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I had XP, decided to get rid of it and install Ubuntu, but now I can only run it from the cd that I made. When I try to boot up it goes to the dard screen with the flashing cursor for about 5 min. then says that it cannot find the hard disk. When I choose normal boot mode it does the same thing.

Submitted: 20 days and 14 hours ago.
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Posted by Robert Preston 20 days and 5 hours ago.

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Hi,

It sounds like either the hard drive partition is corrupted or the hard drive is dead. Have you tried doing a reinstall?

Thanks,
Rob

20 days and 4 hours ago.

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I will try to reinstall Ubuntu again and let you know, but I have to go to work now and will not get to do it until I get home tomorrow morning. Yes I work nights. :)

Posted by Robert Preston 20 days and 3 hours ago.

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Ok

Rob

19 days and 20 hours ago.

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Hi,
I am back and will try the reinstall. I will be shutting this computer down as it is the one I am doing the reinstall on and will communicate to you with my laptop.

Posted by Robert Preston 19 days and 19 hours ago.

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Ok, let me know.

Rob

19 days and 19 hours ago.

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I have reinstalled Ubuntu 9.10. After completing the install it rebooted to start the new install but the screen came up with " Primary hard disk drive 1 not found. Below that it said strike F1 to continue. I did and it finished booting to Ubuntu. I don't know if it will reboot correctly the next time, but thanks for your help.

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Ok a couple questions:

Do you have more than one hard drive?

Are you installing Ubuntu to the primary hard drive?

Are you sure it's actually installing? It sounds like a defective hard drive...

Rob

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Expert: Robert Preston
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Answered: 11/3/2009

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19 days and 18 hours ago.

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Only X XXXX XXXXX. Not sure where it is installing to. It's running now without the install disk. Should I try to shut it down and restart it?

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