I suspect I may have found the cause of unknown problems, perhaps in previous installations too, while attempting to solve my problems by going back 2 versions of Kubuntu to 13.10.
For those of you accept the challenge and who have been trying to help me for months now, what I must describe is confusing for me, may be very understandable or may also be confusing for you, however was not noticed on previous version installs, so I suspect it has been with me for multiple versions of attempt to install.
When installing a new version of Kubuntu, to make sure I do not lose any data, I do not format, but do set the file system of all existing and used partitions, with the exception of the one containing the Operating System that is going to be removed and reinstalled with the new installation. That one, of course, I check the box for Format.
With all the problems I have been having over the past couple of years, I did not notice something that is probably causing my problems. One of my TB drives is entered with an NTFS file system and should be entered with an EXT4 file system. I don't even remember when I first noticed that I had somehow deleted my stored files, however, the fact that I do not have files that used to be stored in my /home partition, or my /svpersonal partition, I have been existing trying to fill my personal data base for quite some time.
My thinking now is that at some time in the past, I wrongly set the file system for the partition that contained that missing information to NTFS when it should have been EXT4. I suspect the missing data is still there. If I am correct in my thinking, I am further confused by what name I should apply to that partition is I attempt to correct that problem with this installation, by properly setting the file system EXT4 and naming the partition with the correct name.
Would I be correct in my thinking that the missing information would be in a previous /home partition, due the the significant loss of personal information, or could it be that that the missing data would be in a partition that contained backup data? See, I told you this would be confusing.
My guess is that the partition with the wrongly set file system (NTFS) probably contains my missing data and should have been named my /home partition when my problems first started to appear. Nevertheless, because the /svpersonal partition contained my backup data, at my knowledge level, that also seems a fairly logical guess. Can you advise me on your opinion?
Apparently, whatever drives the opening of my computer has been thoroughly confused by the past mistakes, because my computer no longer opens a Boot Order window prior to the computer opening an OS. It simply opens Window 7, when if anything it should be opening Kubuntu. And this was preceded by my system locking up completely leaving no entry even to the BIOS until I shut down Hard and unplugged the computer for about 30 seconds and then restarted.
This was the first time at startup where the Boot Order window did not appear and Windows 7 opened instead without being selected.
Below is a copy of what appears when during the installation process a user would activate and enter file systems and format the drive containing the Operating System that is to be replaced, just prior to installing the new OS:
DIVICE TYPE MOUNT POINT FORMAT SIZE USED
/dev/sda
/dev/sda1 ntfs 104MB 25MB
/dev/sda5 ext4 1,000,096MB 17,578MB
/dev/sdb
/dev/sdb swap 32,033MB
/dev/sdb5 ext4 X 95,999MB 24,312MB *
/dev/sdc
free space 1MB
/dev/sdc1 FAT32 104MB 33MB
/dev/sdc2 132MB unknown
/dev/sdc3 ntfs 249,468MB unknown **
free space 5,974MB
/dev/sdd
/dev/sdd1 ntfs 1,000,200MB ***
* I am pretty sure this is my Kubuntu Boot partition. The drive is an SSD that when pur-
chased contained 128GB. It contains my Kubbuntu OS and is closest in SIZE of all the
entries..
** This contains the Windows 7 Operating System + files to operate. I did not plan to
use this OS except in emergency and thought the 244GB SSD would serve my needs.
The fact that the used portion is UNKNOWN is a bit confusing and is probably because
the data is in an SSD drive.
[COLOR=#b22222]*** NOTICE THAT THE FILE SYSTEM IS NTFS, SHOULD BE EXT4 AND THAT NO
DATA IS SHOWN AS USED SPACE. I believe that this is my missing data partition,
but I am not sure it contains any data anymore. Nonetheless, I believe its mount point,
in a previous installation, was /home. Not having the proper /home partition has pro-
bably caused most of my current and previous problems. I am not smart enough to
deduce.
[B]I was very careful when making the above drive description to space the items
accurately so that it would be easy to read. When I previewed this Post, I noticed
that my spacing was not properly reproduced and do not know why. Sorry if it is
hard to read. If you are having trouble understanding it, please indicate, and I will
post a reply that explains each item in detail.
Thanks for your patience. I have been having many troubles over the past year or
two that may have been caused by this error. I have no excuse for not noticing
the problem during previous installations.
If my deductions are accurate, can I install Kubuntu 13.10. When the time comes to activate the partitions and enter the file systems, can I correct the incorrect entry of ntfs and change to ext4, then set the mount point as /home. Next can I name the other tb drive as /svpersonal, which will correctly save the data of that drive? My concern here is if I change my current /home drive back to /svpersonal, will I lose the data I have since accrued in the wrongly named /home partition. Although it may have been wrongly named /home, it probably contains data, photographs, and the such that I would still like to retain. And if I make these changes, is there any chance the data that was in the /home drive before the mistake occurred is still in that drive? No data is given showing any data in the partition with ntfs as its file system.
I do not believe there has been any instruction to format that partition, either now or in the past, just the improper naming of the file system.
