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[ubuntu] Boot from USB issue

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Ok so I have a laptop with no internal HDD so I bought a USB drive, it was cheaper. Now Ubuntu runs great on it, but some times I turn it off and leave it off for a bit I have to go through the whole recovery process. It sees the HDD but doesn't see the Ubuntu files, it says the HDD is corrupted. After I go to use previous version and boot in recovery mode, let it do it's thing and resume normal boot it'll check the HDD, repair it and then boot. Some times it takes a few tries to get it. Now as I said the HDD works fine. Simply restarting the computer does nothing like that, goes straigh (Hardware)

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Submitted by linuxfan on 09/20/2012

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Okay, the problems with my computer are becoming unacceptable, and no one has even tried to help me with them yet. Hibernate works, sure. I STILL NEED TO BOOT FROM A USB BOOTABLE DRIVE, OR ELSE IT STILL WILL NOT BOOT!Now, I have an even worse problem!!! Almost every time I try to turn the computer on, right after it actually powers on, it will power off.

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This is my paste:

Boot Info Script 0.61.full + Boot-Repair extra info [Boot-Info August 2nd 2012]

============================= Boot Info Summ

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