Re: troubled installations
- From: René <list.account@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:19:57 +0100
Am 17.03.2006, 13:01 Uhr, schrieb Avraham Hanadari <hanadari@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
I have tried to install Ubuntu or Kubuntu twice. Unfortunately both
times there was such a catastrophic result that I had to reformat my
hard disk. I do not want this to happen again, so I am imploring you to
help me. I really do want to get started learning the system.
Here's what happened both times. The installation of 5.1 in a dual boot
with my XP Home went without a hitch. Or so I thought. I was able to
work within both Ubuntu or Windows after choosing at boot-up.
I have my hard disk partitioned in C: NTFS for XP, and two other data
partitions. (By the way, I never did succeed in mounting the data
partitions for access from Ubuntu!) When I viewed the partitions later
using Partition Magic 8 in Windows, instead of the partitions I expected
to see plus the Linux ones, all I saw was a long "mask" covering the
entire HD and labeled BAD.
Since both OS's worked, in spite of the "BAD" label, I was able to save
everything before the reformatting, but I would prefer a clean
partitioning, as I have been able to achieve with Fedora and Suse. With
the mask in place, I cannot resize the partitions or otherwise work with
the disk. I suspect this has something to do with not being able to see
the data partitions and mount them in Ubuntu.
hello Avraham
for what ever reason, to me it sounds like a 'mixed salad' on the harddisk, or even some hardware failure.
as i do not know much about how to 'check and repair' failures on a harddisk (except to use tools you have in Windows itself), i would start once again in the following way:
0. save your data (you told, you have done that successfully)
1. use 'dban' (search it on the internet) to format your harddisk on a much deeper level
if the outgoing is fully successful:
2. install once again Windows (it has to be installed before Ubuntu).
3. use software tools in Windows (maybe you also find some free software on the internet) to check your harddisk as thouroughly as possible
4. do not make any partition for the upcoming Ubuntu installation (Ubuntu will do it itself during the installation)
5. install Ubuntu
that does not sound simple, thats what i would do, but i guess in this way it can come to work.
regards,
René
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