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200G external drive missing 100G of space. How to recover it?
I have a 200G Western Digital external USB hard drive that only allows me access to about half that storage.
What do I have to do to get the other 100G usable?
INFO: System is Linux Mint/Ubuntu.
There is NO DATA that needs recovering!
I prefer clicky-pointy tools, but can type commands in a terminal if I have to.
3 AnswersAdd-ons3 years ago1930s Texas Marriage - what was age with and without paremtal consent?
I'm tracing a 16 year old's Texas marrige in 1934-35 and it would really help if I knew whether she needed parental consent. Or how clesely they checked age if the girl looked quite adult. I can find the CURRENT laws, which is no help. What was it in 1930s?
5 AnswersGenealogy5 years agoCorrect URL for answer removal appeal?
I was notified that a REALLY OLD answer was removed by a "trusted member" for being against the guidelines.
My answer was: ""When you say you tried "allopathy" ... what did you try? Most ulcers are caused by a bacteria, Helicobacter pylori, and can be cured by antibiotics. If you tried antacids, it's not going to be successful."" I see nothing that violates the guidelines in that wording.
So I click the appeal link and get this:
"Sorry, Unable to open appeal page.
Please check the URL and try again." (It's their URL, it should work!)
If I try the help tree, I can't get any clicky-link that resembles the actual problem.
1 AnswerYahoo Answers5 years agoBrowser for Samsung Android Tablet that is NOT exclusively in the Google Apps store?
I'm stuck in an annoying circular problem: I can't download apps from the Google Play Store because the browser on the tablet is no longer supported. And all the browsers it supports apparantly must be downloaded from Google and not the application's site.
And the Google Play app on the tablet has decided it's not going to contact Google Play - I get a service not found error although everything else is on the tablet is working just fine. (yers, it's turned on, wireless is working, etc.)
I don't download from those cheesy 3rd party sites that show up in search. I don't trust them to not load malware into the apps. Are there any reliable places to get a browser outside the Google Play Store?
1 AnswerGoogle6 years agoOracle's VirtualBox guest additions for Win2000 ... where is the Device menu?
In the "Devices" menu in the virtual machine's menu bar, VirtualBox has a handy menu item named "Insert Guest Additions CD image", which mounts the Guest Additions ISO file inside your virtual machine.
My Win2000 virtual machine does NOT have the menu bar they are talking about.
1 AnswerSoftware6 years agoRacks or baskets for 15" trail bike with disk brakes?
Nice older Katmandu 15" BUT, but I need to be able to carry small amounts of stuff.
Any links to stuff that will work with this model?
3 AnswersCycling6 years agoWord "penguin" as a barricade? 1820s?
The book "Jamaica Planter's Guide" has a strange use of penguin. What is he referring to?
a vegetable garden ... "fenced in, where liable to trespass from cattle, by a post and rail fence, or a double ditch, penguined over." And he refers to a double ditch "topped with penguins" ....
Google has failed me.
2 AnswersWords & Wordplay7 years agoWhere can I get the full text of the 1661 Barbados Slave Code?
1 AnswerHistory7 years agoHow to fix unstable zigzag stitch width on Viking 5530 sewing machine?
Husqvarna Viking 5530 (vintage tank of a machine as shown) - problem
I have all the dials set right, but the width of the zigzag stitch oscillates between wide and narrow.
Any clues where to start? It's older than most service techs, and their omnly suggestion is buy a new one.
1 AnswerMaintenance & Repairs8 years agoHow much iron to make 1 gallon of iron acetate?
Given one gallon (3.785 liters) of 5% acetic acid (ordinary vinegar), how much iron do I need to add to completely use up the acetic acid and make as much iron acetate as possible?
Answer in grams or mg if you want to.
1 AnswerChemistry8 years agoReplace furnace's standing pilot with electronic ignition? Possible?
We would like to replace the pilot light in our furnace with something that does not have a standing pilot - some sort of glow-plug or spark
Is it possible?
Who sells them?
5 AnswersMaintenance & Repairs8 years ago