Help Please

[Doug Stewart]

Email Message wrote:
> 1] I desperately want to get away from Microsoft but cannot make head 
> nor tail of Ubuntu.
> I have downloaded Ubuntu 4 times and burned it to CD but it will not 
> load. The ISO Ubuntu file seems OK.
> I have a blank formatted HDD and put the Ubuntu CD into the CD drive, 
> set the Bios to boot from CD, but it does not load.
> What could the problem be?
> I have been to the page that offers to check the integrity of the ISO 
> file but it is so technical with command strings etc which is 
> meaningless to me and describing numbers of different options.
> In any case I doubt of the file is corrupted I have downloaded it 
> numbers of time with always the same result.
>
> 2] Why when I wanted to send this message from the Ubuntu site deos it 
> come up with a message saying the it will only be sent when I 
> Send/Receive messages (from windows explorer?) I have had to copy and 
> paste this from Explorer to my hotmail mail site.
>
> Many thanks for any help you can give and best wishes from Stan
Did you do what is descrided an this page
http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm

For more information about this utility, visit the author’s Web page at 
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

Steps to create a CD if you have installed ISO Recorder Power Toy:

   1.

      Download the ISO CD image to a folder on your computer.

   2.

      Insert a blank CD in your CD-RW drive.

   3.

      Start Windows Explorer.

   4.

      Locate the ISO file, right-click the file name, and then click
      Copy image to CD to open the ISO Recorder Wizard.

    <http://www.petri.co.il/images/iso1.jpg>

   5.

      Follow the steps in the wizard to write the image to the CD.