This error is not isolated to installs on hard drives with Windows installed, nor does it have anything to do with the drive being an external drive. I received Error 21 on an empty disk installed in my computer. It failed on an Asus P5B systemboard running a Core2 Duo E-6600 processor. I also attempted to install Ubuntu on another clone Asus P5LD2-Deluxe and I couldn't even boot to the cd. Ubuntu installed fine on my Dell GX110 that is 8 years old.
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