riomhadoir
November 9th, 2013, 12:47 AM
Hi there. Sorry for bothing everyone, I always feel a bit guilty signing up somewhere just to ask for help. Anyway I'm attempting to dual boot Windows 7 (64-bit) and Ubuntu.
I downloaded the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 13.10 from the official site and created a bootable flash drive using the Universal USB Installer from pendrivelinux.com
I attemtped to run the installer from the drive but the installer told me that "This computer currently has no detected operating systems" and the default option is "Erase disk and install Ubuntu". (screenshot should be attached)
Selecting "Something else" as my installtion option brings me to the partiion screen (other attachment) which appears to say the entire hard disk is free space.
I don't want to destroy my Windows installation so I quit the installer at that point.
I also tried my luck with using WUBI. I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 and installed it through WUBI. It seemed to go fine with no complaints. When I tried actually booting Ubuntu then I got a black screen with only the output
Try (hd0,0) : NTFS5 : No wubildr
Try (hd0,1) : NTFS5 : Welcome to GRUB!
With "Welcome to GRUB!" highlighted. I thought it was a bit odd but left it alone. After a minute Ubuntu itself starting booting up. It brought me to an empty destop with no sidebar. A error appeared on the screen saying "No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu." When I dismissed the error it would just pop back up again.
I shut down the computer again, booted back to Windows and uninstalled Ubuntu through WUBI.
I then went back to my flash drive and this time decided to boot Ubuntu straight from it. It works fine and I am in fact currently typing in Ubuntu. I went to the installer again but it's still the exact same way; unable to detect my Windows installation.
So I've said quite a lot but it probably doesn't contain all that much useful information to diagnose the problem. Please inform me of any steps I can take to provide more information to figure out what's wrong and please tell me anything you think might allow Ubuntu to properly detect my Windows installtion and install successfully without destroying it.
Thanks at the very least for reading.
Edit: The issue has been resolved. The partition was MBR but there was leftover GPT data on the disc (probably from the time my brother installed Mac OSX on the machine) which caused the Ubuntu installer (and then GParter) to be confused. Using FixParts (http://www.rodsbooks.com/fixparts/) I was able to delete the GPT data and after that the installer was perfectly able to detect my Windows installation. Ubuntu in installing as I type.
Thanks for help.
I downloaded the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 13.10 from the official site and created a bootable flash drive using the Universal USB Installer from pendrivelinux.com
I attemtped to run the installer from the drive but the installer told me that "This computer currently has no detected operating systems" and the default option is "Erase disk and install Ubuntu". (screenshot should be attached)
Selecting "Something else" as my installtion option brings me to the partiion screen (other attachment) which appears to say the entire hard disk is free space.
I don't want to destroy my Windows installation so I quit the installer at that point.
I also tried my luck with using WUBI. I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 and installed it through WUBI. It seemed to go fine with no complaints. When I tried actually booting Ubuntu then I got a black screen with only the output
Try (hd0,0) : NTFS5 : No wubildr
Try (hd0,1) : NTFS5 : Welcome to GRUB!
With "Welcome to GRUB!" highlighted. I thought it was a bit odd but left it alone. After a minute Ubuntu itself starting booting up. It brought me to an empty destop with no sidebar. A error appeared on the screen saying "No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu." When I dismissed the error it would just pop back up again.
I shut down the computer again, booted back to Windows and uninstalled Ubuntu through WUBI.
I then went back to my flash drive and this time decided to boot Ubuntu straight from it. It works fine and I am in fact currently typing in Ubuntu. I went to the installer again but it's still the exact same way; unable to detect my Windows installation.
So I've said quite a lot but it probably doesn't contain all that much useful information to diagnose the problem. Please inform me of any steps I can take to provide more information to figure out what's wrong and please tell me anything you think might allow Ubuntu to properly detect my Windows installtion and install successfully without destroying it.
Thanks at the very least for reading.
Edit: The issue has been resolved. The partition was MBR but there was leftover GPT data on the disc (probably from the time my brother installed Mac OSX on the machine) which caused the Ubuntu installer (and then GParter) to be confused. Using FixParts (http://www.rodsbooks.com/fixparts/) I was able to delete the GPT data and after that the installer was perfectly able to detect my Windows installation. Ubuntu in installing as I type.
Thanks for help.