[left-uncompleted] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800

[Tom Sparks]

I have decided to turn the computer off after running disk check for close 24 hours, and let her warranty Mob deal with the hard drive issue :(


dud number 2 :(

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--- On Mon, 27/6/11, Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> From: Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>
> Subject: Re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on Acer Veriton 2800
> To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com, "Chris Robinson" <fabricator4 at yahoo.com>
> Received: Monday, 27 June, 2011, 1:30 AM
> --- On Sun, 26/6/11, Chris Robinson
> <fabricator4 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Chris Robinson <fabricator4 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on
> Acer Veriton 2800
> > To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Received: Sunday, 26 June, 2011, 11:02 PM
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>
> > To: Chris Robinson <fabricator4 at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Sent: Sun, 26 June, 2011 10:04:06 PM
> > Subject: re: [Solved I think] installing xubuntu on
> Acer
> > Veriton 2800
> > 
> > Xubuntu 11.04 works, I think
> > the CD is reporting itself as xubuntu 10.04 (strange)
> > ------------------------------------
> > 
> > That's odd, I recently installed Xubuntu and it seemed
> to
> > be reporting as 
> > 11.04.  In what area did it say it was 10.04?
> 
> near the "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key", i'll have
> to check when check disk finishes if ever
> 
> > 
> > Glad it seems to be working for you however.
> > 
> > >gparted has reported the hard drive has bad
> sectors in
> > NTFS filesystem :(
> > >Noooooooooo! You Microsoft bastards <me
> strangle the
> > air>, where is my Windows 
> > >XP CD......
> > 
> > Actually, bad sectors may be indicating a problem with
> the
> > hard drive.  It would 
> > really pay to look at the Smart status of the drive
> and
> > keep close tabs on it.  
> > Also do regular backups of any important data.
> 
> I hope is not another dud computer for her (first dud was
> RAM corruption issue) :(
> 
> do these centrelink/job networks give out dud computers?
> 
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> 
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