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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 ?

I’ve been trying to get linux to work on my laptop, that had windows vista pre-installed on it. I tried running ubuntu from the live cd, but it stayed stuck on the loading screen. Then I tried installing it using wubi, and after I rebooted, I got the same stuck loading screen. After 4 hours of waiting it out, it still didn’t get any further. So I downloaded fedora and tried to run it from a usb drive and cd, but both didn’t work either, I just got a black screen when trying to boot.
My laptop should be able to run it spec wise, it is only 2 months old. I’m using a MSI VX600.
I also tried out fedora and ubuntu my home pc, which has windows xp, and it worked fine. So it’s probably something with my laptop, but I wouldn’t know what…can anyone help me with this?

i had two hard drives in my computer one with win xp on it. i wanted to put linux ubuntu on the other from a live cd so i installed but after i installed it i didnt want it any more so i tried aborting the installation but now it says erroer loading operating system plz help it sukaz badly.ps i cant reinstall xp cuz dont have cd. pps i tried taking out one of the hds and it said “loading grub please wait” then “error 21″
also it wont let me finish installing ubuntu at all it stops like at 79% and shows bakground

I put in the xubuntu live cd and ran the test to see if the cd is good. It says it’s fine and then I tried installing xubuntu. It shows a loading screen for a while and then goes black. What am I doing wrong?

The computer is the HP Pavilion 513x, if it helps.

I put in the ubuntu live CD, and it goes to the loading screen at the very beginning, and it’s taking forever, and I cant tell if it’s making any progress or not. how long should it take?