setting up/converting windows 11-> ubuntu

[bruce]

Liam.

Oh, and thanks for the reply, and appreciate the comments.

But I'm also looking for the steps/sequence/process to handle setting
up the process for running ubuntu on windows, as well as the whole
backup/restore process.

thanks


On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM bruce <badouglas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi liam!!
>
> You EU guys!! Expecting correct data!
>
> My bad -- up a few days without sleep!
>
> To your points
>
> internal ssd/nvme 128G with base laptop
>
> usb -- not usd!
>   1tb usd extern drive
>   1tb usb external drive sata (2.5" hdd in usb case) sata
>  external, as the laptop doesn't have space/permit an additional
> internal drive. HP changed over te last 6 months  -- so in order to
> have the space I want, external is the solution. I'm good with this
> solution, as opposed to a larger ssd
>
> so --
>  since 128 is the ssd with the laptop, probably not going to increase
> as i'll have the 1tb external hdd
>  - i recognize the need for both drives to operate.
>  -this should be sufficient/doable, but would be tested
>
>  -i'm not going to be going to 8 tb hdd anytime soon
>
>  -as to the "reboot" without external drive causing issues, i fail to get this:
> > Splitting OS and data is trivial but not if one is removable and so
> > might not be connected. 1 accidental boot without the external drive
> > connected and it's destroyed. Don't do this.
> care to explain?? i get the system would be inoperable, but wouldn't
> reconnecting/rebooting have a working system
>  -would this not be a matter of (re)mounting the external drive
>
> as far as "speed", usb connections should be sufficient.
>
>
> thanks
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 at 02:34, bruce <badouglas at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Looking for ideas/opinions. I'm getting a HP amd ryzen 5, with 128G
> > > ssd, and a 1tb usd extern drive. The goal is to have ubuntu/OS on the
> > > 128 SSD, and the rest of the data/dev processes/etc on the 1TB extern
> > > drive.
> > >
> > > At the same time, I'm going to be setting up a backup process for the
> > > SSD/hard drive. The backup process will be every X days.
> > >
> > > So, any thoughts/pointers on what the process could/should be?
> > >
> > > I'm seeing various sites, with diff opinions, so thought I'd post here
> > > for input as well.
> >
> > Slightly struggling to understand here.
> >
> > 1.
> >
> > > 1tb usd extern drive
> >
> > USB, not USD as in $, right? Extern = external, obviously. The
> > abbreviations make this tricky to follow especially when some of them
> > are wrong!
> >
> > 2.
> >
> > Why external? It is worse in almost every way: slower, more expensive,
> > more to go wrong.
> >
> > You give irrelevant detail in some places but not crucial detail.
> > Example: you specify an internal SSD (but not the interface) but you
> > do not specify the type of external drive. Do you mean SSD or HDD?
> > NVMe or SATA or what? This is important to know but you don't mention
> > it.
> >
> > 3.
> >
> > Why just 128GB? That is beyond tiny by 2025 standards. I buy used
> > 128GB drives for about £10 for testbed machines but they are getting
> > hard to get so small. That is supermarket USB key sized now.
> >
> > 4.
> >
> > Splitting OS and data is trivial but not if one is removable and so
> > might not be connected. 1 accidental boot without the external drive
> > connected and it's destroyed. Don't do this.
> >
> > 5.
> >
> > You can't have a drive as both part of your system _and_ for backup. I
> > mean, it's possible but it's pointless. It's both much more fragile
> > _and_ essentially useless as a backup because if the main drive fails
> > you lose your backups as well.
> >
> > 6. With SSDs of any type it's a good plan to leave lots empty.  I
> > explained this in a recent thread.
> >
> > 1TB is small by 2024 standards. I put a secondary data-only drive in
> > my old iMac in 2023 and it was an 8TB HDD, bought cheap used on
> > Amazon. 8TB SSD is perfectly doable now and the HDD feels so slow I'm
> > considering it.
> >
> > There is a lot of detail in here, some missing, some contradictory,
> > some just wrong, and overall it's confusing and inconsistent.
> >
> > Overall advice: don't. UI R DOIN IT WRONG as the kids used to say.
> >
> > If you have some ultra small form factor machine, budget on:
> >
> > * minimum 512MB but ideally 1-2TB internal NVMe SSD.
> > * external, secondary storage, don't waste time on tiddly 1TB drives.
> > Get a SATA 8 TB or so 3.5 HDD and use that for backups as it's not
> > performance critical.
> >
> > You need to think about interfaces more. Research it, learn the
> > differences, thing about speeds.
> >
> > Unless you are working on a very low budget then you are thinking in
> > terms of sizes from a decade ago.  You need to revise your size
> > estimates up substantially, e.g. by about 10x.
> >
> > You need to conceptually differentiate fast and slow, form factors not
> > just capacities.
> >
> > E.g. SATA SSDs are 2.5" but you don't need 2.5" HDD for bulk storage.
> > 3.5" is cheaper and bigger and more robust.
> >
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