Help with Switching from Windows

[Steven Davies-Morris]

James Takac wrote:
> Hi Matthew
> 
> On Thursday 03 July 2008 06:52:21 Matthew Bartek wrote:
>> Hello and good afternoon.
>> 
>> I apologize if this question is very basic and is getting sent to
>> many people as I am new to Ubuntu and to this listserv. I am
>> trying to switch from Windows (read: liberate myself) and I ahve
>> downloaded the iso file, verified it using md5sum (spelling?),
>> and have tried to create a bootable cd, but it hasn't worked.
>> While this problem could be with my computer (the computer that I
>> want to load Ubuntu onto is basically broken--I tried to reset
>> the boot order, but it said "operating system not found" unless I
>>  allowed it to boot from the hard disk), I am wondering how to
>> check to see if the cd that I created from teh iso file will
>> actually work. I actually made two: one using the windows XP cd
>> burning system, and one using Nero. For the windows disc, I
>> dragged the file into my CD drive and then clicked on: "burn
>> disc". For Nero (I have version 7), I followed these 
>> instructions: http://www.bay-wolf.com/burnimage.htm
>> 
>> Still, when my put the cd in my computer and try to boot from it,
>> it fails. Any thoughts?
>> 
>> Any help is appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Matt
> 
> 
> 
> What do you mean exactly by fails? One thing I've learnt over the
> years is that the speed of the burn can make a difference for fussy
> drives. If you burned at high speed retry a burn as slow as nero
> will allow and you may find it makes a difference
> 
> James
> 

Also IMO the takes-the-cake burner in Windows is the free and very
small footprint ImgBurn. Go here:

<http://www.imgburn.com>
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