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I downloaded the ubuntu 20.04.1 ISO & used rufus (3.12) to burn it to a usb drive. Everything was going great, until I finally booted from the drive, but then, it froze right after the "checking disk" was done. It didn't even get to it's install gui. It just froze until I shut my pc off. I didn't tweak the bios at all before attempting to install. Any way I can fix this? I don't want to be stuck with Windows!

My machine is the Acer Aspire 3 (I haven't heard great things about linux compatibility with this laptop). CPU: AMD ryzen 5 35000U, GPU: Radeon Vega mobile

salt shaker
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  • Two possible workarounds are to skip the optional disk checking or to use the text only Ubuntu 20.04 installer: [Bootable USB of Ubuntu Minimal CD](https://askubuntu.com/q/689258/) – karel Oct 27 '20 at 15:47
  • How do I disable disk checking? – salt shaker Oct 27 '20 at 16:02
  • When you see a [message in white text on a black screen](https://www.ricmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/how-to-install-ubuntu-20.04-01.jpg) that the Ubuntu installer has started disk checking there is a `Press Ctrl+C to cancel all filesystem checks in progress` message at the bottom of the screen that tells you how to stop the disk checking and continue on to the next step of the installation process. – karel Oct 27 '20 at 16:09
  • Are there any potential side-effects with that approach? – salt shaker Oct 27 '20 at 16:25
  • There are no potential side effects with that approach. Please consider the case of a user who made a partitioning error in the Ubuntu installation and had to immediately reinstall. Clearly in such a case the user wouldn't need to repeat the same disk check that was done only 30 minutes before, so the user would press Ctrl+C to quit it. – karel Oct 27 '20 at 16:27
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    I am having the exact same issue. I don't see an option for Install Ubuntu, instead there is just two options Ubuntu and Ubuntu safe mode. Both the optiona goes to a checkdisk screen and stalls after checkdisk status reach 100%. I also tried skipping the checkdisk. But then it freezes again. Please help. – Nisar P Jun 23 '21 at 17:18

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