dillonrabbit
August 21st, 2009, 12:22 AM
Hi all,
I am a new linux user and only recently installed ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop (Sony Vaio VGN-NR38M). It worked fine for a few days but then it said that there was an "unclean shutdown" and that i should try to run FSCK manually. I did this by following advice on other forums. When FSCK was running it said it found "errors" - it gave me the option to ignore (y) and to Force Overwrite (y). I agreed yes to both.
now when i turn it on i get "error 17" and nothing else.
I've tried to re-install ubuntu but i can only get as far as step 4 "Prepare Partitions" - it is blank, there are no drives visible and nothing for me to select.
The buttons at the bottom - "new partition table" "new partition" "edit partition" "delete partition" are greyed out.
Does any know how i can fix this?
I considered taking the drive out of my laptop and reformatting it, would this help or is it more likely that there is a hardware issue with the drive itself?
Thank you for taking the time to read this, i'm sorry if i'm not very specific with my description of the problem.
Regards,
DR
I am a new linux user and only recently installed ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop (Sony Vaio VGN-NR38M). It worked fine for a few days but then it said that there was an "unclean shutdown" and that i should try to run FSCK manually. I did this by following advice on other forums. When FSCK was running it said it found "errors" - it gave me the option to ignore (y) and to Force Overwrite (y). I agreed yes to both.
now when i turn it on i get "error 17" and nothing else.
I've tried to re-install ubuntu but i can only get as far as step 4 "Prepare Partitions" - it is blank, there are no drives visible and nothing for me to select.
The buttons at the bottom - "new partition table" "new partition" "edit partition" "delete partition" are greyed out.
Does any know how i can fix this?
I considered taking the drive out of my laptop and reformatting it, would this help or is it more likely that there is a hardware issue with the drive itself?
Thank you for taking the time to read this, i'm sorry if i'm not very specific with my description of the problem.
Regards,
DR