prepare partition portion of install

[AndyFreak457]

I have tried installing Ubuntu and Kubuntu

i can get the desktop of each to pop up

once i click on the install icon on the desktop, I get to step 4 of each one and it says prepare partition and i cannot do anything, my HD does not show up

i have tried though the HD and though a CD/DVD to install

help?

[x22]

is your HD ok? reason for that belief?
tried taking it out & reinstalling?

[AndyFreak457]

is your HD ok? reason for that belief?
tried taking it out & reinstalling?

i dont know why my HD would be a problem
ive used my computer with XP for awhile
is there a way to reformat the whole computer and start with ubuntu maybe?

EDIT:
just plugged in an external to my comp and tried again and it recognized it
so why isnt my main HD getting recognized?

[AndyFreak457]

bump

[Mark Phelps]

To get an answer to your question, you would need to boot from the liveCD, open a terminal window, enter "sudo fdisk -lu" (that's a lower-case ell, not a one), and post the results here.

I suspect that your disk is formatted entirely with NTFS partitions -- and the standard Ubuntu installer can't use those.

[AndyFreak457]

thank you so much for the reply

what do you recommend i do to get things running

[kranny]

Try Deleting all the Volumes Except the Xp Primary partition(If you dont want more than one ntfs partition) using a Xp cd.And then pop your Live cd and make the other desired partitions.