installation problem

[NoOp]

On 09/27/2008 11:10 AM, Francesco B wrote:
> Hello! I am completely new to this list and to Ubuntu and hope that I
> can get some assistance. I wish to migrate from Vista (uuuugh!) to
> Linux and I received the installation disc for Ubuntu 8.04.1. I
> followed the instructions to install it inside Windows and rebooted.
> I chose to boot with Ubuntu. The screen with the Ubuntu logo
> appeared, but at this point the progress bar kept running without
> results. After a couple of minutes the pc restarted. Attempts to boot
> with the Ubuntu CD in the drive are completely ignored. Any
> suggestion? My hardware: Dell Inspiron 530 with 4GB RAM and 500 GB
> Disk. Thank you in advance for any help! Sincerely
> 
> Francesco UK
> 

These might be of help:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#Cannot%20boot%20into%20Ubuntu

also:
http://wubi-installer.org/support.php
  http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=234
That forum is wubi specific, so you may have better luck getting wubi
help there.