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<p>Thanks for the response Ted,</p>
<p>Well, that's the weird thing Ted. BIOS only shows the external
drive when plugged in, or the internal drive if the external is
unplugged. BIOS shows the USB stick when it's plugged in. I've
booted, I thought, from the external drive as shown in BIOS as the
only option (as I wrote, when it's plugged in, in which case the
internal SSD doesn't show up as a boot option.) In GParted I can
see all the connected drives and though I think I'm using the
external drive, I cannot unmount the internal drive. Since the
drives have different descriptors (but maybe the same UUID from
cloning) in the BIOS (again, only one shows at a time. The
internal if the external isn't connected, or only the external if
it is connected) it's easy to see which will boot. I think I've
booted the external drive but with GParted I cannot unmount the
internal drive as GParted says it is in use. So I think I've
booted the external SSD but can't unmount the internal SSD. That
makes no sense. I have no idea why both drives don't show up in
BIOS but they don't. There is the option of replacing the internal
SSD with the 1TB one and see what happens. I was hoping that I
could upgrade the newly cloned external drive and making sure all
is good before I start removing screws. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/3/24 09:07AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Brian, Boot
settings are in BIOS, you can try Esc, or F2 to enter boot
order and /or BIOS settings. My guess is that external hdd is
first in boot order, then the internal hdd. CDROM may also be
in the list. <br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">If you have a
good and bootable clone, why not install it into the laptop?
Or practice the upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 on the present hdd, if
successful, change to 1TB drive and do it again. That should
give you the larger and upgraded install you want. <br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Thank you,
Ted<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 2, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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<p>Hello All</p>
<p>As a prelude, I am reaching capacity on my internal 256GB
SSD and so am wanting to utilize the 1TB SSD I have. I'm
running Ubuntu Mint on an ASUS 15" laptop, version 20.04.
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<p>I successfully cloned my 256GB SSD to a 1TB SSD. I used
the entire space as one partition. When I check with
GParted I see that is actually the fact. However when I
boot the laptop with the 1TB SSD as a USB drive the
machine boots from that drive automatically. When I check
the BIOS on booting I only see the 1TB SSD as a Boot
option if it's connected as a USB drive, not the still
installed 256GB SSD. If I unplug the 1TB drive the laptop
boots from the internal drive. In the BIOS I can see in
each instance the specific drive (the 1TB USB drive or the
internal 256GB drive) as the only option to boot as
opposed to seeing the external 1TB drive and the internal
drive and being able to choose. Why the machine boots
automatically from the plugged in 1TB USB drive is an
unknown to me. At least the drive is cloned and will boot.
Before I replace the internal drive I'd like to have that
full 1TB available. If I can make that happen then I can
upgrade the distro and replace the internal drive with it.
Any ideas on how to get those almost 750GB on the 1TB
drive to be accessible? </p>
<p>Thanks for any help!</p>
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