Thursday, 21 August 2025

 Connected a 500 GB External Hard Disk(inside this 500 GB Hard Disk is a Windows 10 Operating System installed using the traditional method , that is , by connecting the 500GB   Hard Disk  to the SATA cable) to the USB 3.0 port of a  MSI GP70 2PE Leopard  Laptop computer hardware .  The MSI GP70 2PE Leopard  Laptop  computer hardware is running Linux Operating System UBUNTU 24.04.   The  Linux Operating System UBUNTU 24.04  is installed inside a  160 GB External Hard Disk(the 160GB Hard Disk is connected to an External Casing) and the  160 GB External Hard Disk is then connected to the  USB 3.0 port  of the   MSI GP70 2PE Leopard  Laptop  computer hardware , meaning , the 160GB Hard Disk is not internally connected to the SATA port of the  MSI GP70 2PE Leopard  Motherboard .

Booting up the  Linux Operating System UBUNTU 24.04 on the  MSI GP70 2PE Leopard  Laptop  computer hardware require setting up the BIOS to boot up from the USB Hard Disk Drive  first , before booting up from the internal SATA Hard Disk Drive. 

Currenly , the Linux Operating System UBUNTU 24.04 did not recognise the   500 GB External Hard Disk(inside this 500 GB Hard Disk is a Windows 10 Operating System installed using the traditional method , meaning , the 500GB hard disk is connected directly to the Motherboard of a Computer via a  SATA interface and the Windows 10 Operating System is installed inside the 500GB Hard  Disk using a  Windows 10 Installation DVD .) when the  500 GB External Hard Disk is connected to the  USB 3.0 port of the   MSI GP70 2PE Leopard  Laptop  computer hardware . 

To solve this problem , below is the how-to :


norizan@abc777:~$ 

norizan@abc777:~$ 

norizan@abc777:~$ 

norizan@abc777:~$ sudo su

[sudo] password for norizan: 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# fdisk-l

fdisk-l: command not found

root@abc777:/home/norizan# fdisk-l

fdisk-l: command not found

root@abc777:/home/norizan# fdisk

fdisk: bad usage

Try 'fdisk --help' for more information.

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# man fdisk man


[1]+  Stopped                 man fdisk man

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/loop0: 245.57 MiB, 257495040 bytes, 502920 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



Disk /dev/loop1: 73.91 MiB, 77504512 bytes, 151376 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



Disk /dev/loop2: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



Disk /dev/loop3: 246.29 MiB, 258248704 bytes, 504392 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



Disk /dev/loop4: 11.13 MiB, 11673600 bytes, 22800 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



Disk /dev/loop5: 516.01 MiB, 541073408 bytes, 1056784 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



Disk /dev/loop6: 91.69 MiB, 96141312 bytes, 187776 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



Disk /dev/loop7: 10.83 MiB, 11354112 bytes, 22176 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


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Disk /dev/sda: 149.05 GiB, 160041885696 bytes, 312581808 sectors

Disk model: 0AS             

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disklabel type: gpt

Disk identifier: 00AFDCA9-7475-47F4-849C-511A1B83304B


Device       Start       End   Sectors  Size Type

/dev/sda1     2048   2203647   2201600    1G EFI System

/dev/sda2  2203648 312578047 310374400  148G Linux filesystem


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" Disk /dev/sda: 149.05 GiB "   is the  USB External Hard Disk Drive that is installed with the Linux Operating System UBUNTU 24.04 and it is connected to the USB 3.0 port port of the  MSI GP70 2PE Leopard   computer hardware

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Disk /dev/loop8: 49.29 MiB, 51687424 bytes, 100952 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



Disk /dev/loop9: 50.77 MiB, 53235712 bytes, 103976 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes



Disk /dev/loop10: 576 KiB, 589824 bytes, 1152 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


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Disk /dev/sdb: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors

Disk model: 12 HN-M500MBB   

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disklabel type: dos

Disk identifier: 0x0007b832


Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type

/dev/sdb1  *         2048 976771055 976769008 465.8G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

/dev/sdb2       976771089 976773167      2079     1M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)


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" Disk /dev/sdb: 465.76 GiB "    is the  500GB USB External Hard Disk Drive that is installed with Windows 10 Operating System using the traditional method , meaning , the 500GB hard disk is connected directly to the Motherboard of a Computer via a  SATA interface and the Windows 10 Operating System is installed inside the 500GB Hard  Disk using a  Windows 10 Installation DVD .

