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Urgent: My system has Critical Error; Not able to boot in Ubuntu/Windows

11 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/urgent-my-system-has-critical-error-not-able-to-boot-in-ubuntu-windows.90736/

CadCrazy
CadCrazy Original post #1
Jun 17, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Few days back vista refused to boot and Ubuntu was behaving abnormally ( slow speed, hanging). Today the same thing happened & I restarted my system. To my surprise i am not able to boot even into Ubuntu. I get message " Error 18 : selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS" for every item in the grub menu. I have reinstalled GRUB from Ubuntu live CD but still the same situation. Can i recover my system? I have some downloads pending in Azureus and Deluge. In case of reinstall can I resume download from same point ??

Please Help :x
Faun
Faun #2
Jun 17, 2008 at 10:59 PM
yeah in deluge just load the torrent file and point to the location where ur data is, then force check on the downloading torrent.

Btw try resetting bios
CadCrazy
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:16 PM
I have not changed any setting in the BIOS. Still i'll try
M
Jun 17, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Have you run a check on your RAM and hard disk, especially the latter. Also, check if the connectors to it are fine too.
CadCrazy
Jun 18, 2008 at 7:52 PM
^^ I am able access all the partitions through live cd.
Can i resume Azureus downloads after reinstall ??
Faun
Faun #6
Jun 18, 2008 at 7:58 PM
^^yeah, but u do need the torrent file

just force check when you re download, it will pick up from the point where it stopped

Itni der lag gayi restart karne mein :D
CadCrazy
Jun 18, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Abe idhar waat lagi hue hai aur tujhe mazak suzh raha hai :D
H
Hitboxx #8
Jun 18, 2008 at 8:18 PM
It is definitely hdd errors, I got this many times until my hdd finally gave in. Remove and reconnect all hdd connectors and check for a failing drive.
CadCrazy
Jun 18, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Shubh shubh bolo yaar. Ek garib aadmi mara jayega. :D
M
mehulved #10
Jun 19, 2008 at 1:26 AM
Shubh shubh bolo yaar. Ek garib aadmi mara jayega. :D
You don't know what poor hitty is going through with his hard disk failures. You can understand the embarassment when it fails at critical junctures. ;)
NucleusKore
Jun 19, 2008 at 7:25 AM
Looks like a disk failure