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[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:51:35 +0100
"Eamonn Sullivan" <eamonn.sullivan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/24/06, Ron Lewis <ron.lewis at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have just downloaded Ubuntu 6.06 to check it out.
> > Unfortunately when I attempted to open it -
> > A. it wouldn't open,
> > B. my Windows XP hOME turned to custard with allsorts of strange things
> > happenning.
> >     [I have managed to re-establish XP]
> > C. I even tried to delete 6.06 but it wouldn't delete.
> >
> > So ---- I have some questions - How do I safely open Ubuntu 6.06? and If
> > neccessary, how do I delete it?
> > I trust you can help me thru' this problem.
> >
> > Ron Lewis
> 
> Hi, your message is a little unclear, so pardon me for starting from
> the basics.
> 
> Ubuntu is an *operating system.* It's a replacement (or to run along
> side) Windows XP. It isn't something you can open in Windows. What you
> need to do is to "burn" the contents of the file you downloaded unto a
> CD, and then restart your computer. If your PC is of a fairly recent
> vintage, it will try to boot from the CD (instead of your hard drive).
> You can then play around with Ubuntu -- try out applications, etc. --
> without harming or changing your Windows XP in any way.

Just to add to Eamonn's good advice - when you burn the CD from your
downloaded .iso file, you need to burn it as an "image" of the file. You
might want to read

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

to avoid any confusion, or wasting CDs by burning them as data files. 

If you burn the CD correctly, the contents will show a whole series of
directories (folders) and files. If you do it the wrong way, you will just
see one file on the CD, and of course the CD won't boot.

If you find that the CD fails to boot after following the instructions on
the page linked above, check that your machine's BIOS is set to boot from
the  CD-ROM before the hard disk drive.

Peter