help needed

[tomgwyther]

Hello all

I recently downloaded and tried to install a newer version of Ubuntu. It appears to have installed but now the computer wont boot. Looking in the bios, it says "Primary IDE not detected"

i can boot from the Ubuntu CD and access files etc on the hard drive, so that rules out a physical connection problem. All I can put it down to is the upgrade from Ubuntu 8 to Ubuntu 11.

 

previous set-up was:

Hard drive partitioned into two - 25% Windows XP, and 75% ubuntu 8.

On boot up, it would ask me which operating system I wanted to use. I'd select which one and all was fine.

 

On installing the new ubuntu 11, It asked me if i wanted to simply upgrade from 8.0 to 11.04; leaving the windows partition where it was. I went ahead with this. Now, on re-start, it wont boot at all.

both partitions seem to be in order; it just wont boot up from hard disk - however I re-arrange the boot sequence/fiddle with bios settings.

 

Short of formatting the entire hard disc and starting from scratch, how can i get it to boot up.

 

please help

 

Thanks

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

I'm not sure what the issue is, but I'd suggest checking over on the Ubuntu Forums, where there should be plenty of people who can help.

[tomgwyther]

Got it fixed in the end through fiddling within BIOS, luck and blind chance.

I'll check out Ubuntu forums if there's another problem though.

 

Thanks

[Realitycheck]

Sounds like you just have a loose connection on your hard drive.

 

Err- your BIOS needed straightening out.

Edited July 25, 2011 by Realitycheck