Install on Acer Aspire 4752
- by user216962
I am at my wits end with this computer.  I bought and Acer Aspire 4752 with a fully loaded version of Windows 7 on it.   I prefer Ubuntu so I began to install 14.04 from USB.
Got the error:
[Errno 5] Input/output error
This is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or a faulty hard disk. It may 
help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the CD/DVD at a lower speed, to clean the CD/DVD 
drive lens (cleaning kits are often available from electronics suppliers), to check 
whether the hard disk is old and in need of replacement, or to move the system to a 
cooler environment.
So I tried a different USB stick, same error.  Tried different versions of Ubuntu, got the same error.  I've used startup disk creator and Unetbootin to make start USB boot devices.  
I can boot with the USB drive and run Ubuntu that way.  I even checked the hard drive using the tools in Ubuntu.  Everything was fine, except it said the hard drive was hot.  I tried a different hard drive.  Got same error above.   I ran a test with mem86, everything was fine.  No matter what I do, using the USB gives me the Errno5 error.
I then switched to using DVDs.   Now I keep getting an uncompression error when installing Ubuntu 14.04 or 12.04.
I can't figure out for the life of me why I get nothing but errors.  Can anyone help?