how can I fix error: hd0 out of disk?

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Published on 2013-06-23T23:23:45Z Indexed on 2013/06/25 22:29 UTC
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I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on a netbook - Acer AS 1410.

After a download session, I restarted the computer and it said:

error: hd0 out of disk. Press any key to continue...

I pressed everything, but it's just frozen there.

Any idea what's wrong with it and what I can do to fix it? I haven't been able to run my computer at all since it's frozen like that. Help please!

I booted the live cd and ran sudo fdisk -lu into terminal, and here's what it gave me: Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7297 cylinders, total 117231408 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x9a696263

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda3 2048 117229567 58613760 5 Extended /dev/sda5 * 71647232 109039615 18696192 83 Linux /dev/sda6 109041664 117229567 4093952 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda7 4096 71645183 35820544 83 Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

I am somewhat of a beginner in this, so don't know what this means. any ideas? Thanks!

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