Upgrade problems 12.04 to 12.10

[michael150]

Downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 but lost access to windows (still in a partition) no worries as content with 12.04 which I tweaked to a very nice state. Noticed and decided to upload to 12.10..disastrous decision really as I lost 12.04 and 12.10 went to black screen. unistalled then reinstalled GRUB with Boot repair and also created a 200mib partition as recommended but boot repair will not allow me to put GRUB into a separate/ boot partition. Here is my last hashbin http://paste.ubuntu.com/7608547. As you will see I have another 12.04 uploaded onto the system which has been quite fortunate as I can work on trying to solve the problems I am having.Apart from a brief romance with 12.04 I am falling out of love with the amount of time devoted to bugs on the system. Any help to access is more than welcome. Thanks Michael

[LastDino]

Not the solution but: Why not download 14.04 and do the fresh install?

[monkeybrain20122]

12.10 has reached end of life back in April. No point in trying to fix your problem for an unsupported OS. Do a fresh install of 14.04 (No "upgrade" please)

[michael150]

Hi.
That's sounds sensible. How could I remove all versions of ubuntu 1st and then then install 14.04 I assume I would need to download and burn a version of 14.04 to disc. Backup my files, uninstall previous versions of Ubuntu, install 14.04 and upload the backup files. Would that be right. Would allocating partition be a problem. I am a newbie so please bear with me.

Thanks in advance for any help. Very nice community on these boards.


Michael150

[michael150]

Hi I have managed to regain access to windows 7 and will take up your suggestion of uploading a new install of 14.04.
Thank you