ohnoplus
February 7th, 2012, 08:20 PM
I am unable to start my laptop after dual partitioning with windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10.
More specifically:
I had windows 7 professional installed on my computer; it worked fine.
I partitioned my hard drive and installed Ubuntu on a new partition. Restarted the computer, selected Ubuntu through GRUB and had no problems.
Restarted the computer and started windows 7 through grub. It ran check-disk as the repartition caused it to "detect problems or some such" and then started up.
I then tried reboot the computer, which is when the problems began. Now when I boot from the hard drive I get the HP logo and the message press ESC key for startup menu and a picture of a battery with a plug. [I am running an HP Probook 6445b]. That stays on for maybe half a second and then goes off. Then flashes back up, then off and on again ad infinitum.
I can boot from a CD no problem. I tried reinstalling GRUB2 (not 100% sure it woked though). The reinstall didn't seem to do anything. I also tried reinstalling Ubuntu, no luck there either.
I am happy to provide any more information you all may need. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
More specifically:
I had windows 7 professional installed on my computer; it worked fine.
I partitioned my hard drive and installed Ubuntu on a new partition. Restarted the computer, selected Ubuntu through GRUB and had no problems.
Restarted the computer and started windows 7 through grub. It ran check-disk as the repartition caused it to "detect problems or some such" and then started up.
I then tried reboot the computer, which is when the problems began. Now when I boot from the hard drive I get the HP logo and the message press ESC key for startup menu and a picture of a battery with a plug. [I am running an HP Probook 6445b]. That stays on for maybe half a second and then goes off. Then flashes back up, then off and on again ad infinitum.
I can boot from a CD no problem. I tried reinstalling GRUB2 (not 100% sure it woked though). The reinstall didn't seem to do anything. I also tried reinstalling Ubuntu, no luck there either.
I am happy to provide any more information you all may need. Thanks in advance for any assistance.