Hard Drive Missing after installing Ubuntu 12.10

[Jason Kuzhively]

I decided to go back to Windows... probably 8 or 7. Ubuntu is just not for me. I'm not really comfortable with the Terminal and stuff, I've been facing a lot of problems lately. When I startup I get a Internal Error, everything crashes unexpectedly and the list goes on and on. Thanks for helping me, guys. But I think Windows is better for me...

[Icebolt]

On a different note - ( unbuntu 12.4 ? )

I have no dvd rom.

as a newbie I assume you can read devices running on sata 1 connections,
I just cannot figure how to view / open it.
looking at that report :-
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:b000(size=8) ioport:ac00(size=4) ioport:a880(size=8) ioport:a800(size=4) ioport:a480(size=16) ioport:a400(size=16)

is that it ???

( took me a week of attempts to find the missing sata HDD ), but that was my interpretation of how unbuntu shell should work.

I have seen a sudo lshw - report showing a dvd ram in scsi0 ( a few posts above )

My DVD rom & one of my HDD's are connected by sata - I can access both HDDs but still no dvd drive ???

description: Desktop Computer
product: System Product Name (To Be Filled By O.E.M.)
vendor: System manufacturer
version: System Version
serial: System Serial Number
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2 family=To Be Filled By O.E.M. sku=To Be Filled By O.E.M. uuid=80DE527C-12E9-DE11-B361-E0CB4EBA63B6
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: P5Q SE2
vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev X.0x
serial: MT709CKXXXXXXXX
slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 0601
date: 04/29/2009
size: 64KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7500 @ 2.93GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.7.10
serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: LGA775
size: 1603MHz
capacity: 3800MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz
capabilities: x86-64 boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority cpufreq
configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 id=0 threads=2
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1-Cache
size: 64KiB
capacity: 64KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2-Cache
size: 3MiB
capacity: 3MiB
capabilities: internal write-back unified
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 32
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
product: PartNum0
vendor: Manufacturer0
physical id: 0
serial: SerNum0
slot: DIMM0
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMMProject-Id-Version: lshwReport-Msgid-Bugs-To: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>POT-Creation-Date: 2009-10-08 14:02+0200PO-Revision-Date: 2012-02-05 00:26+0000Last-Translator: Andi Chandler <Unknown>Language-Team: English (United Kingdom) <en_GB@li.org>MIME-Version: 1.0Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bitX-Launchpad-Export-Date: 2013-01-28 19:38+0000X-Generator: Launchpad (build 16451) [empty]
product: PartNum1
vendor: Manufacturer1
physical id: 1
serial: SerNum1
slot: DIMM1
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
product: PartNum2
vendor: Manufacturer2
physical id: 2
serial: SerNum2
slot: DIMM2
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMMProject-Id-Version: lshwReport-Msgid-Bugs-To: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>POT-Creation-Date: 2009-10-08 14:02+0200PO-Revision-Date: 2012-02-05 00:26+0000Last-Translator: Andi Chandler <Unknown>Language-Team: English (United Kingdom) <en_GB@li.org>MIME-Version: 1.0Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bitX-Launchpad-Export-Date: 2013-01-28 19:38+0000X-Generator: Launchpad (build 16451) [empty]
product: PartNum3
vendor: Manufacturer3
physical id: 3
serial: SerNum3
slot: DIMM3
*-cpu:1
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@1
version: 6.7.10
serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000
size: 1603MHz
capacity: 1603MHz
capabilities: vmx ht cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
capabilities: logical
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fc000000-fe9fffff ioport:d0000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G73 [GeForce 7300 GT]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fc000000-fcffffff ioport:cc00(size=128) memory:fe9e0000-fe9fffff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:b800(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:21 ioport:b880(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:bc00(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:fbfffc00-fbffffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:45 memory:fbff8000-fbffbfff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:80200000-805fffff ioport:faf00000(size=1048576)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:feb00000-febfffff ioport:80000000(size=2097152)
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 88SE6101/6102 single-port PATA133 interface
vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: scsi4
version: c0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=pata_marvell latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:ec00(size=8) ioport:e880(size=4) ioport:e800(size=8) ioport:e480(size=4) ioport:e400(size=16) memory:febffc00-febffdff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST3500630A
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.1.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 3.AA
serial: 9QG16Q6G
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=5a13b6ef
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@4:0.1.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: 7078e99f-4baa-0f47-92c9-899385868b07
size: 297GiB
capacity: 297GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2007-04-20 03:55:33 filesystem=ntfs label=usb 500GB modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@4:0.1.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 168GiB
capacity: 168GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
logical name: /
capacity: 166GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
capacity: 2045MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 6
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:43 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:fea00000-feafffff ioport:fae00000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: e0:cb:4e:ba:63:b6
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.2 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:44 ioport:d800(size=256) memory:faeff000-faefffff memory:faee0000-faeeffff memory:feaf0000-feafffff
*-usb:4
description: USB controller
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:b080(size=32)
*-usb:5
description: USB controller
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:b400(size=32)
*-usb:6
description: USB controller
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:b480(size=32)
*-usb:7
description: USB controller
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:fbfff800-fbfffbff
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: 90
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801JIB (ICH10) LPC Interface Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:a000(size=8) ioport:9c00(size=4) ioport:9880(size=8) ioport:9800(size=4) ioport:9480(size=16) ioport:9400(size=16)
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:fbfff400-fbfff4ff ioport:400(size=32)
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:b000(size=8) ioport:ac00(size=4) ioport:a880(size=8) ioport:a800(size=4) ioport:a480(size=16) ioport:a400(size=16)