I am trying to dual boot my system, but I'm facing this error Input/Output error during write on /dev/sda at the step when I need to configure the partitions. I have tried many desktop environments thinking the error maybe with the ISO or anything but every one of that failed with this error. I checked out Can't install Ubuntu 18.04, error writing on /dev/sda this as well, but I couldn't found desired solution.
I have also checked my hard disks health. I have attached a screenshot of hard disk checkup using Hard Disk Sentinel.
Is there an issue with the hard disk health or there is any other problem?
Here is a screenshot of my drive properties, and it certainly isn't dynamic (currently there isn't any unpartitioned space).
Here is the output of sudo fdisk -l -u (while I was in the live environment), I got an error like this The primary GPT table is corrupt, but the backup appears OK, so that will be used.
Disk /dev/loop0: 2.33 GiB, 2498256896 bytes, 4879408 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 /dev/loop1: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 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 /dev/loop2: 155.63 MiB, 163188736 bytes, 318728 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 /dev/loop3: 61.89 MiB, 64901120 bytes, 126760 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 /dev/loop4: 248.76 MiB, 260841472 bytes, 509456 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 /dev/loop5: 81.26 MiB, 85209088 bytes, 166424 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 /dev/loop6: 43.63 MiB, 45748224 bytes, 89352 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 /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 5FFA138B-665C-4351-A262-D14538238857
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 206847 204800 100M EFI System
/dev/sda2 206848 239615 32768 16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda3 239616 208671372 208431757 99.4G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda4 208672768 209715199 1042432 509M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda5 209717248 1743806463 1534089216 731.5G Microsoft basic data
Disk /dev/sdb: 14.59 GiB, 15664676864 bytes, 30595072 sectors
Disk model: Cruzer Blade
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 4D93C4BE-8A6E-4BB5-8609-37256EB1685D
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 30595038 30592991 14.6G Microsoft basic data
Here is the output of sudo parted -l
Error: Input/output error during read on /dev/sda
Retry/Ignore/Cancel? Ignore
Error: The primary GPT table is corrupt, but the backup appears OK, so that will
be used.
OK/Cancel? ok
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 106MB 105MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
2 106MB 123MB 16.8MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
3 123MB 107GB 107GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
4 107GB 107GB 534MB ntfs hidden, diag
5 107GB 893GB 785GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
Model: SanDisk Cruzer Blade (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 15.7GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 15.7GB 15.7GB fat32 Main Data Partition msftdata
Here is some of the distros I have tried to install
- Xubuntu 22.04
- Linux mint 20.2 Uma
- Ubuntu 22.04
Here is the methods I use
- First create an installation media with the iso using rufus/ balena etcher
- make writable parttion using create and format hard disk partition from windows
- Installing the image by booting into the live media
In the step where we need to configure the root drive, swap partition manually I am getting the error that it could not create the partition and following that I was getting error writing on /dev/sda.
Edit 2: Since then I have tried different things mentioned in the answers but none of them worked, here is what I have tried the following. (Earlier I mentioned different flavors of ubuntu, which I am removing to make it platform specific.)
- Tried fix the gpt by following the suggestions (didn't work)
- Tried installing windows afresh and then tried to install Ubuntu 22.04. Below is the screenshot of the partitions I have before install
- To my surprise the boot menu didn't recognize that I am running windows
, and I selected something else and just added the as root directory and continue and hit the dead end with 
just the same error I was facing earlier. Sorry for the low end pictures as I couldn't screenshot while the installer is on.
Note : I have followed the official tutorial for installing Ubuntu
