Try using a Rescue disk with utilities on that will check the hard disk for errors.
David Kris Douglas wrote: > > > I much appreciate your help, Tony :) > > Furthermore, I think the drive is either dead or very corrupted, loads > of I/O errors, so I think it's the drive. > > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/