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midnight salmon Jan 15, 2024, 11:29 PM

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This process takes about 2-3 hours and it doesn’t go from there

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 1:20 AM

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it's stuck.

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I would suggest hit the reboot button on your computer.. and boot to the live-usb, and reformat the partition with gparted to ext4, apply, exit, then do the OS install again.

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 1:55 AM

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@midnight salmon ^

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 2:05 AM

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waxen hemlock <@574045190126305308> ^

Now I get another error, my hard drive doesn’t appear in the installer

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 2:14 AM

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midnight salmon Now I get another error, my hard drive doesn’t appear in the installer

do you mind to cancel the installer, and open the Disks program and show a picture of the Hard drive highlighted (selected) here?

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 2:15 AM

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wait

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 2:51 AM

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@waxen hemlock

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waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 2:54 AM

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ok one sec

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ok minimize that application.

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search 'gparted' in the menu

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and tell me roughly the age of this computer from when it was made roughly

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 2:56 AM

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It already loaded but only the bootable USB appears

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 2:58 AM

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hm.

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that doesnt look good

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hit ignore for now

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 2:59 AM

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My hard drive appears in the Bios but it doesn’t recognize it when it’s installed

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waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 3:00 AM

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go to the top right menu.. drop down , and pick sda

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sda should be the hard drive, and show a full pict with nothing clipped plz

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 3:03 AM

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Nothing else appears, just the USB

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I don’t see the option of sda

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 3:04 AM

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can u retake that picture.. and click the top right box (underneath the close button), and show the full frame

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 3:07 AM

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my lap is model aspire a315-53

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Isn’t the problem due to drivers or anything?

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 3:08 AM

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no the hard drive isn't being recognized and that's bad

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that's pretty serious. maybe it died

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go back to Disks app

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close disk app, close gparted

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then open gparted again.. maybe this time it will show since the other program's closed

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 3:11 AM

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It’s still the same

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 3:12 AM

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midnight salmon

also your USB is formatted wrong. it should be Fat32 . what program made that?

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 3:13 AM

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Rufus

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My disk is nfts format, it doesn’t matter if I use fat32?

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Shall I send you a picture of the hard drive? Physicist

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 3:14 AM

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the installer disk must be a DVD or a USB formatted with fat32, or exFat.. Rufus should show the option

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but anyway that's besides the point. ur hard drives in a bad state right now ..

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Close gparted, and open the Disks app, maybe it can fix

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in Disks, select the hard drive, then go to the 3-dots menu at the top right by the titlebar, and from that menu see if u can access the SMART DATA

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 3:16 AM

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waxen hemlock in Disks, select the hard drive, then go to the 3-dots menu at the top right by ...

no

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I’m going to try booting again

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 4:13 AM

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It didn’t work with fat32, unlook the laptop and disconnect the sata from the hard drive and I connected it again, and it still recognizes it but it gives an error when installing @waxen hemlock

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 4:13 AM

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see if Disks app can read the smart data

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 4:14 AM

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It doesn’t come out

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Can I format the hard drive from the terminal?

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 4:15 AM

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if gparted can't read it, then no

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seeing as the drive got stuck for 3 or 4 hours on an install, there's a problem right there. A typical install of Linux on a hard drive takes about 40 minutes max.

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 4:20 AM

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I think it would be worse if I didn’t recognize it.. right?

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They would be signs that it’s damaged

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 4:41 AM

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midnight salmon

your model wont display.. partioning table type wont show.. all three partitions are saying unknown.. and the Smart data is inaccessible.

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 4:42 AM

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bad

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rip disk?

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 4:42 AM

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ya that's why it hung for hours before

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it'd prob be cheaper to replace than take to shop

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 4:43 AM

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Do you recommend moving to an ssd?

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intel i3 7th gen and 4gb de ram

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 4:44 AM

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hell yes

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 4:45 AM

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Thank you, friend, I’ll see what I can do

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 4:45 AM

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RAM is fine for general apps and browsing n media.. just maybe not hardcore heavy media

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alright. chck back later

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should see to take that drive to store, n have them sell u a same formfactor of SSD (preferably one with DRAM cache on it)

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 4:47 AM

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So preferably is it better to have hdd and ssd at the same time? With the specifications of my laptop

waxen hemlock Jan 16, 2024, 4:49 AM

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midnight salmon So preferably is it better to have hdd and ssd at the same time? With the specif...

no just SSD for the boot drive.

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if ur computer has space, u may add a hard drive in it too

midnight salmon Jan 16, 2024, 4:54 AM

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OK, I understand, thank you friend for responding and advising me

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