Hey, that sounds great! I'm still at work (12-hr shifts) and it turned hectic here this afternoon, so I haven't been able to get back to you. And still can't... gotta run. But you're on the right path!
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My mistake, totally. I was at work earlier today and I did not follow your link. That should have made everything clear to me.I had used it on Windows that is why I made reference to it - It's been that long since I made my copy now I should have been clearerBy using it, it won't muck anything up unless you kill the drive only then major changes take place. It is a simple tool to use - if the test comes back okay then you know it's a software problem - if not then it is a hardware one. In any case I think we can all get lost when an easy solution might be right in front of us - killdisk is one of my short cuts, but then I know what I am doing.
That's okay we all do it when we are busy have a nice day my friendMy mistake, totally. I was at work earlier today and I did not follow your link. That should have made everything clear to me.
Hey Christina! Didn't see you on today.... was hoping to hear you say that you got the new Ubuntu on the flash drive and got it booting up properly. Yes? No? I'm just having issues managing my time when I'm in a work cycle, so sorry if I seem to ignore you. I've got one more dayshift tomorrow (Thur) but sometimes I can get online and sometimes they make me work way more than I want.Ok, I am downloading 16.04.4 and have found the instructions to make a bootable usb so hopefully tomorrow I can do this. I will be using Startup Disk Creator for the usb.
sudo ISOtoUSB
Gparted
Are you familiar with Gparted? I think what you want to do now is delete everything, but that can be a little confusing.
I think I can walk you through if needed, but I may have to pause at times because of my job. I'm here all day though, so we should be able to get you along a little further.
Okay. Click on Linux Swap first to highlight it, then click the Device menu up above and choose Swap Off. Then highlight Linux Swap again (if it isn't), go back to Device menu again, and choose Delete this time.
Do the Extended partition next, but instead of Swap Off, you will have to first do Unmount (if it's available, it may not be). After Unmount, you can Delete the same as before.
Then do the Ext4 partition the same... Unmount first, then Delete.
Oops... I think it's the Partition menu up above instead of Device. Sorry.
Important: when these steps are done, you have to click the check mark symbol up above to apply all the changes we just covered.
Let me know how this goes, then we will create and format a new partition.
See how easy?
Next, I have to wing it a little from memory, so terms or steps may be a little off.
Click the unallocated space to highlight it. This time I think it is Device menu that you want. Looking for something like Create New Partition Table. When you get this, the default will be msdos, but click the small down arrow and choose gpt instead.
Correct me if the steps aren't right, but we can do over at any point if we get off track.
The next window that appears will let you resize, label, pick a filesystem... I think these are all going to be okay as is with using the full size and an ext4 file system. So give it a go and see what happens.
If ignore doesn't work, try cancel.