||<>|| These guides concern storage devices. They explain how to use hard disks, CD-ROMs, USB drives and such with Ubuntu. = Hard Drives = * [[InstallingANewHardDrive|Installing a new hard drive]] * [[TestingStorageMedia|Testing Storage Media]] - How to test hard disks etc. for physical defects - methods similar to Scan``Disk. * [[MoveMountpointHowto|Renaming Internal Partitions]] - How to change the display name (and mount point) of an internal hard drive. * [[RenameUSBDrive|Renaming External Drives]] - How to change the label name (and mount point) of an external drive. * [[MountingWindowsPartitions|Accessing files on your Windows drive]] - FAT and NTFS. * [[RenameUSBDrive|Renaming Windows Partitions]] - Renaming FAT32 / NTFS / Ext2 / Ext3 Partition Labels . * [[HowtoPartition|Partitioning]] - Partition your HD for other OS's and swap space. * [[DiskSpace]] - How many partitions and which size for an Ubuntu installation. * [[SwapFaq]] - Swap memory requirements. * [[EncryptedFilesystems|Encrypted Filesystems]] - Encrypting the entire hard disk during installation and on existing installs. * [[StripedVolumeHowTo|Striped volumes]] - Set up a RAID0, or "striped" volume to boost hard drive performance * [[clonezilla]] backup and restore drives or partitions = CD/DVD Drives = * [[ManageDiscImages|Manage Disc Images]] - How to convert CloneCD to ISO and mount ISO files. * [[CdDvdBurning|Burning CDs and DVDs]] - How to burn CD-R and DVR/+-R/+-RW/DL. * [[EjectCDLauncher|Eject CD]] - How to add a launcher on your panel to eject your cdrom. = Removable Storage = * [[Mount/USB|USB drives]] - How to use a USB stick with Ubuntu. * [[EncryptedFilesystems|Encrypted Filesystems]] - Transparently encrypt removable storage devices (USB flash drives, portable hard drives, etc). * [[TrueCrypt|TrueCrypt Hidden Volume (GUI)]] - How to create a hidden encrypted volume with TrueCrypt. * [[TruecryptHiddenVolume|Truecrypt hidden volume (command line)]] - How to create a hidden encrypted volume with Truecrypt. * [[WorldWritableFloppyDrive|World-writable floppy drive]] - How to allow any user to write to and unmount any mounted floppy. = Security = * [[DrivesAndPartitionsSecurity]] - Security considerations when creating partitions and mounting volumes. * [[EncryptedFilesystems|Encrypted Filesystems]] - Securing storage at the filesystem level. = Data Recovery = * [[DataRecovery]] - Recover lost data from failed or formatted media. = External information on Drives and Partitions = * http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/disk-partitioning.html - Disk partitioning tips. ---- CategoryHardware