I can't do anything on ubuntu anymore because of an error that says "Errors were found while checking the disk drive for /" Everytime I choose to ignore it and still able to boot up, all my files are in read only mode, I can't open anything, or even copy to make a back up. I have a cd or USB that I can use to boot a windows 7 installation, but in the bios, it doesn't seem to read it. Please help!
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Before you reinstall Windows, you can boot with a live Ubuntu USB to make a backup of your files, if you want to keep them. – Katu Oct 10 '15 at 09:00
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All the files are in read-only mode because such are the default settings for Ubuntu in /etc/fstab file.
For instance, here is entry for my SSD:
UUID=xxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxxx / ext4 errors=remount-ro,noatime,nodiratime 0 1
Notice where it says errors=remount-ro, this reads as "if encountered errors on the hard drive, remount the drive in read only mode"
You can certainly mount the system with read write permissions in terminal with sudo mount / -o remount,rw and then edit /etc/fstab, however your bigger issue is the errors on the hard drive ! Big chance is that your hard drive is failing; this has nothing to do with Windows or Ubuntu - keep ignoring those errors and one day it will become un-bootable, at all, and then hasta la vista , baby.
I strongly suggest you backup your files and any important data, and get yourself a new hard drive
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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