brij-linux
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i had installed ubuntu 21.10 and burned the iso to my hard disk using balena etcher, now i want to format the hard disk but I don't know how to plz help.
how to format my hard disk which has ubuntu burned into it.
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Condobloke
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Are you going to burn another iso to that disk?
If you are going to do that, there is no need to format it.
Whatever you burn to the disk will automatically format/wipe the disc for you.
If you are going to do that, there is no need to format it.
Whatever you burn to the disk will automatically format/wipe the disc for you.
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brij-linux
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no i am not going to burn again I will use a SSD to burn ubuntu into it. i will use this hdd for other purposes
Condobloke
Well-Known Member
Do you have ANY Linux installed, anywhere ?....If not you will be formatting that disk in Windows system ...
In Windows
Open Disk Management, locate and right-click the disk you'd like to format. Choose Format. Enter a name for the drive.
If you are going to be using the disk in a Windows system, format it to NTFS
If you are going to use the disk in a Linux System, format it to fat32
In Windows
Open Disk Management, locate and right-click the disk you'd like to format. Choose Format. Enter a name for the drive.
- Under File system, choose NTFS. Under Allocation unit size, choose Default. Uncheck Perform a quick format. Select OK > OK.
If you are going to be using the disk in a Windows system, format it to NTFS
If you are going to use the disk in a Linux System, format it to fat32
Brickwizard
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Just a bit of terminology correction, @brij-linux (and welcome to linux.org):
You don't burn a linux .iso to a hard disk.
You burn it to a USB stick or a DVD and then install to the hard disk.
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
You don't burn a linux .iso to a hard disk.
You burn it to a USB stick or a DVD and then install to the hard disk.
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
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You can format your drive from the Live USB - see my post here - https://linux.org/threads/access-to-an-hdd-on-linux-mint-20-0-solved.37933/#post-143806
One way to format is via gparted
It's available by itself or as part of SystemRescue
Do you want to know the command for 1) creating a bootable USB device of one of the above ISOs or any other ISO and/or
2) format the drive in question using the
command?
It's available by itself or as part of SystemRescue
Do you want to know the command for 1) creating a bootable USB device of one of the above ISOs or any other ISO and/or
2) format the drive in question using the
Code:
mkfs
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