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[Mario Vukelic]

On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 16:35 -0500, Dan Maney wrote:
> Hi, when I try to open / run disc, window opens requesting what should 
> firefox do with this program.
> When I try to open Wubi icon, window opens stating program already open, 
> do I want to uninstall.

It seems that you are not aware that you need to boot the computer with
the installation disk in the drive (except when using Wubi, but this is
a different matter). To have an enjoyable installation, it might be
appropriate to do some reading. This start page and its links (choose
what is appropriate for you) say it better than I could:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

I have never used Wubi and therefore have no clue about the "program
already open, do I want to uninstall"

> I'm being cheap, is the laptop worth saving?

Well, depends on what you want to do with it. Ubuntu will probably be
quite slow with this, but maybe it suffices - try and see. Xubuntu might
be a better-suited alternative, though: http://www.xubuntu.org/