mcp1
August 18th, 2009, 06:03 PM
I'm an absolute beginnger here, and am sure this has already been discussed elsewhere on the Forum, so if anyone can direct me to that thread it would be appreciated.
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on an older PC (IBM Netvista 800/Windows XP) which had picked up a virus. It partially installed and then said there was an error on the disk and stopped, so it has wiped out part of the old system and the computer won't run at all (not even in Safe mode).
I tried re-downloading Ubuntu (md5Sum checked out) and rewriting it to a new disk using Infrarecorder, and it came up with the same error.
Am I doing something wrong on how it's writing it? Is it the hardware configuration? Do I need to fully erase the drive to install it. If so, how could I do that now that the basic system is gone?
Thanks for any help
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on an older PC (IBM Netvista 800/Windows XP) which had picked up a virus. It partially installed and then said there was an error on the disk and stopped, so it has wiped out part of the old system and the computer won't run at all (not even in Safe mode).
I tried re-downloading Ubuntu (md5Sum checked out) and rewriting it to a new disk using Infrarecorder, and it came up with the same error.
Am I doing something wrong on how it's writing it? Is it the hardware configuration? Do I need to fully erase the drive to install it. If so, how could I do that now that the basic system is gone?
Thanks for any help