Can't access the HDD on Ubuntu system.
Can't access the HDD on Ubuntu system.
Hello! Your PC has an HDD with Ubuntu installed on it, and you're attempting to convert it to NTFS for Windows use. The error you're encountering during formatting appears to be: "Error unmounting /dev/sda1: Command-Line 'unmount "/dev/sda1" exited with non-zero exit status 32:unmount: /:target is busy..." This usually happens when the drive is in use. Make sure no other processes are accessing the drive, or try formatting after stopping any running tasks.
According to what I understand, you can't format a drive while another system is running on it (lmfao). It might also refer to partitions. For instance, if you have a 500GB system partition and an empty one, you can only format the drive with another operating system in place. Formatting a drive with an OS already running would delete that OS as well, which isn't how it works.
Avoid this outcome. Simply install gParted on a USB drive and format it there, or format the drive during the Windows setup process.
Yeah, basically. I'm chuckling but taking it seriously. If you're trying to format a hard drive that's running on an HDD, you won't be able to do it directly. You'd need a clean install and format the disc during that process, or switch to another drive, install an OS there, and then format your original HDD with the new system.
The operating system is running from the current partition. If you have additional partitions, you can modify them. You don’t need to format the disk before installing Windows. Begin the Windows installation media and you’ll see an option to remove existing partitions and set up new ones with NTFS file system.