Search:

Finally went all Wolverine on this issue. I took everything, including the power supply, out of this machine. Hooked everything up on an "out of the box" jig I built out of balsa (be VERY CAREFUL if...

I appreciate it Mark. I've run that program on another computer on all the internal HDs that supposedly failed on me before I sent them back and they actually checked out according to WDs program....

I am currently using (and was introduced to) Ubuntu 12.04 because of what I believe are issues with my MSI K9N2 Diamond motherboard. When I was using Windows XP SP3, I get getting "so-called"...

Whenever your computer reboots, do you know how to get into your BIOS? (Usually it's the DEL key). If you know how to get into your BIOS:

Look in your BIOS for a BOOT ORDER section. There you can...

Going to mark this one as SOLVED, since apparently the problems I'm having now with my Logitech mouse don't fall under this thread. No big deal. THANK YOU to ALL who helped me get this far.
You ALL...

UPDATE AND NEW PROBLEM:
Followed your instructions to the letter. Now everything boots up just fine, but almost every time I boot up, the mouse freezes. I'm looking into mouse freezing around here...

Ruling. \m/ I'll give that a shot once I back-up everything. I have a strange theory by the way about this. I'm almost certain that there is something wrong with my MB, that it is failing and/or...

Okay, gotcha on the External drive installation stuff, makes sense. I let it update to 12.04, and it rebooted just fine 3 times (haven't done a shutdown yet, have some things to make sure I get done...

Okay, it seems to boot "okay" most of the time, though some times I have to resort to banging on the space bar to get it started. I have a WD 2.5 TB External that I use to back up everything (I...

You, Sir, are a steely-eyed missile man! :D
So far everything is working just fine.
A thousand thanks for putting a weeks worth of frustration to rest!
Have a killer weekend! You RAWK! :guitar:

Thanks for the advice. WIll do.

Yeah kinda figured that. ;) I managed to format the drive just fine. Then it came up and gave me a whole different set of problems and I didn't know if using the same thread would work or if...

Noob who knows very, very little about Ubuntu first.

Have been having install errors on a WD Passport HD.

I completely formated the drive to wipe out anything (including old installations) that...

Followed your instructions. Just did the install. On reboot I get this:

error: invalid extent
grub rescue:


I have no idea what that means, or what I may have done wrong. Any advice is...

Okay, I started the steps, but whether you mean to "dismount or safe remove" the drive or if you mean for me to "open up the drive and erase everything on it by selecting all and moving to the...

Thanks. I tried that though, twice. All I kept getting were two errors:

12.04 install error was:

kernel not loaded
grub:

11.10 install error was:

error: file not found

Firstly, I'm a complete noob. I don't even really know what "grub" is, etc. I'm an old-school DOS/Windows user so go easy on me please. ;)

I want to format a Western Digital My Passport drive that...

Now it seems there's a new problem. I tried to do a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the version that this whole thread began with. For some reason it would not format the WD My Passport that I've...

I appreciate everyone's help on this. I tried the grub update suggestion, but then when it rebooted it took me to a screen that looked like a terminal screen with this:

grub:


I tried to get a...

Really appreciate the replies.
@RedBlade20XX - Yes, it's after the BIOS comes and goes, and right after the "Orange Box" appears on my monitor.

Running the stuff suggested. We'll see what...

After updating Ubuntu (I have it installed on a WD Passport USB Drive) it now pull up with an error stating that "I need to load the kernel first". Complete newb when it comes to Linux/Unix so I...