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ubiquity package

Installation Problems

Asked by Frank Eberle

I have a previous version of Ubuntu on a laptop that also Windows installed on a separate partition and upon boot up I can choose which one I want. I was working on the Ubuntu side when the screen suddenly went black and I had to manually power down to get out. Now Ubuntu won't even boot and I have been trying to install the newest version of Ubuntu on the Ubuntu partition but can't seem to get it to work. I want to keep the windows part and am afraid of just booting from the cd drive for fear of losing Windows. Is there a way to boot Ubuntu from the cd using the root command line found in the recovery boot for Ubuntu? Or is there a way to boot from cd without losing Windows? Thanks.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you delete the standing Uubuntu partitions (destroying all settings and data), then run the install and put the new Ubuntu in the new freed space.

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Best N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#2

If you don't delete Windows then you cannot lose it.
Boot from a live media of Ubuntu (CD/DVD/USB) and re-install Ubuntu upon the old installation.

Use the "something else" option to point out where Ubuntu will be installed. You must point and mount the / root partition at least for installation to begin.
BE CAREFUL the partition to point out . It has to be ext4 filesystem (NTFS / exFAT .. etc are filesystems of Windows).

If you are in doubt then from the live media , open a terminal and post back here the results of

sudo fdisk -l

Thanks

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Frank Eberle (narient-82) said : 		#3

Thanks NikTh, that solved my question.