OK, I've spectacularly failed at the Ubuntu installation process, and my new computer is now unusable. I realize that this is somewhat of a specialized case, but I'd really be extradinarily grateful for any help that can be provided. I will try to supply all the relevant details:
Basically, I started off wanting to install Ubuntu 13.10 alongside Windows 8
. I set up a 30GB partition for the installation. I got an apparently common issue where the setup did not recognize Windows 8. I have been running the Ubuntu installation off of a USB drive.
In my attempts to install Ubuntu (which began with a "??? ???" error that I asked about on this site, and then once I was able to bypass that I got an errno 5 error), I had to launch and relaunch the installer several times. Each time I did so, I had to go to the following screen and manually set aside the 30GB partition.
Now, after I got the "??? ???" error for the umpteenth time, I noticed that it took me back to the screen shown in Image 1
, but this time the operating system was detected, and that it was Ubuntu, and that the first option was to reinstall Ubuntu. Figuring that this was referring to the 30GB partition, I chose this option.
I got the errno 5
error again, meaning that no actual installation took place. But when I launched the installer again, I got the following screen:
Image 1: The faulty partitioning
Previously, there had been a ~217GB partition, the partition containing my Windows 8, and the 30GB partition that I had been playing around
with. But now it's the same partition.
Previously, when I launched Ubuntu from the USB, and then restarted my computer, the Boot Manager would show Windows 8 as the only boot option. Now, there are no
boot options. I can still run Ubuntu by plugging in my USB.
Image 2: Boot manager doesn't show Windows.
Do I have any option of re-partitioning
the 247GB so that I get my Windows 8 back? Or do I have no other choice but reinstalling Windows 8?
ubuntu live usb
,install gparted by runningsudo apt-get install gparted
on terminal and then uploadgparted
screenshot.