Ubuntu live session crashes and boots to a black screen

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Published on 2012-09-10T19:49:52Z Indexed on 2012/09/19 9:52 UTC
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I heard about Ubuntu from a friend and wanted to test it out. I made a Pendrive Ubuntu 12.04 with a persistent file using Universal USB Installer.

The first time I booted Ubuntu from the USB everything went like usual. I was just a bit exploring Ubuntu and had installed a few apps nothing more.

Today after using Windows 7 for while again, I wanted to boot Ubuntu again. When I boot it, the usual loading screen comes up but after that it crashes and gave me a black screen.

Is there a possibility to check the USB on errors or do I need to reinstall Ubuntu on the USB?

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