I have downloaded Ubuntu 14.04.1 desktop ISO and burned it to a bootable CD and have made a bootable USB drive using both Universal USB Installer and Unetbootin.
I have tried multiple ways to attempt the install. Let me explain my current setup. I am running Windows 8.1 on an SSD as my main OS. And a couple of drives with data associated with Windows. (mostly 3 TB HDD's) I have another separate 3TB HDD completely empty (formatted NTFS at the moment). This is where I want to install Ubuntu at, on its own hard drive. I am having a lot of trouble.
I managed to get to an Ubuntu main menu only when using the ISO boot CD for some reason (USB method only takes me to the GRUB2 menu and after I select the install Ubuntu option I get a blank screen with a blinking text cursor) When I use the CD method the results end up the same, I selected "Install Ubuntu" and the keyboard flashes and I am brought to a blank screen with a flashing text cursor.
I have even removed all of my extra drives, including the Windows drive, leaving only the empty drive in and tried multiple boot procedures, but it does not want to continue the installation, just black and a white blinking cursor.
My System specifications are the following:
- OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit
- CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
- MOBO: ASUSTeK P8z68-V PRO
- RAM: 16GB DDR3 Corsair
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
My main concern is this: Is there a simple way to install Ubuntu on it's own hard drive and be able to boot either Windows 8.1 (on it's own drive as well) or Ubuntu upon start up?