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Some background. I have two desktop computers, both refurbished HPs.
Refurb 1 is older, and has a 1 TB HD which I had installed earlier. It ran Ubuntu Linux - I think 18.04 LTS. I have used this as my main computer for all tasks for well over a year with no issues. However, that came to a halt recently when I attempted to update the software and got the message “there are no more updates available for 32-bit computers”. Not good. I was running an LTS system so could have stayed with it for some time, but thought there was a “simple” alternative via my Refurb 2.
Refurb 2 was 64-bit with a 500 GB HD, and was set up to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 10. Not necessarily a good thing to do. I had also been using it for some time with no issues and my brain made a hasty decision to fix my situation by swapping the two HDs between computers. My thinking was that I would then have the 1 TB HD with all my files, email, etc, on my 64-bit computer. Swapping the HDs was not so simple and would have stopped me, but I found some very helpful videos on the HP Support website. Five stars to HP Support!
I did one wise thing in that I did copy my files onto a portable HD. That was my only wise move to this point. After swapping the hard drives, my Refurb 2 would not boot up. Let me save many words of explanation in one simple statement. “Over a number of days, many attempts to install a new workable version of Ubuntu on the 1 TB drive all failed”. I was a very frustrated person, but eventually came to the decision that I should swap the two HDs back to their original computers.
After doing that and abandoning the dual-boot with Windows 10, I created a StartupUSB thumb drive with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and performed an “Erase disk and Install Ubuntu” action.
Net, after the many days of frustrating circular install and failure attempts, I now have a functional version of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on a 64-bit computer with my files restored.
In hindsight, I realize that my approach was too hasty and not so well planned out. Consider this a learning experience and try to do better next time.