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Asked by gnanavale

I want use both windows and ubuntu, so i downloaded & installed windows installer from ubuntu site. After installing it asked for a reboot, when i reboot i got a option for selecting my operating systems. but if i select ubuntu as my operating system, it is not processing further, it get stucked up in command screen showing "hdd1----I/O error" how to resolve it??? kindly suggest

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David Álvarez (davidalro) said : 		#1

Hello gnanavale,

It can be a problem with the drivers of your HDD.
However, I recommend you to try the following:

 - Take your Windows Installation CD or your recovery CD (if you don't have it, just google for a recovery CD)

 - First of all is uninstalling ubuntu.

 - Reboot your computer with the recovery CD inside. Boot from the CD.

 - In the CD you'll need to access the recovery console. It'll be in a different place depending of your version of windows.

 - After getting into the console, do the following:

   - In Windows XP -> Insert the following commands: "fixboot" and "fixmbr" -> Reboot without the CD and you'll see Windows starting by default.

   - In Windows Vista/7 -> Insert the following commands: "bootrec.exe /FixBoot" and "bootrec.exe /FixMbr" -> Reboot withour the CD and you'll see Windows starting by default.

 - In Windows, go to My PC icon and right click it (in Windows Vista/7 it's not named My PC). Select "Administer" (or something like, my Windows is in Spanish :P). Select ubuntu's partition and delete it.

Now you uninstalled ubuntu. Now you'll have to download the ISO from www.ubuntu.com and install it by burning the image on a CD, inserting it and reinstalling it, not by wubi.

IMPORTANT: BEFORE INSTALLING IT, TRY "TESTING UBUNTU WITHOUT INSTALL" (or something like) AND SURFING YOUR HDDs TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT A DRIVERS PROBLEM. If you get an error, or you cannot see the HDD, just stop, you cannot install ubuntu. If not, try to install it by the CD.

Bye

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Boot to windows and chkdsk your partition. I am sensing you used wubi. You will get a better experience if you resize your NTFS partition and install a true ubuntu to a true partition

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#3

Could you tell us if you installed Ubuntu inside Windows partition or beside ?

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gnanavale (gnanagkm) said : 		#4

@ Delance : i ve installed inside windows, actually i used wubi...

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bcbc (bcbc) said : 		#5

What exactly is the error and do you see anything else before the error? Does it say "Try (hd0,0): I/O error" ?

Go into windows disk manager and check your partitions and list them here or take a screen print.

I'd try running chkdsk on your windows partitions ('drives').

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