Problem loading Ubuntu into used laptop

richlevy · 03-30-2007, 09:47 PM

Well, I attempted Ubuntu and Freespire. Both ran fine off of the CD but failed when I attempted to load to the disk. I checked both sets of error and it appears the 6-year-old hard drive in the used computer with a large crack in it's side might be bad.

Anyway, I called the company and they are sending me another drive at no charge.

Linux apparently had a problem dealing with this. I am going to repartition as a FAT32 and run diagnostics to see how bad it really is.

The replacement drive arrives tomorrow but I want to see for myself how compromised this drive appears to be.

03-30-2007, 09:47 PM	#15
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Well, I attempted Ubuntu and Freespire. Both ran fine off of the CD but failed when I attempted to load to the disk. I checked both sets of error and it appears the 6-year-old hard drive in the used computer with a large crack in it's side might be bad. Anyway, I called the company and they are sending me another drive at no charge. Linux apparently had a problem dealing with this. I am going to repartition as a FAT32 and run diagnostics to see how bad it really is. The replacement drive arrives tomorrow but I want to see for myself how compromised this drive appears to be. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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