIOS"? The BIOS entries won't show Linux or Windows; instead, they only show physical drives.

If Linux installs properly, when you reboot, you get a GRUB menu -- and that is not a BIOS menu.

According to specs I could find, your laptop has only ONE physical drive, not two. Windows calls C: and D: different "drives", but in reality, they are different "partitions" -- nearly always on the same physical drive. So BEFORE you do anything about installing ANYTHING, you need to sort this out -...

Actually, with all the Windows installs on sda -- the unfortunate answer is -- not really much, at all. Your Windows is set to boot from sda1 -- and in there, you would find boot loader that handles both Win7 and Win8. If you had separate drives, you could have a different Windows OS on each drive, ...

Wine is only an interface layer that works only SOME of the time -- it is not a general solution for wanting to run any .exe file that you find. You should first check the Windows app against entries in this database to determine its Wine rating: https://appdb.winehq.org/ If the Windows app is not l...

Sorry no one got back to you earlier ...

Make a mount point, let's call it WindowsHD:
Now, mount that volume read-only:
Note: presumes the Windows drive is "sdb" and the partition is the first one on that drive.

First of all, as mentioned already "memory is not disk space", so it looks like you want to recover files from your disk -- which has nothing whatsoever to do with "memory". Second, you mentioned you have a 1TB disk but only around 250GB was seen. This is typical if the disk has several partitions, ...

Ok, thanks for your fast reply. Is there a way to make windows not split those (I plan to reinstall Windows on this PC anyway)? Yes -- but it's complicated. When you install Windows 7 or newer on a blank drive, it automatically partitions the drive to include a System partition, in effect, its own ...

Two things ... First, you said you need to share the Windows filesystem because you need to run some programs, but basically, Windows programs do not run in Linux. So, if that is the reason for sharing the filesystem, then you're wasting your time. Second, Windows 10 keeps it filesystem mounted even...

That's because os_prober, when looking for Windows OSs, looks for different file, and Win10 can sometimes split those files between two partitions, causing os_prober to "see" Windows in both partitions. To "fix" this, you have to go out of your way to manually combine all the files needed into a sin...

Any time you try to run an MS app, you need to read it's information page in the WineHQ site. This is the page for Outlook: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=34 And, as you can see, most of the ratings are really poor -- and the only rating for Outlook 2010 is for the...

Before trying to run any Windows apps or games in Wine, you need to check here to see if it has been tested: https://appdb.winehq.org/ Be sure to check both the version of the app and the version of Linux you are using -- as results vary by both. If the app/game is not listed, then most likely, it i...

... I went back to Linux and decided to mount and unmount the Windows disk from the Terminal. When I tried to mount the Windows disk (mount /dev/sda) I got the following message: mount: can't find /dev/sda in /etc/fstab. I tried mounting the partitions separately (mount /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2) but...

In my experience, Wine doesn't run MOST Windows apps, only runs a few well, and those are mostly REALLY OLD versions. For example, I think the latest IE version that works in Wine is v7; so I know that v11 is not going to work. You can check with this link to see if the app you want to run has been ...