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How do i uninstall ubuntu if it stops booting and reinstall after?

Asked by corvettezo7sp

This happend a day ago. I started up my computer and started up ubuntu but when you see the loading screen with the logo it just sits there and never boots. I tried to uninstall ubuntu so i could load it again but i cant do that either. I even tried the recovery consle but it keeps reapeating one boot process over and over again. How do you fix this?

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Sharar Ravitz (jewfro-macabbi) said : 		#1

To re-install simply insert the CD and boot it. It would be wise to make backups of any important data first!

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corvettezo7sp (corvettezo7sp) said : 		#2

how would i back up my data?

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Sharar Ravitz (jewfro-macabbi) said : 		#3

You may be able to mount the drive from the live CD - then burn your data to CD/DVD. Failing that - you would need another working drive, or another computer to stick the drive in - and copy off your data.

Here's some general info:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions?highlight=(mount)|(cd)|(live)

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Best Sharar Ravitz (jewfro-macabbi) said : 		#4

If you have a usb thumb drive laying around, you could also use a special version of Ubuntu to boot from it - then mount your old drive and burn your data to disc.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromUSB?highlight=(boot)|(usb)

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corvettezo7sp (corvettezo7sp) said : 		#5

Thanks Yeshara Ravitz, that solved my question.