Thread: Ubuntu is tough! Ext HD screwed up, OS was not booting, difficuit to troubleshoot!
hey all i'm new ubuntu, have wanted give go while . . .so did. followed instructions letter , yet . . . > lappy wouldn't boot ubuntu, went windows 7 (although said didn't want windows 7 anymore when installing ubuntu). searched solution, founds loads incomprehensible me (i tried few thought). reinstalled ubuntu , worked (yay). > ext hd - then, wanting watch film, plugged in ext hd. when looking @ contents saw same folders see when click on 'computer' . . . weird huh? (and yes looking @ external hd, can tell name , appear when teh device plugged in , disappears when unplugged etc). after ext hd no longer readable other computer in house (osx, windows 7) or tv! lost ! pain ! in space of few hours have lost use of lappy , 490gb of files on hd. crazy how happen, followed instructions. advice on getting access files on hd (when looked @ on disk utility, there icon called linux swap not there before, suspect ubuntu has written , ...