Not really sure if I should be asking this here and I know I certainly don't have enough information for the community's help but I am going to let it fly.
I have a Lenovo v570 laptop, plenty of performance for Linux but I cannot get Ubuntu to install. I have an existing install of Windows 7 Pro from the OEM disc. My goal is to install Linux on the D drive and the OEM partition. I tried to modify those partitions using the installer repartition tool and that seemed to work but still failed to install. Here is the makeup of my drive.
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I wold like to have the option to dual boot the computer in either the Linux or Windows environment. My preferred distribution is Ubuntu and I tried to install the 12.04.3 version but received the following Installation Failed message box during the installation:
The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk:
[Errno 5] Input/output error
This is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or a faulty hard disk. It
may help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the CD/DVD at a lower speed, to clean
the CD/DVD drive lens (cleaning kits are often available from electronics
suppliers), to check whether the hard disk is old and in need of replacement,
or to move the system to a cooler environment.
Here is the link to the instructions I used from the Ubuntu site to find the USB ISO creator. I downloaded and used the Pendrive Linux Installer to create the LiveUSB flash drive. The software will boot into a LiveCD as well as a LiveUSB flash drive.
I then tried 12.04.4 and then Linux Mint 16 and get the same response. Even occurs when I tried installing it in a Virtualbox. EDIT: I was able to install 13.10 on the Virtual Box.
I was however able in install Zorin OS 6 LTS which makes me wonder what am I doing differently with Zorin 6 that I'm not doing with Ubuntu.
I hate to ask this question but I am so new to Linux (5 days) I have no clue what to do. Any ideas why I seeing this issue?
