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Repartition plus Printer (lemmy.world)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28418213

Repartition again plus Printer

Hey again.

Thank you again for all of the help with the dual boot and repartition a few weeks back. I am running Linux Mint.

I repartitioned the Linux side to about 25 GB and over the last few weeks just downloading updates, I guess it has filled up. It tells me there is only 75 MB left. Is that normal or can I free up room again?

Also, the printer no longer prints. It just hangs when I try to print. It shows up correctly as the HP Deskjet 3510 but won’t print. Any tips on how to fix?

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Repartition again plus Printer (lemmy.world)
 

Hey again.

Thank you again for all of the help with the dual boot and repartition a few weeks back. I am running Linux Mint.

I repartitioned the Linux side to about 25 GB and over the last few weeks just downloading updates, I guess it has filled up. It tells me there is only 75 MB left. Is that normal or can I free up room again?

Also, the printer no longer prints. It just hangs when I try to print. It shows up correctly as the HP Deskjet 3510 but won’t print. Any tips on how to fix?

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[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/

Excellent forums. I have been a member for five years and it has been fantastic.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Wow. Just wow.

Installed Mint in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Reporting back!

Gparted and Gnome online account worked!

Thank you!

Installed Mint in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I will take a look at rclone too.

Installed Mint in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks! I will check these guys out too.

Installed Mint in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks for the info!

Installed Mint in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The personal stuff is backed up to Google Drive so if the laptop dies, nothing happens to them.

I will give g parted a shot too.

Installed Mint in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I have been deleting stuff for a long time. It is Windows plus very basic apps at this stage. It is a cheap laptop so I don’t want to replace the drive.

Installed Mint in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I like this idea. Zero partitions and presumably 30GB shared with dual boot into Windows and Mint. I need to read up on this one.

Installed Mint in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah. I thought this was a good start.

https://itsfoss.com/use-google-drive-linux/

Installed Mint in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, the computer’s main use is a printer at this stage and the printer connected to Mint fine. I could probably make the switch as long as the printer works…

Installed Mint in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] NBCooks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am reading that Google Drive doesn’t have a native Linux app but there are plenty of alternatives and ways to make it work. I guess I will try that as my first option or alternatively offload it all on to a USB stick and transfer it. I could look at sync options as well.

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Installed Mint (lemmy.world)
 

Mint is great but I have to fix my screwups.

My cheap laptop has a 128GB SSD. I have 30GB available .

I installed Mint on Sunday on a 15GB partition then realized I was immediately out of room.

Now I believe I have reformat, repartition to maybe 25GB and reinstall. Any better options?

Also, I could probably reformat the entire laptop if I could only figure out how to replace the Google Drive for sync backup for roughly 15 GB of personal photos and videos.

Technically, I wouldn’t have to do anything as it is already backed up but I guess I’d need a way to copy everything over to a Linux alternative that can be backed up from Mint.

Thoughts?

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