"grub-install/dev/sda" failed

[Kurt Saban]

Ubuntu 14.04 was not running well, so I tried to wipe the SSD drive and start over. Now, I cannot do anything with that drive. I am new to Linux and Ubuntu. Any help would be appreciated.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Wed Jul 9 16:50:44 2014
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1770, in <module>
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: install.run()
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: func(self)
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 241, in run
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1026, in configure_bootloader
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Jul 9 07:38:04 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: