I recently got a refurbished desktop (32 bit) with Windows 7 home preloaded.
Ubuntu 8.10 will install on it but Ubuntu 12.04 won't as it doesn't recognize a hard drive.
As a test I reloaded with XP Pro SP3, but Ubuntu 12.04 still won't find a hard drive.
Is there a fix?
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x75bfd462
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 9327 74919096 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 9328 9729 3229065 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 9328 9729 3229033+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
sudo fdisk -l
in terminal?