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cannot find UBUNTU 10.4 on C drive

Asked by peter bishop

Could you help please I have Emachines D620 Windows 7 and 3 GB of RAM
Have downloaded UBUNTU Netbook from http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook/get-ubuntu/download to a
DT Mini Slim 4 GB USB.
Then followed instructions to install UBUNTU Netbook alongside Windows 7, everything appeared to go well but after restart I now cannot find UBUNTU on the C drive.
I am not an expert on PC by any means.

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Best Marc Stewart (marc.stewart) said : 		#1

Which instructions did you follow? Did you install through Windows using Wubi, or did you boot from the USB and install Ubuntu on a separate partition?

In either case, you choose Ubuntu from the boot menu.

If you used Wubi, see:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#How%20do%20I%20select%20whether%20to%20run%20Windows%20or%20Ubuntu?

If you did a proper installation, shortly after turning on your computer you should see a screen like this:
http://www.sevenforums.com/attachments/installation-setup/62987-installed-ubuntu-9-10-after-windows-7-cant-boot-grub_fix_06.png

Use the arrows to highlight Ubuntu (the ordinary one, not recovery mode) and press Enter to boot into Ubuntu.

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peter bishop (peter-bishop) said : 		#2

I did boot from the USB and install Ubuntu on a separate partition but when laptop is S/Wed on it loads windows 7 I do not see any memu.

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Marc Stewart (marc.stewart) said : 		#3

Try holding down Shift while the computer starts in order to force the GRUB menu to appear.

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peter bishop (peter-bishop) said : 		#4

Did as you suggested no GRUB menu appeared.

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peter bishop (peter-bishop) said : 		#5

Help.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

Please boot the pc from the usb and select to try Ubuntu then give us the result of this terminal command:

sudo fdisk -l

Thank you

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peter bishop (peter-bishop) said : 		#7

> To: <email address hidden>
> From: <email address hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Question #124630]: cannot find UBUNTU 10.4 on C drive
> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:01:57 +0000
>
> Your question #124630 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/124630
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> Status: Open => Needs information
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> marcobra (Marco Braida) requested for more information:
> Please boot the pc from the usb and select to try Ubuntu then give us
> the result of this terminal command:
>
> sudo fdisk -l Ubuntu opens OK from USB
>
> Thank you
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peter bishop (peter-bishop) said : 		#8

Ubuntu is good booting from USB.

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peter bishop (peter-bishop) said : 		#9

More help please.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#10

why not give us the result of previous requested command bootin from usb...?

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peter bishop (peter-bishop) said : 		#11

I am sorry Marco I thought I had sent the result. In the mean time I followed the install procedure again and I now have Ubuntu up
and running. I would like to thank you all for your help.

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peter bishop (peter-bishop) said : 		#12

Please see <email address hidden> and thank you.

> To: <email address hidden>
> From: <email address hidden>
> Subject: RE: [Question #124630]: cannot find UBUNTU 10.4 on C drive
> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:17:15 +0000
>
> Your question #124630 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/124630
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> marcobra (Marco Braida) requested for more information:
> why not give us the result of previous requested command bootin from
> usb...?
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peter bishop (peter-bishop) said : 		#13

Please see above and thank you.

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peter bishop (peter-bishop) said : 		#14

Thanks Marc Stewart, that solved my question.