ryandschulte
December 28th, 2014, 05:19 AM
Procedure generating error:
I boot up the computer, press Esc for boot menu, select my flash drive, and start installing Ubuntu the same way as I've done on my XP computer. But once I get to the screen where it asks me to allocate disk space for an Ubuntu partition, it freezes, the mouse and keyboard become unresponsive, the hard drive access light stops blinking, and every computer connected to my ethernet switch gets internet access cut off. My wifi still works, and when I unplug the malfunctioning Vista's ethernet cable from the switch, all the other computers regain internet access.
Possible cause:
When I try to boot Vista, after the blue loading screen at the very beginning of the boot process, it goes to a black command-prompt style screen that says:
Disk Read Error
Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart
which is why I was trying to install Ubuntu in the first place.
Question:
Why is this error occurring, has anyone else experienced this, and how can I fix it?
I boot up the computer, press Esc for boot menu, select my flash drive, and start installing Ubuntu the same way as I've done on my XP computer. But once I get to the screen where it asks me to allocate disk space for an Ubuntu partition, it freezes, the mouse and keyboard become unresponsive, the hard drive access light stops blinking, and every computer connected to my ethernet switch gets internet access cut off. My wifi still works, and when I unplug the malfunctioning Vista's ethernet cable from the switch, all the other computers regain internet access.
Possible cause:
When I try to boot Vista, after the blue loading screen at the very beginning of the boot process, it goes to a black command-prompt style screen that says:
Disk Read Error
Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart
which is why I was trying to install Ubuntu in the first place.
Question:
Why is this error occurring, has anyone else experienced this, and how can I fix it?