Thread: dual boot suddenly failed on new install

1. made 3 live cd's with:
(a) 10.04 32 bit;
(b) 10.04.1 32 bit;
(c) 10.04.1 64 bit.
can boot 10.04 32 bit.

2. following local advice, used unetbootin put 10.04.1 64 bit on flash drive , can boot fine flash drive

3. went through dual boot installation flash drive.
4. worked fine (except no sound in ubuntu). i
booted several times ubuntu , several times windows 7.
worked fine.
5. shut computer down night. in morning tried boot , got message:
no module name found
6. tried f12 on boot , went bios. said:
cd/dvd : po-hl-dt-st dvd +/-rw gh5

sata: p1-wdc wd100faes -75w7a0

boot utility partition

diagnostics

<enter setup>

7. following advice on thread below typed:
sudo fdisk -l

in part:

disk /dev/sda : 1000.2 gb
.
.
.

device boot start end blocks id system
/dev/sda1 1 5 ... de dell utility
/dev/sda2 6 1235 .... 7 hpfs/ntfs
/dev/sda3 1235 63365 499063142 7 hpfs/ntfs
/dev/sda4 63365 121602 467783681 5 extended
/dev/sda5 63365 119240 448813056 83 linux
/dev/sda6 119240 121602 82 linux swap / solaris

i'm not sure means. perhaps desired partition there,
can't access it?

8. don't know now. need help!
willing give windows 7 , install ubuntu on entire disk
if avoids kind of problem.

9. set up: brand new dell xps 9100
i7 960 microprocessor
9gb ram
ati radeon hd 5770 1024mb gddr5
1tb serial ata 2 hard drive

10. barely computer literate
11. in advance

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