Solve : Ubuntu serious booting problem?

1.	Solve : Ubuntu serious booting problem?
Answer» Hello everyone. I am using a Toshiba Satellite laptop, dual-booting Vista and Lucid Lynx. Today I installed a statistical program called SPSS on Vista w/o paying (if you know what I mean). When I restarted to go into Ubuntu, I couldn't get past the grub. My grub shows 4 options (Vista, Ubuntu, neosmart linux, and neogrub (or something like that) ); the last two I added without knowing what I was doing and I don't use them. Typically, I just click on 'Ubuntu' and it WORKS, but today when I clicked on it, my computer restarted. This happens every time I try boot into Ubuntu. I'm not even sure where to start dealing with this problem. Anyone have ideas? J.I forgot to add, I can boot into Vista with no problems. That's where I'm writing this message from. I also conducted a "memory DIAGNOSTIC" but that didn't really do anything, I'm not even sure it was supposed to. Thanks for any help.come on guys! Is there not a single person with an answer? I UNINSTALLED SPSS but that didn't do anything. My computer still restarts when I try to boot into Ubuntu. Anyone?reinstall Ubuntu. Or, try rescatux from here: http://www.supergrubdisk.org/ I don't know how to reinstall it without affecting the vista partition (i.e, to replace to old ubuntu partition) Quote Vista and Lucid Lynx. MS does not give much support for anything but a Windows OS. Here is the basic way to solve the problem without rocket science. 1 . Get a HDD that has never been touched by Vista. 2. Create a small primary partition for an older Windows version. 3. INSTALL either Windows 2000 or an almost stark naked XP. 4. Install a dual boot Linux. 5. Use a suitable partition manager to adjust the partition sizes, leaving free space room for Visa to have a large hunk. 6. Install Vista last. Vista will give a single entry for you prior dual-boot install. But the dual boot is still there. If you select 'previous version' the old dual-boot comes up. That is the no-brainier way. Anything else is anything else.

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Hello everyone. I am using a Toshiba Satellite laptop, dual-booting Vista and Lucid Lynx.

Today I installed a statistical program called SPSS on Vista w/o paying (if you know what I mean). When I restarted to go into Ubuntu, I couldn't get past the grub.

My grub shows 4 options (Vista, Ubuntu, neosmart linux, and neogrub (or something like that) ); the last two I added without knowing what I was doing and I don't use them. Typically, I just click on 'Ubuntu' and it WORKS, but today when I clicked on it, my computer restarted. This happens every time I try boot into Ubuntu.

I'm not even sure where to start dealing with this problem. Anyone have ideas? J.I forgot to add, I can boot into Vista with no problems. That's where I'm writing this message from. I also conducted a "memory DIAGNOSTIC" but that didn't really do anything, I'm not even sure it was supposed to. Thanks for any help.come on guys! Is there not a single person with an answer?

I UNINSTALLED SPSS but that didn't do anything. My computer still restarts when I try to boot into Ubuntu. Anyone?reinstall Ubuntu.

Or, try rescatux from here:

http://www.supergrubdisk.org/

I don't know how to reinstall it without affecting the vista partition (i.e, to replace to old ubuntu partition) Quote

Vista and Lucid Lynx.

MS does not give much support for anything but a Windows OS.
Here is the basic way to solve the problem without rocket science.
1 . Get a HDD that has never been touched by Vista.
2. Create a small primary partition for an older Windows version.
3. INSTALL either Windows 2000 or an almost stark naked XP.
4. Install a dual boot Linux.
5. Use a suitable partition manager to adjust the partition sizes, leaving free space room for Visa to have a large hunk.
6. Install Vista last. Vista will give a single entry for you prior dual-boot install. But the dual boot is still there. If you select 'previous version' the old dual-boot comes up.

That is the no-brainier way. Anything else is anything else.

Solve : Ubuntu serious booting problem?

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