i have tried installing ubuntu 7 times today and always get the error with Grub 2 installer.. need both linux and windows for my studies.

Bug #1720674 reported by Gilles De Leus
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grub-installer (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

i'm using ubuntu 17.04
can't say what version i'm using because can't open terminal or setting on pc probably because the installation failed
i hoped to install ubuntu alongside windows but installer always give error with grub 2

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: ubiquity 17.04.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.380
Date: Sun Oct 1 19:11:31 2017
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nl_BE.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Gilles De Leus (tankdeleus) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

Your EFI system partition is corrupt; you will need to repair it with either dosfsck or Windows' chkdsk/scandisk.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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