I'm certainly not an expert, so here's some interesting Google results: 'failure writing to sector' This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.99-21ubuntu3.15 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1253443
aljosa wrote: "I installed Xenial for the first time at the beginning of February. Initially I didn't have this error." Christopher wrote: "I finally got down to do some debugging. failure writing sector corresponds to GRUB_EFI_NO_MEDIA." GRUB patch introduced in February: "GRUB_EFI_NO_MEDIA" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2016-02/msg00018.html ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1553687 Title: Lenovo Y700-17ISK Boot Error: Failure writing sector 0x21c8800 to 'hd0' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1553687/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs