System displaying errors and purple screen

uemascube · 02-15-2017, 12:57 PM

Error: http://image.prntscr.com/image/c4e7c...9418332c08.png

szboardstretcher · 02-15-2017, 01:05 PM

To start: you should reseat your sata cables connected to the drive. If you have an extra- try replacing the cable and testing.

If that doesn't help, booting up from a CD/USB and running smartctl on the drive might gain you some insight into the issue.

ardvark71 · 02-16-2017, 03:03 AM

Hello and welcome to the forum

Please read the information here. The more information we have, the better we can help you.

In addition to posting the results of szboardstretcher's instructions, please tell us the make and model (and model number) of your system and the version of Ubuntu you're trying to use. Also, give us some background as to the nature of the problem.

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