trouble

Hello, Today is December 25, 2016, and it is my first time using an arduino uno. With it being my first time using it, there has been some issues with the uploading to the arduino from my laptop. The error code that showed up after numerous attempts will be copy/pasted down below, if any of you can, could you help me?
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 1 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x30
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 2 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x20
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 3 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x30
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 4 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x20
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 5 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x30
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 6 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x20
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 7 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x30
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 8 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x20
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 9 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x30
avrdude: stk500_getsync() attempt 10 of 10: not in sync: resp=0x20
An error occurred while uploading the sketch
thanks
-Emerald

Going to refer you here first

Then maybe try the SEARCH option that is provided usong "stk500"

Its not an easy fix as there are so many causes.