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How do I install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new partition?

I ask this question because at the moment I can't even seem to load my live USB (which has the iso I downloaded from the Ubuntu website) because I don't know which key(s) to press to log into boot ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 boots oddly?

By default, Ubuntu 13.04 is supposed to boot graphically, correct? My Ubuntu install boots up half graphical and half verbosely. Also, I have to reboot twice in order to boot, meaning I press the ...
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cannot boot into ubuntu

I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 onto my Acer Aspire 5735Z. I have downloaded and burned the image to a CD (correctly as per your guide). I have set my bios to boot CD first, disabled quite boot, ...
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My computer needs two reboots in order to successfully boot into Ubuntu. Please help

So, I have been running Ubuntu for about a month now. I chose to encrypt when I installed, so I am prompted for the password I set when I boot. My problem is that every time I shut down completely, I ...
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How to boot external drives on a Acer C7 Chromebook

I want to run a plain Ubuntu install, but the BIOS does not easily allow for booting into USB drives. I currently have the Chromebook in developer mode and I found a USB command on the chromium ...
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Acer Aspire 4755G 'Secure Boot not Enabled' while booting liveUSB Ubuntu with Ubuntu Builder

My Acer Aspire 4755G had a Windows 7 Home Premium pre-installed when I bought it. I immediately installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside of it, with GRUB and BURG. Now, recently, Windows 7 became very slow, ...
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Grub boot-loader doesn't start up [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?) I installed Ubuntu through usb on my netbook today (An aspire one D257 netbook). The thing is, ...
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v12.10 on acer Aspire boot problem

I have installed ubuntu 12.10 on my Acer Aspire d270 using a PenDrive USB installer. It is installed alongside Windows 7. The installation completed and gave a "Successful" message when it finished. ...
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Laptop wont boot at all

I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my 5 year old Acer aspire laptop with vista 32bit on it. I updated everthing with "software installer". Downloaded some recommended apps like the youtube app and some ...
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Acer Aspire 7739G can't boot problem

I've installed ubuntu 12.04 on Acer Aspire 7739G but i can't boot. After turning on i see acer logo and then black screen with peeping "_" and i tried to reinstall and re-format whole HDD but it ...
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Unable to enter WUBI installed Ubuntu after reboot

I use WUBI to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my Windows 7 system. My PC is Acer Aspire S5-391 with a 64-bit operating system. After I finish installing WUBI on Windows, I reboot my PC as told by the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 goes purple then black

It's my first time to use Ubuntu. I appreciate it if you don't use very technical terms. My Ubuntu is in dual boot with Windows 7. So when I open my laptop, it asks me to choose between Windows 7 or ...
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Acer Aspire 5610 only boots with acpi=off (possibly broken ACPI firmware) [closed]

So I'm trying 12.04 on Acer Aspire 5610 and was only successful at booting it using acpi=off kernel parameter. Booting without it throws a long machine check exception at a very early boot stage and ...
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Cannot install ubuntu 12.04 alternatei386 from usb stick

My pc is a netbook Acer aspire one with 1gb of ram with 256mb graphics intel atom processor, and I downloaded the ubuntu alternate version via utorrent and used universal usb installer to make my usb ...
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Acer Aspire Backlight Problem

I have the same problem as found on this link Screen turns black after booting, backlight only works in recovery mode on an Acer Aspire 5736z I've never used any Linux before so if someone could ...
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How to enable plymouth bootscreen animation?

My netbook, running Lucid, can't display bootscreen animation. I want to know how to enable it. My netbook is Acer Aspire One D260. Intel Atom N450, 1GB RAM and GMA 3150. I know a tool called rcconf ...
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Installation “Sticks” on Acer Aspire One ZG5

Sorry if I'm doing this all wrong; I am barely computer literate, stumbling through this rather ungracefully... I have an Acer Aspire One which I threw in my closet a few months back when I got a new ...
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Acer emachines e725 black screen

When i try to run system (Ubuntu 11.10) from pendrive on my laptop (Acer Emachines e725) system starts but i don't see anything (Graphic - Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics ...
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Won't boot unless plugged in? [closed]

I have a laptop which, last night I repaired the Power Jack and now it works. I installed ubuntu last night and it was working fine, this morning I unplugged it and turned it on and it would not boot ...
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Error “fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed”

I am trying to install ubuntu for the first time. (long time windows user, first time linux!) Version = 11.04 Hardware = Acer Travelmate 4050 I can boot from USB or CD and it loads fine I have ...