I have been playing with Linux for a year or so. I have made some stupid mistakes and would now like to begin with a clean slate. My computer is an oldie but a goodie, and still very useful. It is an LGA 1150 with an i7 and 32gb of RAM. I have already installed Mint, and then Installed Ubuntu. When I made the change, I did something wrong because I have 2 hard drives that I cannot use. I can mount and read but not save to…still much to learn, but am satisfied, in general with ubuntu! I have a 250gb NVMe that, according to my manual, can be a bootable drive after getting a cmos update. I want to install the OS on the NVMe. 250gb is more than enough for Ubuntu. I was thinking of installing the apps there as well. I have 3 ssd drives, a 64 gb, a 128 gb and a 250gb. I have 3 x 3 tb mechanical hard drives. I also have a card reader plugged into an usb port all the time, 3 printers, a second NIC card (one on the mobo) and 3 extra video cards (plus the one built into the mobo) that i want to use altogether - awesome video experience!. i want to install a sound card this time (not use the onboard card) I also have a usb dock that lets me plug in 3.5 or 2.5 hard drives in externally and read them. I also have a couple of thumb drives. I would like to have a virtual machine with Windows installed on it or is it better to simply install windows on the 64gb ssd?
How should I go about the change? Do I have to “turn off” my hard drives before I make the change? I have heard that there is a command that will make all media useable (read and write). What is that? I probably have too many ssds….how should I use them?
