Hello! I am having an issue that I hope I can describe accurately. I have had Ubuntu 11.04 for many years (so my experience with upgrading/installing Ubuntu is quite limited), and am now trying to do a fresh install of 12.04.2 LTS (32 bit). When I try to boot the installation from my USB drive, I get the error "NTLDR is missing. Press ctrl+alt+delete to restart" and am unable to proceed. From what I have just read, NTLDR is a loader for Windows NT, so I have no idea why I would be getting such an error while trying to install Ubuntu ... I've never had Windows NT on this laptop (was Vista before Ubuntu). Here's what I did .... -- Erased existing files on my 8bg USB drive -- Downloaded source disc image "ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-i386.iso" from Ubuntu -- Used Startup Disk Creator to put the boot file on my USB drive, got a message that the installation was complete and I can now run Ubuntu by booting with USB device inserted -- Restarted computer with USB inserted -- Pushed ESC key on startup screen -- Selected option to boot from USB device -- Immediately got message "NTLDR is missing, press ctrl+alt+delete to restart" and could not continue with installation .... Tried several times now to boot from USB - same issue... Another piece of info that may be pertinent: I left Vista on another partition during the original Ubuntu installation, but was never able to boot it up (some error message that I cannot recall), and chose to ignore it because I didn't end up needing to use Vista anyway. Could Vista on my other partition be causing this error somehow? I was planning to get rid of the Vista partition on this new fresh install. I would very much appreciate any info on how to get my fresh install of 12.04.2 LTS via USB to work. I am not sure how to proceed since I don't really understand the problem. I've poked around on the forums but was unable to locate a solution. Thanks in advance for your patience and advice!
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