I tried to install ubuntu to my toshiba satellite from a created disc. After setting partitions, install took extreme amount of time and then shut down. I now can not boot any operating system. A black screen with a cursor in the left upper corner is the only thing that comes up. I can reach the bios screen only by hitting f2 at start up.
I have tried a restore with original restore discs but nothing is recognized. I have tried to boot ubuntu from disc but nothing is recognized. So nothing boots from cd drive. What else can I do? Is there a way to wipe clean the computer and simply install ubuntu on fresh? No other f key works on start up except for f2 into bios screen.
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Best Answer
It seems like a hard-disk problem, are you sure, that you're hard disk is OK? (for a quick check you can unplug it, and try then to boot from CD/USB drive. Ok, for a laptop this won't be so quick, but maybe you can check from bios) Ubuntu should boot from USB or CD even if you don't have a hard drive, and for me it take long time to boot, when I had a faulty hard drive...