Ubuntu, not Windows
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ZephyrLM
August 20, 2014 5:36:41 AM
ronintexas
August 20, 2014 5:44:53 AM
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ZephyrLM
August 20, 2014 5:48:31 AM
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Rookie_MIB
August 20, 2014 5:48:37 AM
wildfire707
August 20, 2014 5:49:43 AM
Well, that is really not enough information.
If I had to guess I would think that it is a disk problem (as you did not use your hard drive to boot). It could just be bad files, a bad drive, motherboard port - it is just a bit much to say from that brief statement.
If you can, try booting Ubuntu from USB and install and run gparted from that. you can have gparted test the disk and see if it finds any problems. It can try and fix them as well, but (as always) there is some risk involved.
If I had to guess I would think that it is a disk problem (as you did not use your hard drive to boot). It could just be bad files, a bad drive, motherboard port - it is just a bit much to say from that brief statement.
If you can, try booting Ubuntu from USB and install and run gparted from that. you can have gparted test the disk and see if it finds any problems. It can try and fix them as well, but (as always) there is some risk involved.
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ZephyrLM
August 20, 2014 5:52:34 AM
ronintexas
August 20, 2014 5:59:55 AM
ZephyrLM
August 20, 2014 6:22:37 AM
Aristotelian
August 20, 2014 8:19:54 AM
What does Windows do when it fails to boot? Do you get BSOD? Before doing anything I would first boot into Ubuntu using USB, then make a backup of as much of the data as you can.
I also don't know what you mean by "after restarting to continue installation..." Once you go through the installation on your HDD, you should remove the USB stick. If you get the "Try Ubuntu" screen, that means it is booting to your USB stick.
I don't know why you would want to format the disk in your PS3. What are you expecting to accomplish with that?
I also don't know what you mean by "after restarting to continue installation..." Once you go through the installation on your HDD, you should remove the USB stick. If you get the "Try Ubuntu" screen, that means it is booting to your USB stick.
I don't know why you would want to format the disk in your PS3. What are you expecting to accomplish with that?
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ZephyrLM
August 20, 2014 10:21:53 AM
Firstly, no, I don't get a BSOD. If you read my other threads, you will get an idea on what happens when Windows boots.
Secondly, when I choose how to install Ubuntu, I chose 'Install Alongside Windows 7'. It prompted me to 'Restart To Continue Installation'
Thirdly, I want the HDD in my PS3 as it will be 400 GB more space. If the HDD is dead because of corrupted files, then a full restore in the PS3 may get it working again.
Secondly, when I choose how to install Ubuntu, I chose 'Install Alongside Windows 7'. It prompted me to 'Restart To Continue Installation'
Thirdly, I want the HDD in my PS3 as it will be 400 GB more space. If the HDD is dead because of corrupted files, then a full restore in the PS3 may get it working again.
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ZephyrLM said:
Ubuntu won't install. After restarting to continue the installation, it brought me back to the 'Try Ubuntu/Install Ubuntu' screen
You are still booting from the USB drive. Make sure that you remove it after initiating the reboot. It should have stopped and told you that once it had finished shutting everything down, but you might have missed it or it might have just given you a blank screen instead (I've had that plenty of times).
EDIT: Oops, just noticed that someone else already said this. Nevertheless, that is indeed the reason you're still seeing the option to try or install Ubuntu. I don't think I've really paid much attention to the message about restarting to continue, but IMO it doesn't make much sense given that it doesn't install anything else once it reboots.
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ZephyrLM
August 21, 2014 12:48:31 PM
ZephyrLM
August 22, 2014 7:10:04 AM
Aristotelian
August 22, 2014 7:37:45 AM
ZephyrLM
August 22, 2014 1:05:20 PM
wildfire707
August 22, 2014 1:49:25 PM
As far as memory goes, you can just test it using Memtest86+ at:
http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
You can put it on a CD or USB memory stick, boot it and let it run. After about a half an hour it will have run enough tests to see if there are any errors. If it doesn't find any by then, your memory is okay.
http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
You can put it on a CD or USB memory stick, boot it and let it run. After about a half an hour it will have run enough tests to see if there are any errors. If it doesn't find any by then, your memory is okay.
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ZephyrLM
August 22, 2014 5:40:32 PM
wildfire707
August 22, 2014 10:14:57 PM
ZephyrLM
August 23, 2014 6:24:25 AM
skittle
August 23, 2014 6:47:10 AM
Aristotelian
August 23, 2014 7:25:31 AM
ZephyrLM
August 23, 2014 9:05:23 AM
turkey3_scratch
August 23, 2014 9:07:01 AM
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