I need help. This is my first time with Ubuntu. I had a hard drive crash, and thought this would be a good time to switch over. Having said that, launched into this with no former knowledge.
I bought a 500GB WD Blue SSD. I will probably by a bigger one for storage later.
I completely removed any old hard drives. No trace of Windows.
I started by downloading Ubuntu iso, then flashing it 16GB Sandisk USB key. I also used Rufus and another app prior to.
I plugged the USB key in, had the BIOS start at the USB key. It unpacked the ISO, and loaded Ubuntu.
It appears that it has made 2 different operating systems: (1) for the USB key, which works just fine, but is limited, and(2) Ubuntu operating on the SSD.
So, if I shut off the computer, if I leave the USB key in, it starts back up.
If I take the USB key out, it does not see the SSD as having a boot record. The BIOS does see the SSD, and but when it boots up without the USB key, it acts like the SSD is not there and is looking for a boot record on some other device.
One thing. to note, and I am not sure if it is important, is that at first, I could not even write to the SSD, but after doing the nsftfix and fsck, between those two, something fixed it, and I was able to copy files on to the SSD.
I appreciate any help that you can give me. This is really holding me up. I am OK with getting into terminal and drafting the lines, I just need step by step. It seems like a simple thing, and what I have reviewed, this seems to be a pretty common problem but without easy answers. Speaking for myself, its this kind of frustration that turns people off. Its a matter of frustration and time. But, I do like the outlay of Ubuntu, to me its more like Apple GUI than Windows, and I am tired of MS and what it stands for.
For the record I did download the Boot Record fixer app, but have not known what to do with it yet.
Thanks for any help in advance.
RTW
