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Some time ago I made a question asking How to install Ubuntu on a USB external Hard Drive without losing its external storage ability. They've closed my question and sent to this one.

Today I did the steps "Installing Ubuntu to a removable USB drive with Virtual Box". But When I try to use the Hard Drive as a normal USB Stick, the system doesn't recognize it. I'm using Windows, the Windows detects the drive. Although the bootable Ubuntu works fine, the windows doesn't recognize as hard drive unit. Does it really lead for what I wanted to?

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I would recommend the method suggested by Tom Brossman in the comment above.

Create two partitions on your drive, one for Ubuntu and the other for your Data (NTFS). You may create a third 2 to 4Gb partition for Swap if you wish (recommended).

When you plug it in a Windows machine, the OS will recognise the NTFS partition and mount it normally while ignoring the ext4 partition for Ubuntu and the Swap partition if there is one.

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