Putting Ubuntu on this machine

[Zorak]

Sounds to me like the mbr is fucked. you'll need a windows cd to access teh command prompt to fix it

 

[Dana]

Oh I should mention that I can't even open my cd rom drive

 

[Dana]

Sometimes i think I was born blonde... IJS... I've had this computer since November and never noticed the button on top of the tower to open the drive.

 

[Francis]

Sounds to me like the mbr is fucked. you'll need a windows cd to access teh command prompt to fix it

When Ubuntu partitioned the drive it could well have placed the MBR in a location and now his hard drive does not see it..

 

[Dana]

What I'm going to do is download a full non eMachine version of Windows 7 (eMachine bundles a bunch of crap in theres anyways) then use my Xubuntu cd and just completely write the OS to the entire drive and forget about the dual booting. That way if I get tired of Xubuntu over time I'll have the Windows 7 CD. I like Xubuntu. I just don't like not being able to dual boot when I want to.

 

[Francis]

If you could get up and running I would have suggested this FREE software.. It could have fixed the partition...

http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

 

[dt3]

When Ubuntu partitioned the drive it could well have placed the MBR in a location and now his hard drive does not see it..

The MBR has to be on the first sector of the drive. It may be corrupted, but it can't be lost...

 

[Francis]

The MBR has to be on the first sector of the drive. It may be corrupted, but it can't be lost...

Most certainly or its toast..

 

[Francis]

Dana, see if this information helps

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man8/gdisk.8.html

 

[lemon]

man, i wish i saw this earlier... another alternative is to simply virtual machine the ubuntu installation (using virtualbox, for example -- my current favorite). you can full-screen the vm window, and voila, another OS desktop on your computer, without having to worry about the potential dual-booting fiasco(s).

 

[Dana]

So I'm back to Windows 7... I thought I deleted the Xubuntu partition during installation but now it's coming up with a dual boot screen. Strange. When I wanted it to it didn't. When I don't want it to it does.

 

[Francis]

So I'm back to Windows 7... I thought I deleted the Xubuntu partition during installation but now it's coming up with a dual boot screen. Strange. When I wanted it to it didn't. When I don't want it to it does.

What did you do to get back to this ?

 

[Dana]

Got Ubuntu off my PC using EASUS Partition Master.