N.E.A Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 Hey guys, I made a live USB for ubuntu 12.04 and it works fine, the thing I'm asking for is how to make it save settings and programs installed on the USB ?!I made a 4GB persistence using Universal USB installer. Another thing, if that does not work, how to convert a partition from dynamic to basic without losing any data at least from the other partitions. Its a 1.5 TB HD and I've set it up to 4 partitions all of them are dynamic, I just want one of them to be basic to be able to install ubuntu on it. I've searched for solutions for these problems but I ended up with a dead end. Note : I'm new to linux. Its been a while since I logged in OCC, and boy does it look better than ever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted March 4, 2013 Posted March 4, 2013 In live edition, you can't save any settings or programs. To do those you have to install Ubuntu in your HDD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E.A Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Then how do I convert a dynamic partition to a basic partition to be able to install it?But I don't want the data on the other partitions to be lost though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 ^^ You can use any boot-able disk partitioner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E.A Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 can u recommend one for me ?! I've never used one of these before!! And will it erase the data on my HD?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 I use a combo kit called 'hiren's boot cd' for these purpose. IT have 4-5 different software for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E.A Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Are you sure that it wont remove any data when I convert the partition to "Basic"?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 Are you sure that it wont remove any data when I convert the partition to "Basic"?! Unfortunately you can never really be sure with these things and if you can, you better back it up. Below is a tutorial on how to do it w/ out data loss. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26829-convert-dynamic-disk-basic-disk.html or you can use Testdisk (tutorials available on site) Good luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pteroduck Posted March 12, 2013 Posted March 12, 2013 you can try thisput ubuntu onto a disk and go to start up disk creater or whatnot use that to install it onto your usb, that way you wont *need* persistence because that usb just became your harddrive. Thats what i did for my SD card and i dont have a persistence Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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