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Carmk2008

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Total noob here so go easy, I have wiped clean an hdd salvaged from an old laptop and I am trying to install Ubuntu to it, but I am not doing so well. I bought a usb transfer cable for the hdd as I thought it was a case of download Ubuntu connect hdd and send download to it and while I can send it to it, it doesn't seem to be anything other than a download file nothing seems loaded onto it. I also have a ssd that I would prefer to install it onto but I cant even locate that on my laptop.

Any help would be greatly appreciated but please in simple terms if you could.

Thanks
 
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ok what you need to do is burn the ubuntu ISO file you downloaded onto a a blank DVD and then place the DVD in the pc at set the dvd drive as main boot device at system start up and you should be presented with a installation screen from which you should be able to understand the rest of the process
 
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Hi thanks for the reply the hdd is for my Htpc which doesn't have a disc drive hence the reason I have it plugged in with a usb transfer cable so would I burn this onto a disc and play it on my laptop and then load it onto the hdd I would prefer it on my ssd but I can't even locate it when it's plugged into my laptop any idea why this is, excuse my ignorance
I am totally clueless at this.
 
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there are many tools out there which allows you to put ubuntu onto a flashdrive or any usb device and boot straight from the usb device and install the os to the hard drive .. i think you have to do something you bios before and ssd works but am not familiar with that so i cant help there .. however you can try a program called unetboot ,it turns a flashdrive into a bootable disk so you can install your linux os off of it .. search for the program on google
 
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Thanks I will look into this.
 
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