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root@abc777:/home/norizan# 



norizan@abc777:~$ sudo su

[sudo] password for norizan: 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# 

root@abc777:/home/norizan# cd /mnt

root@abc777:/mnt# 

root@abc777:/mnt# 

root@abc777:/mnt# ls -alh

total 8.0K

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Aug  6 00:48 .

drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4.0K Aug 17 22:32 ..

root@abc777:/mnt# mkdir sdb1

root@abc777:/mnt# cd sb1

bash: cd: sb1: No such file or directory

root@abc777:/mnt# ls -alh

total 12K

drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K Aug 22 11:13 .

drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4.0K Aug 17 22:32 ..

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Aug 22 11:13 sdb1

root@abc777:/mnt# chmod 777 sdb1

root@abc777:/mnt# ls -alh

total 12K

drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K Aug 22 11:13 .

drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4.0K Aug 17 22:32 ..

drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 4.0K Aug 22 11:13 sdb1

root@abc777:/mnt# cd sb1

bash: cd: sb1: No such file or directory

root@abc777:/mnt# 

root@abc777:/mnt# 

root@abc777:/mnt# pwd

/mnt

root@abc777:/mnt# cd /

root@abc777:/# pwd

/

root@abc777:/# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1

root@abc777:/# 

root@abc777:/# cd /mnt/sdb1

root@abc777:/mnt/sdb1# 

root@abc777:/mnt/sdb1# 

root@abc777:/mnt/sdb1# 

root@abc777:/mnt/sdb1# ls -alh

total 5.3G

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0K Aug 11 16:41  .

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Aug 22 11:13  ..

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug  9 22:30 '$Recycle.Bin'

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 11 16:41 '$WINDOWS.~BT'

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root  48K Aug 10 15:00 '1 TB HDD DOWNLOADS FOLDER_backup'

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 15:09 '1_This HDD is actually a Windows 10 USB Drive'

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug  9 21:46  AMD

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  34K Aug  9 19:03  autorun.ico

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  250 Aug  9 19:03  autorun.inf

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0K Aug  9 19:03  Boot

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 376K Jul 16  2016  bootmgr

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    1 Jul 16  2016  BOOTNXT

lrwxrwxrwx 2 root root   15 Aug 10 10:45 'Documents and Settings' -> /mnt/sdb1/Users

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug  9 19:03  EFI

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 00:34  found.000

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K Aug 10 14:33  found.001

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 20:46  Intel

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K Aug 10 15:03 'INTEL DZ68DB MOTHERBOARD DRIVERS'

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.0G Aug 11 16:23  pagefile.sys

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 22:14  PerfLogs

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K Aug 10 00:54  ProgramData

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0K Aug 11 16:25 'Program Files'

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0K Aug 11 16:20 'Program Files (x86)'

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 10:41  Recovery

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 128K Aug 10 15:57 'SAMSUNG Galaxy Note 9 _ BACKUP'

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 256M Aug 11 16:23  swapfile.sys

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K Aug 11 16:21 'System Volume Information'

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 20:45  TempEI4

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K Aug  9 20:49  Users

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root  24K Aug 11 16:20  Windows

root@abc777:/mnt/sdb1# ls -alh|more

total 5.3G

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0K Aug 11 16:41 .

drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Aug 22 11:13 ..

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug  9 22:30 $Recycle.Bin

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 11 16:41 $WINDOWS.~BT

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root  48K Aug 10 15:00 1 TB HDD DOWNLOADS FOLDER_backup

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 15:09 1_This HDD is actually a Windows 10 USB

 Drive

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug  9 21:46 AMD

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  34K Aug  9 19:03 autorun.ico

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  250 Aug  9 19:03 autorun.inf

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0K Aug  9 19:03 Boot

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 376K Jul 16  2016 bootmgr

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    1 Jul 16  2016 BOOTNXT

lrwxrwxrwx 2 root root   15 Aug 10 10:45 Documents and Settings -> /mnt/sdb1/Use

rs

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug  9 19:03 EFI

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 00:34 found.000

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K Aug 10 14:33 found.001

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 20:46 Intel

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K Aug 10 15:03 INTEL DZ68DB MOTHERBOARD DRIVERS

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5.0G Aug 11 16:23 pagefile.sys

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 22:14 PerfLogs

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K Aug 10 00:54 ProgramData

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0K Aug 11 16:25 Program Files

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8.0K Aug 11 16:20 Program Files (x86)

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 10:41 Recovery

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 128K Aug 10 15:57 SAMSUNG Galaxy Note 9 _ BACKUP

-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 256M Aug 11 16:23 swapfile.sys

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K Aug 11 16:21 System Volume Information

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Aug 10 20:45 TempEI4

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4.0K Aug  9 20:49 Users

drwxrwxrwx 1 root root  24K Aug 11 16:20 Windows

root@abc777:/mnt/sdb1# 

root@abc777:/mnt/sdb1# 


Then use the file manager software  "pcmanfm"  to back up the files or move the files , where ever you wanted to !











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