Linux hard drive
Mar 20, 2023 23:16:46 #
I salvaged a HDD from a dead Linux machine and want to repurpose it for use as an external HDD for a Win 10 machine.
Is there a simple way to format this drive to work with Win 10?
Is there a simple way to format this drive to work with Win 10?
Mar 20, 2023 23:59:49 #
Cheese wrote:
I salvaged a HDD from a dead Linux machine and want to repurpose it for use as an external HDD for a Win 10 machine.
Is there a simple way to format this drive to work with Win 10?
Is there a simple way to format this drive to work with Win 10?
Attach it to a windows machine. Open disk manager, partition it and then format with the NTFS file system
Mar 21, 2023 00:05:21 #
The Win 10 machine does not recognize the Linux drive. Not in explorer. Not in Disk Management.
Mar 21, 2023 02:20:08 #
Do you have qemu or similar installed? Put a Linux distro in your vm, connect the disk and repartition to one disk and format to fat32.
Mar 21, 2023 10:03:39 #
It likely is formatted to Ext4 and Windows may not be able to recognize it.
If you have a bootable Linux dvd or thumb drive you could boot the computer from that and reformat the drive to NTFS or FAT32 while running from the Linux dvd. This would require some Linux skills to accomplish. There's plenty that could go wrong if you're not well versed in the Linux environment, especially when it comes to formatting drives. You wouldn't want to accidentally reformat your Windows drive. I wouldn't even mount it.
If you have a bootable Linux dvd or thumb drive you could boot the computer from that and reformat the drive to NTFS or FAT32 while running from the Linux dvd. This would require some Linux skills to accomplish. There's plenty that could go wrong if you're not well versed in the Linux environment, especially when it comes to formatting drives. You wouldn't want to accidentally reformat your Windows drive. I wouldn't even mount it.
Mar 21, 2023 10:07:16 #
Laramie wrote:
Do you have qemu or similar installed? Put a Linux distro in your vm, connect the disk and repartition to one disk and format to fat32.
No, I do not have QEMU.
Mar 21, 2023 10:10:16 #
Bayou wrote:
It likely is formatted to Ext4 and Windows may not... (show quote)
I do not have a bootable Linux thumb drive. The old Linux machine is dead and discarded. I only have very limited Linux skills.
Mar 21, 2023 10:38:32 #
Cheese wrote:
...I only have very limited Linux skills.
Then my suggestion is not going to be useful. It's an easy matter if you know a Linux geek who could help.
Best of luck...
Mar 21, 2023 11:05:28 #
alvin3232
Loc: Houston, TX
Hello
Give this a try.
How to remove the Linux partition from Windows 10?
Step 1: Deleting Linux Partition from Windows 10
Now right-click on the Linux partition which is without any name and click on Delete Volume which will appear a warning option, simply select “OK
Alvin
Give this a try.
How to remove the Linux partition from Windows 10?
Step 1: Deleting Linux Partition from Windows 10
Now right-click on the Linux partition which is without any name and click on Delete Volume which will appear a warning option, simply select “OK
Alvin
Mar 21, 2023 11:20:22 #
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