I have recently attempted to install ubuntu
on my laptop, replacing windows 7.
The HDD
was working fine with windows 7.
On my first attempt to install ubuntu it kept giving me an error that was saying it could not create the partitions needed for the installation.
I then tried to manually delete all the partitions that were on the HDD
and then attempt the installation. Then it started saying that it could not create the ext4
file system.
So, then i tried deleting partitions again and found out that i had a bad superblock
. So, then i tried the suggestions in this link. This did not solve the superblock problem.
So, then i used mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda
to try and just format the whole drive. Everything seemed fine, and then the installation failed. It said it was unable to create the partitions again.
I am on the live cd and gparted does not detect any HDD
any more.
I need to get ubuntu installed on this HDD. Can someone please assist me in getting this HDD to work again.
Let me know if you need any further details. Thanks!
Output from sudo fdisk -l
:
fdisk: unable to read /dev/sdc: Input/output error
SATA native support
from bios and try booting from gparted. If that doesn't work then can you include the output offdisk -l
with your question ?SATA Mode: AHCI Mode
and the second option for this field isIDE Mode
. Everything else in the bios issecurity and boot
.