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I am a complete Linux noob. I burned the latest Ubuntu ISO to a DVD and tried to install it from the disk. My original intention was to install it alongside my Windows, but somehow I ended up creating a new partition table.

When I realized I had gone past the option to Install alongside I pressed back and chose the option and clicked install. The installation was almost finished and then I get the error number 5 (errno 5) saying

hard drive or disk may be faulty

So I decided to reboot my computer. But now if I don't boot from the "faulty" disk, my computer won't boot at all: it will just be a black screen.

I keep getting the errno 5 error no matter how I try to install. I hope someone can help me.

edwin
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user305170
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It sounds like a disk i/o error at the sector it is trying to install to. Go into advanced options in install, then resize the windows partition to be slightly smaller and the ubuntu partition to start slightly sooner on the disk. See if the error disappears or if it happens later on and post back

sbergeron
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I have been having the same problem, as it seems many others have too!

From the research I've conducted, some have stated that using another USB stick has helped. Others have commented that the problem was resolved by burning a different iso file to the USB stick - for example using the torrent version as opposed to the iso available from the Ubuntu website. In another forum somebody suggested that their problems were fixed by installing unetbootin and writing the iso to the usb using this rather than Startup Disk Creator.

Although I'm yet to find the answer to my install issue, I hope one of these solutions is of use to you.

andybot
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