got new hard drive lost old system can't boot

[bryan37]

I was running ubuntu 14.04 lts and my hard drive died. I got a new hard drive but when I go to boot up with the ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso dvd nothing happens. How do I get the new ubuntu to load on to my machine and start working?

[Bucky Ball]

Thread moved to Installation & Upgrades.

Welcome. How did you burn the disk image to the DVD? Are you sure you are booting from the DVD? You need to set that in the BIOS.

[bryan37]

Thanks for the help. I don't understand what you mean by how did I burn the disk image to DVD. Is there more than one way? Which way should I use?

[lisati]

Thanks for the help. I don't understand what you mean by how did I burn the disk image to DVD. Is there more than one way? Which way should I use?

What did you do with the ISO file you downloaded when it had finished downloading? There are different ways of preparing it for use.

[Bucky Ball]

You burnt a disk image to DVD and didn't simply drag and drop the ISO file or you've installed 14.04 from this disk previously?

[bryan37]

It is a completely blank hard drive without anything on it. I have never installed a system from this DVD before.

And thank you again for the help!

[Bucky Ball]

Then back to the first question: How did you burn the ISO image to the DVD? What software did you use to do it? UNetbootin? Universal USB Creator? Something else?

[bryan37]

If my memory is correct, I used k3b to burn it.

[lisati]

I'm looking at an old turorial for burning imgaes with K3B at the moment. Do you remember using an option similar to the one "Burn DVD ISO image"?

[bryan37]

No, I don 't recall the details of how I burnt the file. Maybe I should start over again? What should I use to burn a new disk and how should I burn it?