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Hi there, everything was running fine until yesterday when I started my PC and got a message “error loading operating system.”
I checked the BIOS settings and its detecting my hard disk.
I tried reinstalling windows but at the step where it asks to select the drive,there are no drives in the list.
Now I’m running Linux Ubuntu from the live CD. (I’m running it from the cd cause I cannot install it as I can’t detect my hard disk).
Can anyone tell me what can I do ? Is there any way I can do this on my own ? Any way to access and repair the hard disk from Linux ? Or any boot options or anything ?

hello, i am trying to run the linux distribution Kubuntu on my inspiron 1520 laptop. When i run Kubuntu from a live cd, after a short period of time, it recognizes a proprietary wireless driver that needs to be installed before i can connect to the internet (duh). Problem. when i install kubuntu via a hard disk partition, it will not recognize the driver, even if i use the start menu to search for proprietary drivers. this has me stumped. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps. the driver is a Broadcom b43 wireless driver.

The last two months or so I have been troubled with the fact that my D: drive was gone :O
I was stupid enouh not to google my harddisk, Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2, 320 GB. For one and a half year, I thought it was two harddrives, but its just one partitioned :S

Now, when I look at the partitioner from the Linux Mint Live CD, there is 219 GB of free space or so :S

To get back my (D:) Drive, what do I do? (to be able to access it from My Computer)
create a partition that takes all the space?
should I do it with the live cd?
Will my stuff still be there, or will it be gone? (i believe I deleted the partition, so its kind or a rethorical question -___-)

Note: Im using Windows.
Wiesbock:
I dont think that would be possible, as Im a CCleaner guy, and wiped my free space plenty of times

What im really wondering about, is if I should use partition magic or the linux live cd or something else?
And to what type I should set the partition to? ext something, something else?

I just use the ubuntu live cd if something is wrong with my hard disk(WINDOWS OS) because I am a light gamer and I can’t sinc my windows mobile 6.1 with linux (any distro at least the ones which I have tried)

I have a 512 RAM, penium 4, and 30 Gig Hard disk with windows xp installed. I wanna have two OS installed so I tried Ubuntu 7.10. I noticed that mouse (USB) is very slow when in live CD even if I did some adjustments in mouse but the problem persists. I also noticed that my PS/2 mouse is not detected and cannot be used. I’ve tried to used the older and newer versions of UBUNTU but the mouse runs very slow. I also tried installing Ubuntu in my system but nothing happens, still the mouse is very slow. USB flash drive is not detected. Pls help me