Windows / BIOS denies ubuntu installer access to /dev/sda1
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I just bought a Dell Optiplex 990 with Windows 7 installed on the only hard drive in the machine. When I live booted and tried to install Ubuntu 18.04, I only got to the part where the installer was going to erase the hard drive. It then displayed this error:
ERROR fysyncing/closing /dev/sda1: input/output error
I could go no farther. It just booted into Ubuntu.
I downloaded gparted and gparted did not recognize the hard drive. All it saw was the CD-ROM drive.
Windows still runs - meaning the hard drive works...
Please help...
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I just bought a Dell Optiplex 990 with Windows 7 installed on the only hard drive in the machine. When I live booted and tried to install Ubuntu 18.04, I only got to the part where the installer was going to erase the hard drive. It then displayed this error:
ERROR fysyncing/closing /dev/sda1: input/output error
I could go no farther. It just booted into Ubuntu.
I downloaded gparted and gparted did not recognize the hard drive. All it saw was the CD-ROM drive.
Windows still runs - meaning the hard drive works...
Please help...
system-installation hard-drive
asked May 8 at 19:35
Dave
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I tried many things from the forums. Ultimately, I created a Windows Repair disk, booted to it and formatted the drive. Worked like a charm.
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I just bought a Dell Optiplex 990 with Windows 7 installed on the only hard drive in the machine. When I live booted and tried to install Ubuntu 18.04, I only got to the part where the installer was going to erase the hard drive. It then displayed this error:
ERROR fysyncing/closing /dev/sda1: input/output error
I could go no farther. It just booted into Ubuntu.
I downloaded gparted and gparted did not recognize the hard drive. All it saw was the CD-ROM drive.
Windows still runs - meaning the hard drive works...
Please help...
system-installation hard-drive
asked May 8 at 19:35
Dave
1
I just bought a Dell Optiplex 990 with Windows 7 installed on the only hard drive in the machine. When I live booted and tried to install Ubuntu 18.04, I only got to the part where the installer was going to erase the hard drive. It then displayed this error:
ERROR fysyncing/closing /dev/sda1: input/output error
I could go no farther. It just booted into Ubuntu.
I downloaded gparted and gparted did not recognize the hard drive. All it saw was the CD-ROM drive.
Windows still runs - meaning the hard drive works...
Please help...
system-installation hard-drive
asked May 8 at 19:35
Dave
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asked May 8 at 19:35
Dave
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asked May 8 at 19:35
Dave
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asked May 8 at 19:35
Dave
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I tried many things from the forums. Ultimately, I created a Windows Repair disk, booted to it and formatted the drive. Worked like a charm.
– Dave
May 10 at 12:37
Consider writing the solution as "Your Answer" in the box below. Then after the wait period, mark your answer as accepted by the green check mark next to it. This will help others in the future.
– user68186
May 10 at 12:39
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I tried many things from the forums. Ultimately, I created a Windows Repair disk, booted to it and formatted the drive. Worked like a charm.
– Dave
May 10 at 12:37
Consider writing the solution as "Your Answer" in the box below. Then after the wait period, mark your answer as accepted by the green check mark next to it. This will help others in the future.
– user68186
May 10 at 12:39
I tried many things from the forums. Ultimately, I created a Windows Repair disk, booted to it and formatted the drive. Worked like a charm.
– Dave
May 10 at 12:37
I tried many things from the forums. Ultimately, I created a Windows Repair disk, booted to it and formatted the drive. Worked like a charm.
– Dave
May 10 at 12:37
Consider writing the solution as "Your Answer" in the box below. Then after the wait period, mark your answer as accepted by the green check mark next to it. This will help others in the future.
– user68186
May 10 at 12:39
Consider writing the solution as "Your Answer" in the box below. Then after the wait period, mark your answer as accepted by the green check mark next to it. This will help others in the future.
– user68186
May 10 at 12:39
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I tried many things from the forums. Ultimately, I created a Windows Repair disk, booted to it and formatted the drive. Worked like a charm.
– Dave
May 10 at 12:37
Consider writing the solution as "Your Answer" in the box below. Then after the wait period, mark your answer as accepted by the green check mark next to it. This will help others in the future.
– user68186
May 10 at 12:39