This is so long, I hope it does not chase all away from reading it.
For those of you accept the challenge and who have been trying to help me for months now, what I must describe is confusing for me, may be very understandable or may also be confusing for you, however was not noticed on previous version installs, so I suspect it has been with me for multiple versions of attempt to install.
When installing a new version of Kubuntu, to make sure I do not lose any data, I do not format, but do set the file system of all existing and used partitions, with the exception of the one containing the Operating System that is going to be removed and reinstalled with the new installation. That one, of course, I check the box for Format.
With all the problems I have been having over the past couple of years, I did not notice something that is probably causing my problems. One of my TB drives is entered with an NTFS file system and should be entered with an EXT4 file system. I don't even remember when I first noticed that I had somehow deleted my stored files, however, the fact that I do not have files that used to be stored in my /home partition, or my /svpersonal partition, I have been existing trying to fill my personal data base for quite some time.
My thinking now is that at some time in the past, I wrongly set the file system for the partition that contained that missing information to NTFS when it should have been EXT4. I suspect the missing data is still there. If I am correct in my thinking, I am further confused by what name I should apply to that partition is I attempt to correct that problem with this installation, by properly setting the file system EXT4 and naming the partition with the correct name.
Would I be correct in my thinking that the missing information would be in a previous /home partition, due the the significant loss of personal information, or could it be that that the missing data would be in a partition that contained backup data? See, I told you this would be confusing.
My guess is that the partition with the wrongly set file system (NTFS) probably contains my missing data and should have been named my /home partition when my problems first started to appear. Nevertheless, because the /svpersonal partition contained my backup data, at my knowledge level, that also seems a fairly logical guess. Can you advise me on your opinion?
Apparently, whatever drives the opening of my computer has been thoroughly confused by the past mistakes, because my computer no longer opens a Boot Order window prior to the computer opening an OS. It simply opens Window 7, when if anything it should be opening Kubuntu. And this was preceded by my system locking up completely leaving no entry even to the BIOS until I shut down Hard and unplugged the computer for about 30 seconds and then restarted.
This was the first time at startup where the Boot Order window did not appear and Windows 7 opened instead without being selected.
Below is a copy of what appears when during the installation process a user would activate and enter file systems and format the drive containing the Operating System that is to be replaced, just prior to installing the new OS:
DIVICE TYPE MOUNT POINT FORMAT SIZE USED
/dev/sda
/dev/sda1 ntfs 104MB 25MB
/dev/sda5 ext4 1,000,096MB 17,578MB
/dev/sdb
/dev/sdb swap 32,033MB
/dev/sdb5 ext4 X 95,999MB 24,312MB *
/dev/sdc
free space 1MB
/dev/sdc1 FAT32 104MB 33MB
/dev/sdc2 132MB unknown
/dev/sdc3 ntfs 249,468MB unknown **
free space 5,974MB
/dev/sdd
/dev/sdd1 ntfs 1,000,200MB ***
* I am pretty sure this is my Kubuntu Boot partition. The drive is an SSD that when pur-
chased contained 128GB. It contains my Kubbuntu OS and is closest in SIZE of all the
entries..
** This contains the Windows 7 Operating System + files to operate. I did not plan to
use this OS except in emergency and thought the 244GB SSD would serve my needs.
The fact that the used portion is UNKNOWN is a bit confusing and is probably because
the data is in an SSD drive.
[COLOR=#b22222]*** NOTICE THAT THE FILE SYSTEM IS NTFS, SHOULD BE EXT4 AND THAT NO
DATA IS SHOWN AS USED SPACE. I believe that this is my missing data partition,
but I am not sure it contains any data anymore. Nonetheless, I believe its mount point,
in a previous installation, was /home. Not having the proper /home partition has pro-
bably caused most of my current and previous problems. I am not smart enough to
deduce.
[B]I was very careful when making the above drive description to space the items
accurately so that it would be easy to read. When I previewed this Post, I noticed
that my spacing was not properly reproduced and do not know why. Sorry if it is
hard to read. If you are having trouble understanding it, please indicate, and I will
post a reply that explains each item in detail.
Thanks for your patience. I have been having many troubles over the past year or
two that may have been caused by this error. I have no excuse for not noticing
the problem during previous installations.
If my deductions are accurate, can I install Kubuntu 13.10. When the time comes to activate the partitions and enter the file systems, can I correct the incorrect entry of ntfs and change to ext4, then set the mount point as /home. Next can I name the other tb drive as /svpersonal, which will correctly save the data of that drive? My concern here is if I change my current /home drive back to /svpersonal, will I lose the data I have since accrued in the wrongly named /home partition. Although it may have been wrongly named /home, it probably contains data, photographs, and the such that I would still like to retain. And if I make these changes, is there any chance the data that was in the /home drive before the mistake occurred is still in that drive? No data is given showing any data in the partition with ntfs as its file system.
I do not believe there has been any instruction to format that partition, either now or in the past, just the improper naming of the file system.
This is so long, I hope it does not chase all away from reading it.
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